When you were 9 years old, she paid for
piano lessons. You thanked her by
never bothering to practice.

When you were 10 years old she drove
you all day, from soccer to football
to one birthday party after another.
You thanked her by jumping out of the
car and never looking back.

When you were 11 years old, she took
you and your friends to the movies.
You thanked her by asking her to sit
in a different row.

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When you were 12 years old, she warned
you not to watch certain TV shows. You
thanked her by waiting them as soon as
she left the house.

When you were 13, she suggested a
haircut that was becoming. You thanked
her by telling her she had no taste.

When you were 14, she paid for a month
away at summer camp. You thanked her by
forgetting to write her a single
letter.

When you were 15, she came home from
work and was looking for a hug. You
thanked her by having your bedroom
door locked.

When you were 16, she taught you how
to drive her car. You thanked her by
taking it out every chance you could.

When you were 17, she was expecting
an important call. You thanked her by
being on the phone all night.

When you were 18, she cried at your
high school graduation. You thanked
her by staying out partying until dawn.

When you were 19, she paid for your
college tuition, drove you to campus
carried your bags. You thanked
her by saying good-bye outside the dorm
so you wouldn’t be embarrassed in
front of your friends.

When you were 25, she helped to pay
for your wedding, and she cried and
told you how deeply she loved you. You
thanked her by moving halfway across
the country.

When you were 50, she fell ill and
needed you to take care of her. You
thanked her by reading about the
burden parents become to their
children.

And then, one day, she quietly died.
And everything you never did came
crashing down like thunder on
YOUR HEART..

If you love your MOM & you thank her
deeply, repost this bulletin saying “I
Cried Because Of This

Aryalokiteshvara Bodhisattva gambhiram Prajna Paramita caryam caramano,
vyavalokiti sma panca-skanda asatta sca svabhava sunyam pasyati sma.
Iha Sariputra, rupam sunyam, sunyata lva rupam,
rupa na vrtta sunyata. Sunyataya na vrtta sa-rupam,
yad rupam sa-sunyata, yad sunyata sa-rupam.
Evam eva vedana, samjna, sam-skara vijnanam.
Iha sariputra, sarva dharma sunyata laksana.
Anutpanna, aniruddha, amala, a-vimala, anuna a-paripurna.
Tasmat Sariputra, sunyatayam na rupam.
na vedana, na samjna, na sam-skara, na vijnanam.
na caksu, srotra, ghrana, jihva kaya ,manasa.
na rupam, sabda, ghandha, rasa, sparstavya, dharma.
Na caksur-dhatu, yavat na manovijnanam-dhatu
Na avidya, na avidya ksayo,
yavat na jara-maranam, na jara-marana ksayo.
Na dukha, samudaya, nirodha, marga.
na jnana, na prapti, na abhi-samaya.
Tasmat na prapti tva Bodhisattvanam,
prajna-paramitam a-sritya vi-haratya citta avarana,
citta avarana na sthitva, na trasto.
vi-paryasa ati-kranta nistha nirvanam.
Try-adhva vyavasthita sarva Buddha Prajna-Paramitam
A-sritya Annutara-Samyak-Sambodhim, Abhi-sambuddha.
Tasmat, jnatavyam Prajna-paramita Maha-Mantra,
Maha-vidya Mantra, Anuttara Mantra, asama-samati Mantra.
sarva duhkha pra-samana satyam amithyatva.
Prajna Paramita mukha Mantra
Tadyatha, Gate Gate Para-gate Para-samgate Bodhi Svaha

The Perfection Wisdom Heart Sutra
As interpreted from the Chinese version
by Johnson Sumpio

When the Practitioner (a Bodhisattva) gains the Perfection Wisdom and is no longer affected by causal fetters, he sees that the five aggregates (form, feeling, perception, conduct, and consciousness) are impermanent (all being manifested by and dependent on causal conditions) and is thus liberated from sufferings.Shariputra, form is impermanent; likewise, feeling, perception, conduct, and consciousness (because of dependent origination). Shariputra, all phenomena are impermanent. There is neither arising nor cessation; neither impurity nor purity; neither growth nor decline with the Perfection Wisdom. Because the Practitioner perceives impermanence (from understanding the doctrine of dependent origination), form no longer manifests with him; likewise, feeling, perception, conduct, and consciousness.

The Practitioner is not bound by the senses (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind). Therefore, he is not affected by form, sound, smell, taste, contact, and phenomena. He is not bound in the realm of sight and other senses, even by mind consciousness (“mind” consciousness, there being eye consciousness, ear consciousness, tongue consciousness, and body consciousness).

With the Perfection Wisdom, there is neither ignorance nor absence of ignorance. There is neither old age and death nor the absence of old age and death. There is no Four Noble Truth. There is neither wisdom gained nor wisdom to be gained. Therefore, the Practitioner with Perfection Wisdom does not experience encumbrance and fear. Being free from delusions, he ultimately attains nirvana. The Buddhas of the past, present, and future attain anuttara-samma-sambodhi (roughly, “the ultimate enlightenment”) because of the Perfection Wisdom. Beyond all doubts, the Perfection Wisdom is a divine mantra, a great enlightening mantra, and a supreme mantra, which can remove all sufferings. Thus, the Perfection Wisdom mantra is taught to (and spoken by) the Practitioner. The mantra states: “Go, go to the other shore and be enlightened.”

Notes:

1) According to my reference, the complete Heart Sutra has three chapters. The common or circulated version of the Heart Sutra is only the first chapter. Noteworthy is, in the third chapter, the Bodhisattva tells Shariputra that “when the mind stops wandering, then the practitioner has already reached the ‘other shore’.”

2) This interpretation of the Chinese version of the Heart Sutra is based on my understanding of the Buddha Dharma, particularly the doctrine of dependent origination. Sunyata means “empty” or “void” (of an ego or self-sustaining existence), but I chose to use “impermanence” here because I believe the idea of emptiness is likely to perplex and mislead.

The contents might be revised from time to time.