{"id":194,"date":"2008-07-16T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/07\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-heart-su-16.html"},"modified":"2008-07-16T10:16:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T10:16:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-heart-su-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/07\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-heart-su-16.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Heart Sutra VI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><a  href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_RzDgb0_1XUw\/SH9UmFo5RlI\/AAAAAAAAAec\/uw7nyOhQmY0\/s1600-h\/5+aggreg.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_RzDgb0_1XUw\/SH9UmFo5RlI\/AAAAAAAAAec\/uw7nyOhQmY0\/s400\/5+aggreg.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223987106098529874\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The 5 Conditions (or <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Skandhas<\/span>, or Aggregates) create our false sense of a permanent, substantial &#8220;self&#8221;:<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoFootnoteText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Form <\/span>(Rupa)<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;\"  >The aggregate of form corresponds to what we would call material              or physical factors. It includes              the material objects that surround us  in the world<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;\"  >. This also includes our physical bodies and the five physical sense organs and the corresponding              physical objects of the sense organs. These are the eyes and visible              objects, the ears and sound, the nose and smell, the tongue and taste,              and the skin and tangible objects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Sensation <\/span>(Vedan\u00c4\u0081) &#8211; <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">sensing an object as either pleasant or unpleasant or neutral via the senses;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoFootnoteText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">   <span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Perception<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\">Cognition<\/span> (Samj\u00c3\u00b1\u00c4\u0081) &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >the subjecting of pain\/pleasure\/neutral perceptions to further conceptualizations whereby cognition of patterns takes place, such as color, shape, motion, etc., which leads to the cognition of objects;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoFootnoteText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">   <span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Mental Formations<\/span> (Samsk\u00c4\u0081ra) &#8211; <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">all types of mental habits, thoughts, ideas, opinions, compulsions, and decisions triggered by an object. These are also <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >the karmic latencies which predispose us to perceive or react in certain ways<\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoFootnoteText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">    <span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Consciousness<\/span> (Vij\u00c3\u00b1\u00c4\u0081na) &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >It is &#8220;bifurcative&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >consciousness, <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >because it splits the world into a duality of experiencer (self) and experience (other).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoFootnoteText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" ><br \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>A\/vo\/lo\/ki\/tes\/va\/ra\/ Bo\/dhi\/satt\/va\/, A\/wa\/kened\/ One\/ of\/ Com\/pas\/sion\/,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>In\/ Praj\/na\/ Pa\/ra\/mi\/ta\/, the\/Deep\/ Prac\/tice\/ of\/ Per\/fect\/ Wis\/dom\/<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span>Per\/ceived\/ the\/ emp\/ti\/ness\/<\/span> of \/<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">all \/five \/con\/di\/tions\/<\/span>,<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">And\/ was\/ free\/ of\/ suf\/fer\/ing\/<br \/><\/span>O\/ Sha\/ri\/pu\/tra\/, <span>form\/ is\/ no\/ o\/ther\/ than\/ emp\/ti\/ness\/,<\/span> <span>Emp\/ti\/ness\/ no\/ o\/ther\/ than\/ form\/;<\/span> <span>Form\/ is\/ pre\/cise\/ly\/ emp\/ti\/ness\/, emp\/ti\/ness\/ pre\/cise\/ly\/ form\/<\/span>.<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><embed flashvars=\"autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/flash\/video\/565091\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"416\" height=\"340\"><\/embed><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/>Press on arrow for &#8216;play&#8217;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,<\/span><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">PLEASE UPDATE FLASH.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treeleaf.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=294\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">SEE HERE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p face=\"times new roman\">\n<p face=\"arial\">\n<p style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 5 Conditions (or Skandhas, or Aggregates) create our false sense of a permanent, substantial &#8220;self&#8221;: Form (Rupa) &#8211; The aggregate of form corresponds to what we would call material or physical factors. 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