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Sunday, September 20, 2026
감로(不死)의 문은 열렸도다. 귀 있는 자 와서 들어라
Sunday, September 6, 2026
Four Samjnas 四相
아상(我相 )은 나라는 상 이고, 나라는 독립된 실체가 있다는 관념
Atman samjna is the incorrect understanding of "I." It refers to the concept of "self"—specifically, the idea that the self exists as an independent and unchanging entity.
인상(人相)은 남이라는 상 이며, 나와 대비되는 타인(인간)이라는 실체가 있다는 관념
Pudgala samjna is the incorrect understanding of the "other." It refers to the concept that there exists an entity known as "the other" distinct from oneself.
중생상(衆生相)은 세상을 부류로 가르는 상 이고, 우리가 깨닫지 못한 '중생'이며, 이 생명적 당체가 고정불변하게 실존한다는 관념
Sattva samjna is the incorrect understanding of the world and dividing everything into categories, defines us as unenlightened "sentient beings," and holds the view that this very essence of life possesses a fixed, unchanging, and independent existence.
수자상(壽者相)은 시간에 매달리는 상이다. 시공간 속에서 지속되는 영혼이나 목숨이 실재한다는 관념
Jiva samjna is the incorrect understanding of time and clinging to the finite nature of everything, including clinging to "I". The idea that a soul or life exists as an infinitely persisting entity within space and time.
All dukkhas are caused by incorrect understanding or ignorance of these four samjnas.
Friday, September 4, 2026
보는놈을 보라. Observe the Observer.
겸우선사 반야심경 강해 https://m.cafe.daum.net/rhdwndnjsgytk/py3/6333?svc=AXZ
一切法 如鏡中像 無體可得 唯心虛妄 以心生則 種種法生 心滅則種種法滅故
일체법 여경중상 무체가득 유심허망 이심생즉 종종법생 심멸즉 종종법멸고
Just as all phenomena are like illusory images reflected in a mirror—possessing no tangible substance to be grasped—the Three Realms also arise solely from the delusory imaginings of the mind and consciousness. This is because when the One Mind gives rise to ignorance, a multitude of phenomena emerge in its wake, and when that ignorance vanishes, those phenomena likewise disappear.
일체법은 거울 속에 나타난 허상과 같아 얻을 만한 실체가 없듯이, 삼계(三界)도 심의식(心意識)의 허망한 망상으로 일어났을 뿐이다. 왜냐하면 일심이 무명으로 나오면 갖가지 법이 따라 나오고, 일심의 무명이 사라지면 갖가지 법도 따라서 사라지기 때문이다.
色有動靜 見性不動, 聲有生滅 聞性常在.
색유동정 견성부동 성유생멸 문성상재
Matter involves movement and stillness, yet the nature that perceives matter remains motionless. Sounds arise and cease, yet the nature that hears sounds is ever-present.
물질은 움직임과 머무름이 있지만 물질을 보는 성품은 부동하다. 소리는 생과 멸이 있지만 소리를 듣는 성품은 항상 있다.
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Diamond Sutra Quatrains
凡所有相 皆是虛妄 若見諸相 非相 卽見如來
(범소유상 개시허망 약견제상 비상 즉견여래)
무릇 모양이 있는 것은 모두 허망한 것이니 만약 모든 상이 실체가 없음을 본다면 곧 여래를 보리라.
All that has a form is an illusory existence. When the illusory nature of form is perceived, the Tathagata is recognized.
不應住色生心 不應住聲香味觸法生心 應無所住 而生其心
(불응주색생심 불응주성향미촉법생심 응무소주 이생기심)
응당 형색에 머물지 않고 마음을 내어야한다. 소리, 냄새, 맛, 느낌, 생각에 머물지 아니하고 마음을 내어야 한다. 모름지기 집착함이 없이 마음을 내어야 한다.
One should not let the mind dwell on forms; one should not let the mind dwell on sounds, scents, tastes, tactile sensations, or mental objects. One should arouse the mind without dwelling on anything.
若以色見我 以音聲求我 是人行邪道 不能見如來
(약이색견아 이음성구아 시인행사도 불능견여래)
형색으로 나를 보려하거나 음성으로써 나를 찾지마라. 잘못된 길로 가는사람은 결코 여래를 보지 못하리라.
If one seeks Me through form or sound, one walks a deviant path and cannot see the Tathagata.
一切有爲法 如夢幻泡影 如露亦如電 應作如是觀
(일체유위법 여몽환포영 여로역여전 응작여시관)
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
팔불중도(八不中道) The Middle Way of the Eight Negations
不生亦不滅 不常亦不斷 (불생역불멸 불상역부단) Neither arising nor ceasing; neither eternal nor impermanent.
不一亦不異 不來亦不出 (불일역불이 불래역불출) Neither identical nor different; neither coming nor going.
Friday, August 21, 2026
無自我 & Dependent Origination
수행승들이여, 태어나고 생겨나지않고 만들어지지않고 형성되지않은것이있다.
수행승들이여, 태어나지않고 생겨나지않고 만들어지지 않고 형성되지않은것이 없다면, 세상에서 태어나고 생겨나고 만들어지고 형성되는것으로부터의 여윔이 알려질수없다.
그러나 수행승들이여, 태어나지않고 생겨나지않고 만들어지지않고 형성되지 않은것이있으므로 세상에서 태어나고 만들어지고 형성되는것으로부터의 여윔이 알려진다.
Bhikkhus, there is that which is unborn, unoriginated, unmade, and unformed.
Monday, August 17, 2026
“I say that intention is kamma.” - Buddha
https://puredhamma.net/key-dhamma-concepts/sankhara-kamma-kamma-vipaka/
Kamma (Actions to Prolong Sansāra)
"Kammic energy is generated when one turns saṅkhāra to abhisaṅkhāra by the “wheeling process”; see above. For example, when one sees an object that is just saṅkhāra due to a kamma vipāka. However, if one then starts thinking about how good it is, or thinks about how to acquire it, then it becomes abhisaṅkhāra; here, one now has INTENTIONS about that object, one is hoping to get something.
That is why the Buddha said, “cētana ham Bhikkhave kammaṃ vadami,” i.e., “I say that intention is kamma.”
So it is important to remember that kamma is the intention, and even though it can be done by the mind, speech, or the body, all those have their root in mind. We cannot say or do anything without a thought to do so (see the Abhidhamma section for details).
For example, the intention to go for a walk is a kamma that does not have any power to generate a good or bad vipāka in the future. That kamma will only get that task done.
Kamma Bīja (Kamma Seeds) or Kamma Bhava
When a kamma (abhisaṅkhāra) is committed, the kammic potential of that kamma is deposited in a kamma bīja (kamma seed); kamma seed is NOT a physical entity; it is an “energy” or “potential” to bring about an effect in the future. It can also be called a “kamma bhava.”
A kamma seed can be compared to a regular seed, for example, a seed of an apple tree. The potential to bring about a fully grown apple tree is in the apple seed. However, if the seed is kept in a dry place with no contact with soil, it does not get to germinate. It will germinate if placed under the soil and fed with water and nutrients. Then it can grow into an apple tree, yielding a thousand more seeds.
Similarly, a kamma seed has the POTENTIAL to germinate or come to fruition if suitable conditions appear; but a kamma seed is an energy lying below the suddhashtaka stage. It can then yield results with an impact corresponding to the original deed (this holds for both good and bad.) Results are the kamma vipāka; see, “What is Kamma? – Does Kamma determine Everything?“.
It is also possible to remove many of one’s bad kamma seeds. When we acquire a “bad kamma seed,” we get indebted to another being. Just like one can be debt-free by paying off existing loans, one can “payback” old debts that have been accumulated in the cycle of rebirths by “transferring merits” when one does good deeds and also by doing the Ariya Metta Bhavana; see, “Transfer of Merits (Pattidāna)- How Does that Happen?” and “5. Ariya Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness Meditation)“."