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Friday, December 18, 2009

[23] Examination of Delusion (25 verses)

MMK (23) Examination of Delusion (25 verses)

1. What has been born from desire is violent emotion,

Hatred and charm, are actually talked.

Because both good omens and bad omens are manifesting themselves together,

It seems clear that both are going to occur clearly.


2. A good omen and a bad omen are producing miscellaneous delusions.

But miscellaneous things and phenomena are manifesting themselves clearly together.

And so they do not manifest their subjective existence,

Therefore miscellaneous pains are never Real Facts.


3. Souls do not belong to the problems, whether they really exist, or not.

Therefore how is it possible for Souls to be the perfectly realized as Things, or
Phenomena.

The Souls are never included in the problem, whether they really exist, or not.

And so how is it possible for miscellaneous pains actually to be concrete things, or
substance at all?


4. Something, which can be acceptable as some kind of receptacle, is this world,

But pain can never be accepted as some kind of real entity.

Something, aha, it might be as if it is nothing.

Therefore even something, which is so severely painful, can never be anything at all.


5, Pain is similar to look at our own physical body actually.

The five kinds of Matter, ground, water, fire, air, and the space, do not belong to
painful situation.

Torture is similar to look at our own physical body,

Therefore torture does not exist as severe pain at all.


6. The real fact of the subjective existence, is not recognized.

Facts of the favorable and facts of the unfavorable are not being.

The severest pain is usually the strongest one between the two,

And the tendencies between the favorable and the unfavorable are changing
reciprocally with each other.


7. Color, sound, taste, feeling,

Smell, and the Rule of the Universe, all are the six kinds of sense perceptions.

Matter is much related with desire, and much related with darkness.

What are related with confusion, are actually prone to change their places with
other places


8. Color, sound, taste, feeling,

Smell, and the Rule of the Universe, each is individually independent from
matter or phenomena..

And they are very similar to a fantastic city called Gandharva, which is not necessary
in having jail.

Those are corpuscles of light, a mirage, or a sleep, and the similarities.


9. Even in a bad case of omen, or even in a good case of omen,

How is it possible for what kind of place to exist for the first time?

How is it possible for a human being, who has super power over than human beings, to have actually?

And even the images of the Sun or the Moon on the surface of water, are just the same as the Sun or the Moon themselves.


10. Without directing our care to the object, there is no good omen.

Because in such situations, even a bad omen cann’t be recognized intuitively.

Such a kind of fact is just clear as a good omen,

And so if it were in the case of good omen, nothing cann’t be recognized at all.


11. A bad omen, which is not cared by people, does never exist at all.

Because in the case of good omen, people are usually expecting so much to notice it
with intuition.

Such a kind of situations are also clear even in the case of bad omen too.

Therefore the actual situations of bad omens do not have even a scarce chance to be
recognised at all.


12. Without noticing the actual Reality, and in the case of only recognizing the good
omens,

Where does it possible for life to exist even in future?

When a bad omen hasn't been noticed,

Where is it possible for deep malice to be maintained even in future?


13. A fact, that a moment is just the eternity, exists in such a manner.

What we are always keeping, has also the character to change its direction reversely
at once.

What is perfectly eternal, can be seen in the state of balanced autonomic nervous
system.

Where can we find any existence of the situation, which are having the tendency to
separate to the two opposite directions in separation?


14. The insistence that what is innate is never lasting, might be connected with concrete
fact.

And at that time the grasp might be the contradiction.

If the idea that there is nothing, which is eternal, has been maintained completely,

How is it possible for the balanced state of autonomic nervous system not to
unbalanced state at all?,


15. With what kind of method shall we rely upon to do something, is just something to
do it actually.

Having something accomplished is just the grasping itself.

Being perfectly peaceful is just the Real Existence of everything,

Therefore the situations of perfectly having been grasped, is difficult to recognize.


16. When everything is not so clear yet, or when everything is just clear,

In the either cases of being opposite or being the same, they are not so different
from facts.

Something, which is contradictory with each other, can exist,

And something, which is going to the same direction with each other, can exist.


17. It does not exist in the perfectly opposite situations,

But there are cases, in which so many delusions have gathered together actually.

It does not exist in the perfectly same situations,

But there are cases, in which so many delusions have gathered together actually.


18. Even though those delusions are not included into the high-leveled lank,

Many delusions are collecting themselves together.

Even though it is not so clear for your reflection to be targeted to what kind of your
Reflection,

Many delusions are collecting themselves together.


19. How is it adequate for us to put a name to what hasn't been accomplished yet?

There might be many Delusions, which will occur in future.

Even before any kind of Delusion hasn't been born yet,

Where is it possible for the arrival of Delusions to come at all?


20. The fact, that the subjectivity is never be born, is the existence.

And then the objectivity does never be born too.

If the subjectivity and the objectivity are not like that,

Where is it possible for the arrival of Delusions to exist actually?


21. Ourselves, the innate brilliance of ourselves,

Or our comfortable situations, can be recognized actually, and then,

Ourselves, the innate brilliance of ourselves,

Or our comfortable situations, can never be Delusion at all.


22. Having no self-consciousness, and having our innate purity of ourselves,

Our comfort or our state like happiness, can be recognized ceaselessly.

What are not belonging to us, are not pure, and they are not innate.

The very severe pain can never become any kind of recognizable object at all.


23. Following like this, what is not recognized, is excluded.

And so Delusion has been emancipated from the attitude of denying Delusion.

Relying upon ignorance might be the same as relying upon suppression.

And utilizing demonstrative vanity, and so forth, they want to suppress everything.


24. When real accidents are relying upon subjective ideas,

Miscellaneous strong pains exist in something obscure, and the receptacle exists at the
same place.

How is it possible for only a title to make the serious problems?

What kinds of thing will produce such kinds of miscellaneous subjective ideas?


25. When subjective accidents are relying upon subjective ideas,

Miscellaneous strong pains exist in something obscure, and the receptacle exists in
it.

How is it possible for only a title to make the serious problems?

What kinds of thing will produce such kinds of miscellaneous abstract beings?

Monday, December 7, 2009

[22] Examination of Realization (16 verses

MMK (22) Examination of Realization (16 verses)

1. The five kinds of substances, that is, matter, perception, consideration, action, and consciousness, are not always the same as the five kinds of substances,

Not always relying upon this world, the five kinds of substances do not belong to this world actually.

The real arrival of Reality does not have left the five kinds of substances,

And in that situation, what is just the real arrival of Reality there?


2. When a person, who is going to get the Truth,

Just at the time, there is no subjective existence of real fact.

And when there is no subjective existence really,

How is it possible for any kind of objective existence to exist really anywhere at all?


3. And such situations produce objective existence clearly.

Then, what is called Spirit or Mind, will appear actually.

And what is like that, which does not have Spirit or Vigor, is?

Therefore it is possible for something, which is called the Arrival of Reality, will exist
in future.


4. When the subjective existence does never exist at all,

How is it possible for objective existence to exist actually?

When something moves relying upon the oneness between the subjective and
objective existences,

The Something Real is just the Arrival of Reality itself.


5. When the five kinds of substances are impossible to be accepted,

Then some kinds of possibility in the Arrival of Reality might exist.

Such a kind of facts at the present moment, can be possible,

And so the situation of expansion can be going bigger more and more.


6. When even the smallest volume of the five kinds of substances do never appear at all,

Even the smallest volume of Reality Arrival does never exist at all.

And even the slightest Reality Arrival does not exist even as a non-appearance,

How is it possible for the Reality Arrival to be realized to occur even in future?


7. If there were no behavior not to receive anything,

Even a study itself, is also actually something, which is called just a study itself.

The situation that, in which everything has been emancipated from desire or
attachments, does not exist actually.

In such situations what kind of Reality Arrival has not arrived at yet?


8. The situations, which rely upon Reality and Non-Reality, do not exist relying upon the mutual relations between Reality and Non-Reality,

The thoughts, which have been persuaded, and the five kinds of Matter, the Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and the Space,

Something, which relies upon Reality,

Can be realized as the Arrival of Reality.


9. A person, who especially has ability to realize the concrete thing at this place,

Does not like to recognize miscellaneous subjective thoughts at all.

Because the subjective existence does never anywhere really exist actually.

Therefore where will it be possible for the concrete facts to exist only as the
physical problems?


10. Relying upon such a method, the balanced states of the autonomic nervous system,
can be recognized.

What we have actually perceived, are just everything.

Just relying upon intuition, or just relying upon the balance of the autonomic
nervous system.

How is it possible for the balanced autonomic nervous system itself to be the
Arrival of Reality itself?.


12. What is called Eternity, or what is called Non-eternity, and so forth, exist here in front
us.

Where are the Four, Reason, the external world, Action at the present moment, and
Reality?

The End and No-end, and so forth, are just manifesting themselves in front of us.

Where exist there the One Group of four, the Reason, the External World, Action at
the present moment, and Reality?


13. Now full of Murder, Restraint, and Confinement,

Nowadays, relying upon those facts, it is called the Arrival of Reality.

Actually speaking, it is said that the real situation does never change at all.

And furthermore the situation of stopping might continue for the length of Kalpa.


14. When the state, which is based on subjective existence, is in the balanced state of the
autonomic nervous system,

Following upon the situations, a worry does never appear at all.

When a long distance exists from the self-regulation,

It is also said that a Person, who has realized the Truth, does not exist too.


15. The person, who promotes his or her own Personality, has realized the Truth.

The people, who have promoted the Past, are eternal.

They, people, who expand destructions to everything,

Do never look at the Arrival of Reality.


16. The Arrival of Reality is some kind of subjective Existence.

And such a kind of subjective Existence is just the motion of this world.

The Arrival of Reality is never a lacking of subjective existence,

But the negation of subjective existence is just the motion of this world.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

[22] Examination of Realization (16 verses)

MMK (22) Examination of Realization (16 verses)

1. The five kinds of substances, that is, matter, perception, consideration, action, and consciousness, are not always the same as the five kinds of substances,

Not always relying upon this world, the five kinds of substances do not belong to this world actually.

The real arrival of Reality does not have left the five kinds of substances,

And in that situation, what is just the real arrival of Reality there?


2. When a person, who is going to get the Truth,

Just at the time, there is no subjective existence of real fact.

And when there is no subjective existence really,

How is it possible for any kind of objective existence to exist really anywhere at all?


3. And such situations produce objective existence clearly.

Then, what is called Spirit or Mind, will appear actually.

And what is like that, which does not have Spirit or Vigor, is?

Therefore it is possible for something, which is called the Arrival of Reality, will exist
in future.


4. When the subjective existence does never exist at all,

How is it possible for objective existence to exist actually?

When something moves relying upon the oneness between the subjective and
objective existences,

The Something Real is just the Arrival of Reality itself.


5. When the five kinds of substances are impossible to be accepted,

Then some kinds of possibility in the Arrival of Reality might exist.

Such a kind of facts at the present moment, can be possible,

And so the situation of expansion can be going bigger more and more.


6. When even the smallest volume of the five kinds of substances do never appear at all,

Even the smallest volume of Reality Arrival does never exist at all.

And even the slightest Reality Arrival does not exist even as a non-appearance,

How is it possible for the Reality Arrival to be realized to occur even in future?


7. If there were no behavior not to receive anything,

Even a study itself, is also actually something, which is called just a study itself.

The situation that, in which everything has been emancipated from desire or
attachments, does not exist actually.

In such situations what kind of Reality Arrival has not arrived at yet?


8. The situations, which rely upon Reality and Non-Reality, do not exist relying upon the mutual relations between Reality and Non-Reality,

The thoughts, which have been persuaded, and the five kinds of Matter, the Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and the Space,

Something, which relies upon Reality,

Can be realized as the Arrival of Reality.


9. A person, who especially has ability to realize the concrete thing at this place,

Does not like to recognize miscellaneous subjective thoughts at all.

Because the subjective existence does never anywhere really exist actually.

Therefore where will it be possible for the concrete facts to exist only as the
physical problems?


10. Relying upon such a method, the balanced states of the autonomic nervous system,
can be recognized.

What we have actually perceived, are just everything.

Just relying upon intuition, or just relying upon the balance of the autonomic
nervous system.

How is it possible for the balanced autonomic nervous system itself to be the
Arrival of Reality itself?.


12. What is called Eternity, or what is called Non-eternity, and so forth, exist here in front
us.

Where are the Four, Reason, the external world, Action at the present moment, and
Reality?

The End and No-end, and so forth, are just manifesting themselves in front of us.

Where exist there the One Group of four, the Reason, the External World, Action at
the present moment, and Reality?


13. Now full of Murder, Restraint, and Confinement,

Nowadays, relying upon those facts, it is called the Arrival of Reality.

Actually speaking, it is said that the real situation does never change at all.

And furthermore the situation of stopping might continue for the length of Kalpa.


14. When the state, which is based on subjective existence, is in the balanced state of the
autonomic nervous system,

Following upon the situations, a worry does never appear at all.

When a long distance exists from the self-regulation,

It is also said that a Person, who has realized the Truth, does not exist too.


15. The person, who promotes his or her own Personality, has realized the Truth.

The people, who have promoted the Past, are eternal.

They, people, who expand destructions to everything,

Do never look at the Arrival of Reality.


16. The Arrival of Reality is some kind of subjective Existence.

And such a kind of subjective Existence is just the motion of this world.

The Arrival of Reality is never a lacking of subjective existence,

But the negation of subjective existence is just the motion of this world.

[21] Examination of Coexistence and Universal Existence (21 verses)

MMK (21) Examination of Coexistence and Universal Existence (21 verses)

1. Without existence and without being together, the both Coexistence and Universal Existence do not really exist.

Universal Existence exists always relying upon Coexistence.

Either being single or being together, the both do not really exist.

Coexistence inevitably relies upon Universal Existence.


2. How is it possible for a name to exist always in future?

Universal Existence can manifest itself even without Coexistence.

If there were no existence of both birth and death,

Universal Existence does never exist without birth.


3. Even though Universal Existence is just relying upon Coexistence,

How is it possible for both Coexistence and Universal Existence to exist together like
this even in future?

Even though birth and death do not appear like this,

Because of that the modern situations of Human Society is recognized like that.


4. How is it actually possible for name to exist without fail in future?

When it is belonging to Coexistence, the Universal Existence does not exist at all.

But if it is only for the name of Coexistence, it might be to exist even in future.

And so it is very difficult for us to know when they have actually happened exactly.


5. Coexistence is just relying upon Universal Existence actually.

Therefore how is it possible for Coexistence and Universal Existence to exist at the
same time even in future?

The birth and the death do never appear at the same time actually.

Even though it is possible for birth and death to be recognized as if they were at once.


6. Even though they are the same articles or the different articles, both are able to be
things accomplished.

And even in the case where there is no different article, the situations are the same as the
former case.

But in a case, that one thing and another thing are existing separately, it seems to be only
for the two cases as they exist.

How is it possible for them to be recognized as accomplished articles actually?


7. Coexistence does not exist at the any concrete residences at all.

And Coexistence does not exist at the any non-concrete residences at all.

Universal Existence does not exist in concrete existence.

But the Universal Existence does not belong to non-residence at all.


8. Both Coexistence and Universal Existence are,

Without their Existences they are never recognized at all.

Both the Coexistence and the Universal Existence are similarly,

If they do not have their existences, they are not recognized.


9. Both in the case of Coexistence and Universal Existence similarly,

If the balance of the autonomic nervous system does not manifest itself,

In the case of both Coexistence and Universal Existence similarly,

The unbalanced autonomic nervous system does not manifest itself.


10. When Coexistence and Universal Existence are perfectly the same,

What is called “not one,” does appear.

And when Coexistence and Universal Existence are perfectly the same,

What is called “can never be different” does not appear.


11. When Coexistence is seen there as it is clearly,

Universal Existence might exist clearly there as it is.

When Coexistence is also seen there as it is clearly,

It is very troublesome for Universal Existence to exist also there.


12. Being left from existence, existence does never be born.

Without being from non-existence, existence does never be born at all.

Without leaving non-existence, non-existence will be born.

Non-existence can not be born, leaving from existence.


13. Anything subjective, does never be born as existence,

And anything objective, does never be born as existence at all.

Neither anything subjective, nor anything objective, similarly,

Relying upon what kind of reason, is it possible for anyone to be born again and

again?


14. Even though the existences are approaching to get a teacher,

Whether it is eternal or extinctive can be seen with eyes.

Because the Real Existence can be seen as what has been born,

Even what hasn’t been looked at yet, can be seen also existing there as it is.


15. Even though the existences are approaching to get a teacher,

The situations have never been broken, nor been eternal forever.

Appearance, disappearance, and continuity,

Because relying upon result and relation of cause and effect, the existence is real.


16. Appearance, disappearance, and continuity,

Relying upon result and reason, the existence really exists there.

By passing through, relying upon the birth, which does never occur once more again,

Then the cutting the reason might be done presumably.


17. Belonging to the real existence, and relying upon subjective existence,

There is no concrete situation for the non-concrete existence to be bound by abstract
conditions at all.

In the time when we are staying in the serene state of the balanced autonomic nervous
system.

Relying upon the tranquility, even the existence itself will continue its no stopping
state further.


18. The ultimate ends are not always stopped,

And Existences are usually restraint by the most former top.

Even at the latest End, there is no situation, where any kind of hindrance does not
exist,

And Existences are usually restraint by the most former top.


19. When everything has been stopped, or at the latest end,

Then the earliest one at that time is born.

All kinds of stopping must be supposed to exist only one,

And so the simple fact of going on at the present moment can exist.


20. If the situation there, is not stopped actually,

The real situation of flying might be stopped.

And if the whole situations are stopped then,

Relying upon them, or relying upon miscellaneous things and phenomena, Birth will
be realized.


21. Following like this, relying upon the three kinds of time, past, present, and future, or
relying upon the time itself,

The talks about continuity of being born and the continuity of cause and effect, has
ended in talks.

Even in the three kinds of times, they do not really exist,

And so how is it possible for such a kind of stopping continuity of birth and continuity
of cause and effect?