Sutra Study

Singapore time 8.52 am 22nd August 2007

"All phenomena are like
"A dream, an illusion, a bubble and a shadow,
"Like dew and lightning.
"Thus should you meditate upon them."

This is the 4 line stanza I pick from the Diamond Sutra or The Vajracchedika-Pranjna-Paramita Sutra.
The meaning is the world is a stage, we are only actors. Therefore we should meditate upon it.

I combine this with Visualising The Buddha of Immeasurable Length of Life Sutra to get the nasal gaze meditation. See Meditation for Everyone in my earlier post.