August 5 1965
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010August 5, 1965
Rev. Suzuki’s talk on Great Prajna Paramita Sutra
I want to give the conclusion to this Prajna Paramita Sutra this morning. In short, this sutra suggests to us how everything exists. Everything exists in two ways, visible and invisible. Something visible is not invisible. Actual existence has two faces, visible and umm…invisible. Something visible is not visible. Something not visible is visible. That is true. Because you think only something visible is only existence so you attach to something visible. And when you think only thing exists is something visible you become attached to some particular thing. If you understand something visible is not …is at the same time invisible, and something invisible…is something invisible actually exists, there will be no need to be attached to something visible only and there will be no need for you to be afraid of losing your existence in visible realm. If you understand two faces of ultimate existence there is no more fear and you own everything.
The practice…..by practice of zen you will have actual feeling of this feeling. So in this sutra says… “Form is emptiness”. Form is something visible and emptiness is something invisible. If I say in this way it is too abstract, so it may be rather difficult to understand.
