The Heart Sutra says at the beginning that the five aggregates are empty, which means that matter, feelings, thoughts, behaviors, and consciousness are all empty. However, in our cognition the five aggregates actually exist, and the five aggregates are also life. The source, if there is no five aggregates, life will become meaningless. Then why does the Heart Sutra say that the five aggregates are empty?
Material is empty
Many people live to pursue wealth. If they have the opportunity to be rich, I am afraid no one will choose to be poor. Therefore, people usually think that material is the basis for everything, which shows the importance of material.
However, the Heart Sutra denies this statement and believes that matter is empty and should not be pursued too persistently.
In other words, wealth, fame, wealth, and status are all empty and illusory. No matter how rich a person is, he only eats a bowl of rice, sleeps on a bed, and lives in a room. When he grows old and dies, he will only turn into a handful of dust. , Wealth will not be brought in life but will not be taken away in death.
No matter how beautiful the face is, it is just a thin piece of skin, with blood and bones underneath. Moreover, this skin will grow old over time and lose its former brilliance.
Pursuing fame, fortune and status is even more futile. It only satisfies the fickle heart. When you grow old and die, you will find that pursuing fame, fortune and status is meaningless and in the end it will be all in vain.
Just like in the Three Kingdoms, "The rolling water of the Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes, and the success and failure of right and wrong turn into nothing." Those heroes in the Three Kingdoms fought openly and secretly all their lives, but in the end they ceased to exist. What is left is only people's laughter, success and peace. Defeat becomes all in vain.
Therefore, it is said that nothing is left behind, only karma is carried with you. As a human being, you should not pursue these fake things too much. You may say that wealth, fame, fortune, and status do not exist, but they do exist, but in the end they are all in vain, just like illusions. Same.
Therefore, the matter in the Heart Sutra is empty. It does not mean that matter will never exist, but that matter is fickle. You should not be too greedy for material pursuits, but let nature take its course, let go of the greed deep in your heart, and let go of unnecessary things. of disputes, so that the world will become a pure land.
Feelings, thoughts, and consciousness are empty
In fact, human feelings, thoughts, and consciousness are all momentary, rising in a specific environment, and then disappearing, rather than eternal existence.
For example, if you see a girl who is very beautiful, you really want to pursue her, but after a while, you see someone more beautiful than this girl, so you forget about the original girl. Your feelings and thoughts are constantly changing, which is very unpleasant. reliable.
Another example is if you eat a very delicious food, you will feel very happy at the time, but this feeling will disappear after eating, leaving only the aftertaste.
People's ideology rises and disappears endlessly, just like a passing guest, like all kinds of guests in an inn. The guests will eventually leave, leaving nothing behind, but only the true owner of the inn will stay. Come down.
Therefore, we should not be too attached to our feelings, thoughts, and consciousness. We must let nature take its course when we behave and do things. Let the past pass. Don’t be too anxious or fearful about what has not happened.
If you leave the present moment, you can’t find it if you look for our life, our survival, or our life, because feelings, thoughts, and consciousness are all empty in the end.
Behavior is empty
In fact, there is no right or wrong, good or evil in human behavior, it is just that people have different judgment standards for behavior. Columbus discovered the American continent on his voyage and became a great hero admired by Europeans.
But it became a disaster for the Native Americans, so Europeans viewed Columbus's behavior as a very great feat, but to the Native Americans, he was a representative of the invaders.
Another example is that you save a wolf, which is a good deed for the wolf, and then the wolf eats a sheep, then your behavior of saving the wolf is an evil deed for the sheep.
So there is no absolute right or wrong or good or evil. It’s just that people have different perspectives and judgment standards on behavior. Human behavior is unreliable. Therefore, the Heart Sutra says that behavior is empty and only the cause and effect behind the behavior is. It is true and true.
Conclusion
What cultivating Taoism and Buddhism pursue is eternal truth, the true and unchanging truth. Those five aggregates that are ever-changing and illusory are not what practitioners should pursue. The five aggregates are illusory and empty.
As a practitioner, we must see the essence of things and use our own eyes and senses to judge that things are always ordinary people. Therefore, the five aggregates in the Heart Sutra are empty allows us to truly see the essence of things and break away from self-grasping and Dharma. Perseverance, remove all attachments and obstacles in the heart, and get closer and closer to the true way.
To learn Buddhism is to make your heart extremely pure and let go of your attachment to the five aggregates. Then you will no longer be an ordinary person. It goes against the pursuit of most people. That is to say, the human heart will not die and the path will not rise, because most people’s Chasing is not the right thing to do.
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