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About “nothing” in the Heart Sutra

Hello.
Of the Heart Sutra
“Colorless, Unpretentious Behavior, No Eyes, Ear, Nose and Tongue, Colourless Sound, Scent Touch”
I have a question about that part, so I'm asking a question.

When you say “sky” in the Heart Sutra, it's simply “nothing”
It's not about saying “empty,”
“It exists as luck, has no unique substance, and is not an object of obsession”
I recognize it to the extent that I say that. (Please point me out if I'm wrong)
But when it comes to “nothing,” how should you read it?
Should we think of “nothing” as something similar to “sky”?

If you take the above part literally
“Shut out all sense organs and conscious functions”
It can also be taken as I said.
Of course, I don't think it's that simple...

Saying “look at reality as it is”
I think it's the basic way of thinking in Buddhism,
Expressed with the character “nothing,” it says “don't look, don't listen...”
It seemed like I was saying it, and in turn, the real world itself
It also seems like they're denying it,
What kind of thing is it?
Or is it itself that captures letters like this and thinks logically
Are they moving away from the essence of Buddhism?

Recently, I've been reciting the Heart Sutra every day,
The above part is strangely bothering me, so I asked a question.
I would appreciate it if you could teach me.

4 Zen Responses

It's not my monster

As a side note
“It exists as luck” → everyone is connected and everything
“Does not have a unique entity” → is both individual and total
That's it.

Nothing is the same. It doesn't mean denial.
none → “does not have a unique entity” → is both individual and total

So empty and nothing are the same, but in the Heart Sutra, the sky is an “individual whole” nuance where “the individual is everything as it is, and everything is individual as it is,” while nothing is an “individual → whole” nuance where “you can take everything from where you are attached to the individual.” I think they are being used properly there.

The whole context around here depends on “If you leave your dreams completely destroyed, you will conquer Nirvana.” So what is upside down dreaming? When I say that, don't overwrite what you've seen or heard with your head.
It's not that there's nothing that shuts out the sense organs and conscious effects, and leaving the sense organs and conscious effects as they are is, that's all.

I think humans are somehow my sense organs: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, and mind. That's different.
To put it bluntly, it is a gift from the Buddha, and to put it bluntly, they “go round and forth with each other and go even further.” In other words, both eyes and ears are independent. It's not my eye; the eye is the eye. Even if you close your eyelids and block your gaze, you can't stop your eyes themselves, right?
And while they are independent individuals, they recognize their eyes, ears, nose, and body while integrating them. Independent yet integrated, individual yet complete.

So, my eyes and ears are not mine, and everything is due to cause and effect, not me. I'm nowhere to be found. I'm selfless. Since I'm not there, there's nothing you can do about it.

But people create me out of delusions, and they try to privatize everything. I'm obsessed because it's going to be privatized. Obsession causes suffering. If you privatize, suffering will occur; if you don't privatize, suffering will perish.
It's a story called... There is no such thing as not personalizing it.

Thinking logically is also about overwriting and editing with your head, but it is also true that if you deny it, you won't have an island to stick to. The importance of no income is that if you don't earn income, it's hard to have no income.
But that doesn't mean let's understand it's not a good idea to think about it and try to understand it. So let's recite sutras! I don't read it while thinking about the meaning; I just read it and read it. Listen, just as I heard it. Let's try it by chanting sutras! It's a story called

If you have any additional questions, please create a new one

What is “nothing” in Buddhism

 “Nothiness” and “sky” in Buddhist thought have been debated since ancient times. The Heart Sutra also contains “colorless innocence, no eye, ear, nose and tongue, and colorless voice and flavor touch,” but when you see such sentences, everything seems to be denied. However, we unquestionably feel “existence” in everyday life. Many people probably feel a contradiction here. This feeling is definitely not wrong. This is because “existence” and “nothing” are both “present” and “nothing” in Buddhism This is because I acknowledge it; what is important is to determine what is being denied and what is not being denied.

Now, let's think about “colorless passivity, blindness, ear, nose, tongue, body, and colorless voice and smell touch.” “Color perception and behavior” are the five elements that make up a human being. “Eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and sense” are the six human sense organs, and “color, sound, flavor, and touch” indicates the object of the sense organs; therefore, all of these have been denied.

However, what is important to note here is that not everything has been denied. What is being denied is the actual existence of color reception behavior, etc. It can be paraphrased as an immutable inherent essence. In Buddhism, I don't think there is an immutable inherent essence in color reception behavior, etc.

Also, we call “people” or “me” when “color perception behaviors” are gathered together; however, each “color perception behavior” is not “me.” The name “I” was simply given to a collection of “color perception behavior”. Therefore, even if “color perception behavior” is analyzed in detail, it is impossible to find a “real me.” This is what is called “no one is selfish.” What is denied here is “substantial me.”
However, as we usually recognize, “I” certainly exists; this “I” exists as a name given to a group of “color perception behavior.”
Therefore, what is denied is the “real me,” and what is not denied is the “named me.” This distinction is very important.

You can think of “eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and body” in the same way. Neither the sensory organs that make up humans nor their objects actually exist. However, each exists as a named thing, and when they come together, “I” exists.

In Buddhism, what is denied, whether it is “empty” or “nothing,” is an entity, and what is not denied is a named entity.

“Sky and Good Luck”

Eishun Doji

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is a humble answer to the question.

“When you say 'empty' in the Heart Sutra, I recognize that it doesn't simply say “nothing” or “empty,” to the extent that it says “it exists as luck, has no unique substance, and is not an object of obsession.” ・・

There is almost no doubt about that perception.

“Should we think of 'nothing' as something similar to 'sky'?” ・・

In the case of the Heart Sutra, “nothing” can be interpreted as exactly synonymous with “sky.”

As Kenzou Jikai also said, “nothing” in this case is a denial of “substantial existence,” in other words, a denial of the substance of things and things.

Everything is made up of being dependent on others, and when it comes to whether there is something tangible as independence that defines itself without being dependent on others, it means that there is no such thing anywhere.

However, even if the substance is denied, it does not mean that the thing or thing is “missing,” and it is explained that it is made up of luck.

There are roughly three types of good fortune; one is related to causation (cause and condition), the other is associated with the whole part, and the third is related to our sorting effects. This is the third time Kenshu Jikai says that he is a “named being.”

Also, I hope you can refer to the following brief discussion.

“On the 'sky' in the Heart Sutra”
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/hidetoshi-k/e/93cd51b49c2264eb00fcc00a904a3392

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

It means ❝ more than perception/less than recognition ❞ = not above recognition = nothing.

“Don't refuse what comes, don't chase what leaves”
“No matter what comes to my body, it doesn't say anything, and it doesn't stop at anything.”
This is the true form of our physical and mental activity.
What I just saw, sound, smell, taste, feeling, thought...
When you pass through the gate or gate called body and mind, it ends at that time, place, and as far as that.
without leaving anything from the past.
There is a gate called eye, ear, tongue, body, and mind, yet I've forgotten even that.
You'll always name it later.
I forget my eyes while looking at this.
It's called “nothing.”
Don't go up to recognition.
It means there are no pickups or pickups.
Airplanes are flying above me, and even though there are times when I don't care, I haven't picked it up physically or mentally.
Moreover, while feeling the sensation, it also washed away and forgot about it.
I'm typing this on my keyboard and it says “I don't have hands (lol) I don't have fingers.”
What it means here is that, thankfully, they have forgotten it.
You have no back right now. You must have forgotten the soles of your feet too. There is no such thing. It's not there. Something that has not come up to our senses.
If you think back, of course it's there.
Do you have an eye when looking at these letters?
It's because I've forgotten my eyes that I'm obsessed with movies, and even though my tears are flowing, I've forgotten my eyes.
Buddhism, Zen, and zazen are the best forms of futility.
It's about forgetting this self and becoming one with things.
“To practice Buddhism (self) is to forget the self.” Dogen Zenji
When we have forgotten our self (self-consciousness, the mind that we think of ourselves as ourselves), we have no way of looking at things such as human analysis and judgment because we are integrated with things.
In plain terms, “more than perception, less than recognition.”
In dry terms, the content of enlightenment means living a mind that is above perception or less than recognition.
This is because when doing something, the body and mind are in a state where there is nothing they are doing.
It shows the best condition and best performance when not touching a cell phone, smartphone, or PC.
If you keep thinking and working while moving a lot of files, it will freeze.
I don't do anything else during zazen, meditation, or buddhism.
The best state of mind is when nothing is done. It looks like nothing has been done.
The state of zazen doesn't have that kind of increase or decrease, life or death, cleanness, or hardship.