..续本文上一页n and discriminating knowledge, this original nature is revealed.
The King of Samadhi Sutra explains things from their ultimate standpoint. Discipline is seen as devoid of any concrete entity, originally pure and empty. Since it is empty of concrete existence, we should not hold it to be paramount. If we consider ourselves superior to others and hold the idea that we are pure and disciplined, this becomes a severe fault. In addition we should posses the unconditioned aggregate of concentration, or samadhi. We should do so without being pretentious, without thinking we possess qualities superior to others. Thirdly, we should possess the unconditioned aggregate of discriminating knowledge, without the notion that this knowledge in itself possesses a nature that is concrete or independent. The fourth is the aggregate of total liberation. While we should achieve this, do not think that this achievement has created something that was not already present. Understand that this freedom is not new, but has the nature of original freedom. The fifth unconditioned aggregate is seeing the originally liberated state directly and exactly as it is. Realizing the ultimate, true nature of things as it is. Seeing that this is naturally so, is itself the state of Mahamudra.
These five unconditioned aggregates are attained through fully retaining this sutra. We turn away from the five defiled aggregates of samsaric existence and realize the five unconditioned aggregates. This concludes the thirty-third chapter on the benefits of retaining the sutras.
The thirty-fourth chapter is called, "Blessed with Well-Being." The main point in this chapter is the value and necessity of making offerings. This story is about one of the Buddha”s past lives, in which a buddha named " Blessed with Melodiousness," and shortly after the Buddha passed away, a king called " Melodious Splendor," built stupas and made immense offerings to his remains. At that time a young bodhisattva named " Blessed with Well-being" formed the resolve to attain supreme enlightenment. He offered one of his own hands as a lamp to the stupa. Now, we should not think that we literally have to sacrifice parts of our body in order to make offerings. What we should understand from this example is the value of making offerings. Such actions promote faith and devotion and based on this it is possible to realize and progress in the state of samadhi. There are immeasurable benefits from erecting, making offerings to and circumambulating stupas and images of the buddha. For other people, when they see people walking around the sacred object, the next generation somehow perpetuates this pattern; this will promote the Dharma to remain as a benefit for others. When we show respect and remember the virtue of enlightenment devotion arises, allowing for the authentic state of samadhi to take birth in us.
The thirty-fifth chapter, is entitled, "Endowed with Wisdom," and it emphasizes the act of dedication. The previous chapter explained the great value of making offerings and circumambulating in order to accumulated vast merit. This chapter describes the tremendous value of dedication. Four types of dedication are explained. The first type is to share our wealth and enjoyment by being generous, and to dedicate these acts of generosity towards the benefit of others. The second type of dedication is to dedicate the roots of virtue towards the benefit of others, before engaging in any form of virtuous activity. The next type is to dedicate the results of any future virtue we create to result in greater merit to be shared with all beings. The fourth way is the ultimate dedication, "Whatever root virtue I create I dedicate to the attainment of the state of complete e…
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