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    The Buddha was about to finish the practice of Zazen, the practice that is wisdom itself. The great bodhisattva Avalokitesvara had come to recognise these things while practicing Zazen. The venerable buddha Sariputra: "when a sincere person from a good family starts to practice Zazen, they will recognize that the five aspects used to describe the psycho-physical body have no separate existence"

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    The Buddha was about to finish the practice of Zazen, the practice that is wisdom itself. The great bodhisattva Avalokitesvara had come to recognise these things while practicing Zazen. The venerable buddha Sariputra: "when a sincere person from a good family starts to practice Zazen, they will recognize that the five aspects used to describe the psycho-physical body have no separate existence"

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    Heartofzazen

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    The Buddha was about to finish the practice of Zazen, the practice that is wisdom itself. The great bodhisattva Avalokitesvara had come to recognise these things while practicing Zazen. The venerable buddha Sariputra: "when a sincere person from a good family starts to practice Zazen, they will recognize that the five aspects used to describe the psycho-physical body have no separate existence"

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    The Sutra of the Heart of the Great Practice of Zazen [InterpretationfromtheSanskritbyMichaelEidoLuetchford] ThisIhaveheard: Once,GautamaBuddhawasstayingonVulturePeakwithalarge gatheringofmonksandbodhisattvas.TheBuddhawasabouttofinish thepracticeofZazen,thepracticethatiswisdomitself.

    Atthattime,thegreatbodhisattvaAvalokitesvarahadcometorecognize thesethingswhilepracticingZazen: Herecognizedthatthefiveaspectsusedtodescribethepsychophysical body(physicalform,feeling,perception,humanconstructs, consciousness)havenoactualexistenceoftheirown. ThenthevenerableSariputra,withthedignityofabuddha,askedthe greatbodhisattvaAvalokitesvara: IfasincerepersonfromagoodfamilywantstopracticeZazen,how shouldweteachthem? ThenthegreatbodhisattvaAvalokitesvarasaidthistoSariputra: Sariputra,whenasinceremanorwomanfromagoodfamilystarts topracticeZazen,theywillrecognisethatthefiveaspectsusedto describethepsychophysicalbodyhavenoseparateexistenceoftheir own. Physicalformiswithoutitsownseparateexistence.Thatwhichis withoutitsownseparateexistenceisphysicalform. Thereisnophysicalformotherthantheformwhichiswithoutits ownseparateexistence,andthereisnoformthatiswithoutitsown separateexistenceotherthanphysicalform.Physicalformandthat whichiswithoutitsownseparateexistencearethesame. Inthesameway,theotherfouraspectsarealsowithouttheirown separateexistence. Inthisway,Sariputra,allthingsinthisworldarewithouttheirown separateexistences;therearenotthingsthatariseintotheworld,and thenceasetoexist,theclassificationsofpureorimpuredonot describethem,andtheyareneitherdeficientnorreplete;theyare justasitis. Atthisverymoment,Sariputra,itfollowsthatinthatwhichis withoutseparateexistencethereisneitherform,norfeeling,nor perception,norhumanconstructs,norconsciousness.
    2005MichaelEidoLuetchford

    [Inthatwhichiswithoutseparateexistence,]therearenoorgansof perceptionsuchasears,eyes,nose,tongue,bodyormind,ortheir functionsofsight,sound,smell,taste,andtouch. Sincethefunctionofsightiswithoutseparateexistence,thereisno dividingofrealityintotheseeingsubjectandtheobjectseen,andno mentalinterpretation. Sincethereisnoknowledgeandnoignorance,andnoplacewhere knowledgeisheld,thereisnoagingandnodeath,andnobasisfor aginganddeath. Nofournobletruths. Nobuildingupofunderstanding,noattainment,nothingtoget. Andsincethereisnothingtoget,Sariputra,thepracticeofZazen dispelsmentalillusions. Realisingthatmentalillusionsarenotreal,peoplewhopractice Zazenovercomedelusionandaregroundedinreality. Allthebuddhasofthepast,presentandfuturehavesoughttheir salvationinthepracticeofZazen,whichawakensthemtowisdom. SothemantrathatdescribesZazenisoneofgreatinsight,supreme, unequalled.Itcanhealsufferingandistruenotfalse.Thisisthe mantraofZazen: Gone,gone,goneoverintotheonenessoftheotherside.Hailtoperfect intuitivewisdom. ThisiswhatpeoplewillrealisethroughpracticingZazen. ThentheBuddhagotupfromZazenandpraisedthewordsofthegreat bodhisattvaAvalokitesvara: Good,goodman!Thatishowitis.Thisishowyoushouldteach peopletopracticeZazen.Allthebuddhaswillrejoice! WhentheBuddhasaidthesewords,thevenerableSariputra,thegreat bodhisattvaAvalokitesvara,thewholeassembly,andthewholeofthe worldrejoicedandpraisedtheBuddhaswords. ThusendstheSutraoftheHeartofthePracticeofZazen.

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