Pearls of Universe - Volume XVI

"The cause of karma is the touch of ignorance. Due to the touch of ignorance, beings see 'existence'. The causal relation of existence is 'craving'. Due to the causal relation of craving, a person performs the three actions of body, mouth and mind." 

Read more at Pearls of Universe - Volume XVI. 

Contents

SEVEN KINDS OF FRUITION  3
FRUITION BY MEANS  3
FRUITION BY REPAYING OBLIGATIONS  3
FRUITION BY BEFRIENDING  4
FRUITION OF THAT WHICH REMAINS  4
EQUAL FRUITION  4
FRUITION OF REWARD  5
FRUITION OF SEGREGATION  5
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’  5
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’ – NIRVANA  5
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’ – LIGHT  6
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’ – PLACE  6
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’ – GRADUAL  7
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’ – THREE THINGS 7
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’ – NO HINDRANCE  7
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’ – NO HINDRANCE  8
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’ – ETERNAL  8
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’ – DUAL  8
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’ – DIRECTION  9
THE VOID AS ‘NOT-IS’ – ELEMENT  9
LIKE THE UTPALA – THE BLUE LOTUS  10
MEDITATE ON DEFILEMENTS  11
THE SKANDHAS OF THE WISE 13
THE DEFILEMENT OF DESIRE - THE PREJUDICE  14
THE DEFILEMENTS OF IGNORANCE  15
THE ALL-WONDERFUL MEDICINE OF THE HIMALAYAS  15
MEDITATE ON IMAGE 16
MEDITATE ON THE CAUSE OF THE IMAGE  17
MEDITATE ON DESIRE  19
MEDITATE ON KARMA  20
MEDITATE ON CAUSE OF KARMA  21
MEDITATE ON KARMIC RESULT  21
THE UNDEFILED KARMA  22
MEDITATE ON SUFFERING  22

Pearls of Universe - Volume XV

The Buddha said: “Although there exists the time difference, the body is one. The same is the case with the Buddha-Nature of the beings. 'If someone says that in the being there is a Buddha-Nature separately, this is not so. Why? Because the being is the Buddha-Nature, and the Buddha Nature is the being. Through the difference in time, we have the difference of the Pure and the non-Pure'."

Read more at Pearls of Universe - Volume XV 

Contents:

Seven kinds of people on the banks of the ganges 3

First kind of people 3

Second kind of people  4

Third kind of people 5

Fourth kind of people 5

Fifth kind of people 6

Sixth kind of people 6

Seventh kind of people       7

The parable of the blind and the elephant 8

Life, color, and the fame of the bodhisattva 9

The earth on the fingernail 10

Innumerable names to one thing 11

One meaning to innumerable names 12

Innumerable meanings to innumerable names 12

Innumerable names to one meaning 13

A bhiksu called kutei 13

The virtue of doubt 14

The temporal aspect of the beings 15

When i speak of my own free will   15

When i speak following the will of others 16

When i speak following my own will and that of others 18

One who always sinks 19

One who sinks and comes up again 20

One who comes up and abides 21

One who comes up and looks all around  23

One who looks all around and then goes off  24

One who goes off and then remains there  24

One who reaches the other shore  25

 

Fruition of Segregation

"We say 'fruition of segregation', which is Nirvana. A person segregates himself of all defilements. All good deeds are the cause of Nirvana. Also, there are two kinds, namely: 1) the near cause, and 2) the far out cause. By near cause is meant the gate of three emancipations [i.e., the Samadhis of voidness, formlessness, and desirelessness]; by the far out cause is meant the good deeds which the person has practiced in innumerable worlds."

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 42 - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa 3.

fruition of segregation.mp3

Fruition of Reward

"We speak of ‘fruition of reward’. A person gains a pure carnal body and performs what is pure in body, mouth and mind. This person says: 'I am reaping the fruition of rewards’. Such fruition has two causes, which are: 1) the near, and 2) the for out. By the near cause is meant what is done with the body, mouth and mind; by the far out cause is meant the purity of body, mouth and mind in the past. This is what we call fruition of reward."

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 42 - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa 3.

fruition of reward.mp3

Equal Fruition

"By ‘equal fruition' is meant what is common in the world at large. Again, such fruition has two causes: 1) the near, and 2) the far out. By near cause is meant the ten good deeds which beings practice; by for out (cause) is meant the so-called three calamities [i.e., water, fire, and war]. This is called equal fruition.”

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 42 - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa 3.

equal fruition.mp3

Fruition of That Which Remains

"We say ‘fruition of that which remains’. By non-killing, a person lengthens in a third the life span of the body. This is what one obtains. This is the fruition of that which remains. Such fruition has two causes. One is near, and the other far out. By near is meant the purity of body, mouth, and mind; by far out is meant the extension of the life span and the enjoying of old age. This is the fruition of that which remains."

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 42 - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa 3.

fruition of that which remains.mp3

Fruition by Befriending

“We say ‘fruition of befriending’. For example, there is a man who befriends a good person [i.e., with a Good Teacher of Buddhism], and as a result he gains the fruits from the Srotapanna up to Arhatship. The person says: 'I now gain the fruition of befriending'. The case is thus. Such fruition has two causes, namely: 1) the near cause, and 2) the far out cause. The near (cause) is the faith; the far out (cause) is the good friend. This is the fruition from friendship.”

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 42 - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa 3.

fruition by befriending.mp3

Fruition by Repaying Obligations

"We say ‘fruition by repaying obligations’. People in the secular (world) make offerings to their parents. All the parents say: 'We are now reaping the fruits of what we did when nourish [our children]’. When the child indeed repays them, we call this fruition. The case is thus. Such fruition has two causes, namely: 1) the near cause, and 2) the far out cause. The near (cause) are the pure actions which the parents performed in the past; the far out refers to the filial (love) which the child developed. This is the fruition of repaying obligations (debts of gratitude)."

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 42 - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa 3.

fruition by repaying obligations.mp3

Fruition by Means

"We say ‘fruition by means’. In autumn, the people of the secular (world) harvest cereals and say to one another that they are gaining the fruition of the means which they have put into effect. The fruition of the means is called fruition of karmic actions. Such fruition has two causes, namely: 1) near cause [direct], and 2) far out cause [indirect]. The near cause is the so-called 'seed', the far out cause is water, dung, human being, and efforts. This is the fruition [which arises] from putting the means into effect.

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 42 - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa 3.

fruition by means.mp3