Once you transfer your consciousness as syllable SHRI into Amitabha’s heart, Amitabha’s mind, then you dissolve into Amitabha’s heart, you are not here anymore.
What can Dharma do? To make our mind better. Why does our mind need to be better due to Dharma as remedy. As I said earlier, our mind is not perfect. It has impurity. So, it has much chance to mistake.
Kẻ làm trò, điều quan trọng nhất là phải lắng nghe (văn) và tư duy quán chiếu (tư). Phải hết lòng trân quý những gì nghe được và đưa vào áp dụng trong cuộc sống hàng ngày (tu). Lấy đó làm phương thuốc quý chữa lành phiền não trong tâm. Đó là điều trọng yếu.
I and many other people, have seen some geshes, and khenpos who can talk a lot, and are said to be knowledgeable in many texts, but are leading people to the wrong path. Therefore, action or good conduct is more important than knowledge.
The purpose of practicing Dzogpa Chenpo, or Longchen Nyingthik, is also to be able to reach the nature of mind. Therefore, we need to study these teachings, Dzogchen teachings, on how to recognize one’s own nature, how to be able to remain in that nature.
Liberation or Buddhahood is the same in [all] Buddha’s teachings, and Sutra Yana and Tantra Yana, everywhere.
When we see clouds, winds, dust that cover or pollute the sky. [We should know] these [emotions] are external things, not something that can really polute [mind’s] nature.
So, even when we try to see through the mind we see nothing but it becomes empty like space. But on our ordinaty level we do not think that way. We think mind is something real, something that can create happiness or unhappiness. We think that mind is something real, but the real mind is not like what we think or how we see.
Therefore, Buddha always teaches people: first, you hear the teaching. Hear and hear repeatedly. And then you can hear the meaning [of the teaching].
Buddha Himself said that if anyone wants to fully understand, fully know about the Buddha then one must see that Buddha is formless, Buddha is soundless, Buddha is nothing, but Buddha is inconceivable.
