觀 自 在 菩 薩 行 深 般 若 kwan ja jae bo sal haeng shim ban ya avalokiteshvavra bodhisattva practice […]
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菩薩: Chinese for “Bodhisattva”
The Chinese name of Avalokiteshvara, as we saw in the previous post, is 觀自在. But the Chinese title of Avalokiteshvara is the next two words on the second line of the Heart Sutra: 菩薩. Here is the whole second line, with these two characters in red: 觀 自 在 菩 薩 行 深 般 若 […]
Full steam ahead into the second line of the Heart Sutra
OK, so far I have covered the first line of the Heart Sutra. Yay me! Depending on how you count, we are now either going to start on the first or the second line of the Heart Sutra. If we count the title as the first line (which is what I’ve been doing), then here […]
Searching for the Ox (尋 牛)
忙 忙 撥 草 去 追 尋
busy busy pulling grass go chase search
水 闊 山 遙 路 更 深
water wide mountain distant path deeper
Writing the Ox, the short version (just the titles)
十牛圖
十 (shí: ten) / 牛 (niú: ox) / 圖 (tú: picture/diagram)
尋牛序一
尋 (xún: to search) / 序 (xù: number) / 一 (yī: one)
The Six Distortions (from the Analects)
From the Analects, 17.6: 好仁不好學、其蔽也愚。 好知不好學、其蔽也蕩。 好信不好學、其蔽也賊。 好直不好學、其蔽也絞。 好勇不好學、其蔽也亂。 好剛不好學、其蔽也狂。 Confucius once asked Zhòng Yóu (仲由) if he had heard of “the six words and the six distortions”. Yóu said he had not. The Master then explained as follows: The “six words” (六言) are: 仁 (kindness), 知 (wisdom), 信 (reliability), 直 (honesty), 勇 (courage), and […]
Celery and pintos surprise
1 can pinto beansabout 75% of a bunch of celery2 large tomatoes1 cup frozen peas1/2 tsp salt2 bay leavesAfter all the above have had some time to get to know each other, then add 1/2 lb of pasta of your choice with 1 cup of water. Maybe turn up the heat for a little while […]
心經: How to write “Heart Sutra” in Chinese characters
The last two characters in the first line of the Heart Sutra are 心經: 摩 訶 般 若 波 羅 蜜 多 心 經ma ha ban ya ba ra mil ta shim gyong The first of these characters is 心 (xīn), is the Chinese character for “mind” and also for “heart”. The character 心 is actually used to translate two different Sanskrit words in […]
The Heart Sutra text
1—————————————————————————————– 摩 訶 般 若 波 羅 蜜 多 心 經 ma ha ban ya ba ra mil ta shim gyong great prajna para mita heart sutra2—————————————————————————————– 觀 自 在 菩 薩 行 深 般 若 kwan ja jae bo sal […]
波羅蜜多, Part Two (how to write पारमिता/pāramitā in Chinese characters)
蜜多 is the second part (the third and fourth characters) of 波羅蜜多, which is the Chinese transliteration of पारमिता/pāramitā. 蜜 (pinyin: mì) is the Chinese word for “honey”. It can also be used to refer to the color of honey, or to anything that is sweet. It is made up of three characters stacked one […]