Dear Venerable Giới Hương - Our respectable Teacher,
We are members from the leading group of Đức Tâm Buddhist Youth Association who received your lecture on the theme of "Emptiness in the Vajrayāna, Mantrayāna" on November 11, 2019 at Diệu Giác Pagoda, Second District, HCM City. To fully comprehending the doctrine of emptiness is not easy, but more or less through your excellent lecture, we also realized it is the ultimate direction of liberation.
We would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge this meaningful sermon in verses and respectfully offer it to your book of collected writings: “Forty Years in the Dharma: A Life of Study and Service - Venerable Bhikkhuni Giới Hương"", we know that our knowledge is still limited, hope you will receive our sincere heart regardless to words:
The Sermon on Emptiness
Thank you for helping us comprehend "the EMPTINESS nature"
Vajrayāna, Buddhist scripture penetrates into the heart
The six senses of selfishness obscure the eyes
Five aggregates, Dependent origination worldly illusion.
Clear mirror without stand reflects nothing
The Bodhi without tree is inherently voided. [1]
Overlooking all phenomena due to the doctrine of cause-effect
The permanent nature is inherently empty,
(Minh Đạo)
We would like to learn more with you in order that I and other members become more confident on the path of practice and theory.
We wish our teachers, peace of mind and remember to come back to Vietnam regularly to teach us.
Diệu Giác Pagoda, District 2, HCM City, November 12, 2019
Respectfully,
Đức Tâm Buddhist Youth Association and Minh Đạo
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[1] Took the ideas from The Platform Sutra. The 6th Patriarch Hui-neng. Translated in English by Bill Porter, b.k.a. Red Pine:
Bodhi doesn’t have any trees
this mirror doesn’t have a stand
our buddha nature is forever pure
where do you get this dust?
https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/platform-sutra-hui-neng/
Ven. Giới Hương (centre) with Đức Tâm Buddhist Youth Association
November 12 2019 at Diệu Giác Pagoda
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