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Saturday, January 30, 2010

[26] Examination of the Twelve-fold Chain of Cause and Effect (12 verses)

MMK (26) Examination of The Twelve –fold of Chain of Cause and Effect (12 verses)

1. Relying upon new births, many numbers of accomplishments have been produced.

The three factors of original ignorance, the natural energy, and the mental function,

Relying upon those three kinds of processes,

The practice of Action is done concretely relying upon the practice of Action itself.


2. Relying upon the development of scientific knowledge,

The clarification of the Real Truth has begun.

Relying upon the state that both a mother and a baby have become stable,

The Oneness of Name and Substance, which is the combination between name and
substance, have been educated gradually.


3. When whatever has been supplied sufficiently to what is called the Oneness of
Name and Substance,

In which name and substance are they combined into one,

Then the six kinds of sense organs, will work together cooperatively.

And the mutual contacts begin with each other.


4. When the Eyes can look at forms,

All kinds of phenomena are also can be seen similarly.

The Name and the Substance are completely the same as one.

The intellectual ability is the very inclusive production.


5. What is called the accumulations of the three factors are indicating,

Matter, recognition, and the Eyes..

Therefore the real perception has transcended the perception as concept already,

And so the Real Contact has finished in the first step already.


6. Proclaiming what is different from the Real Truth, is called Desire.

Because the seriously painful efforts are usually esteemed by ordinary people to be so
especially exaggerated.

The strong Desire is usually seemed to be common efforts for their own profits.

Because of the result, they have got the four kinds of so-called human virtues.


7. Living for our own Action is just our existence.

Actions of ourselves are going on ahead.

In that case the receptacle might not be working for its own purpose.

And so Giving Up should never be permissible to exist, might be the existence itself.


8. When the five kinds of Aggregates really exist,

Leaving from the existence, the Births are going on to be continued endlessly.

Birth, death, many kinds of pains, and so forth,

Are, miscellaneous accumulation of grief, which are mixture of complains.


9. Discouraged situations usually approach by themselves,

Relying upon Birth, the Real Situations of this place are going on.

The isolated situations are like those.

And Pain, which belongs to miscellaneous things and phenomena, are the Total
Existence


10. Some kinds of Basis, that is the Basic Wandering, create combinations.

And there the artificially produced ignorance is constructed.

Therefore even any kind of ignorance is not created anymore.

So the clever people will leave the Truth looking at it by Eyes.


11. Following ignorance might be the same as following suppression.

Belonging to the aimless wandering might be the refusal of living together.

Following ignorance might be the same as confinement.

Belonging to the whole knowledge, and following it, is just the leaving from existence.


12. Relying upon self-regulation of each thing,

Each concrete thing does never go ahead by itself.

An aggregate called Pain is isolated from this World,

Similarly the Totality is regulated by itself.

Monday, January 25, 2010

[25] Examination of Nirvana, the free and serene state (24 verses)

MMK (25) Examination of Nirvana, the free and serene state. (24 verses)

1. When the Serene State of the Balanced Autonomic Nervous System is this world totally,

There might be no appearance actually, and there is no disappearance at all.

If we are free from escape and free in self-regulation,

What kinds of balanced situations of the Autonomic Nervous System can manifest itself even in future?


2. When the Troubled State of the unbalanced Autonomic Nervous System is the
Universe itself,

There might be no appearance actually, and there is no disappearance at all.

If we are free from escape and free in self-regulation,

What kinds of balanced situations of the Autonomic Nervous System can manifest
themselves even in future?


3. What is not isolated, what has not arrived at the end still,

What hasn’t been stopped on the way, what is not having no end,

What is impossible to regulate, what is not accomplished,

That is called the Quiet and Serene State, Nirvana.


4. The existence, which is great, can never be Nirvana.

And the expressions of "aging" or "death" can never be so direct expressions.

The expressions of "aging" and "death" exist as the adequate expressions.

And so it might be impossible for us to deny the adequacy of using the
words of aging and death.


5. When the existences are just Nirvana,

The State of Quiet and Serene can exist as the Created World as it is.

And it is impossible for what is not the Created World to be recognized,

And so what is really existing is something, which are rear the word "Nirvana," which
is something to exist somewhere, and which is something itself.


6. When the existence is just “Nirvana” to exist,

The concrete thing, which has not been received “Nirvana”, is what?

The word "Nirvana," which suggests the serenity of the Balanced Autonomic
Nervous System, does not include the meaning to get something actually.

Because it is perfectly impossible for us to find a concrete fact "to be" at any place at
all.


7. When the existence is not “Nirvana”,

How is it possible for something, which does not exist now, to exist in future?

When “Nirvana” does not exists anywhere,

Then it will become clear that non-existence is not recognized anywhere at all.


8. If it is true that something, which does not exist, is Nirvana,

What is the concrete fact, which has not been accepted, is what?

Because the “Nirvana" does not exist as non-existence,

And so such a something, which has been accepted, does never be recognized at all.


9. When a speed of appearance is a little slower,

The appearance itself is also clear too.

And so the Real Appearances are accepted as a little vague,

But the balanced state of the autonomic nervous system, Nirvana, will appear.


10. Our action to give up something, or a taboo to speak to others,

Exists really, and exists everywhere really.

Therefore, existence does not exist, and non-existence does not exist.

What is called the balanced state of the Autonomic Nervous System, Nirvana, is similar
to shackles.


11. When non-existence and existence both might exist in the co-existence form,

Then the balance of the autonomic nervous system, Nirvana, might exists in the
doubled bindings.

When non-existence and existence both might exist in the co-existence form,

Concrete fact of emancipation can never be bound at all.


12. Non-existence, and existence, both can exist actually,

But in the case of Nirvana, both to exist or not to exist, can exist at the same
moment.

The one-sided appearance of Nirvana can never exist,

Because the appearance is doubled is the concrete fact of Nirvana.


13. It might be possible that non-existence, or existence, either can exist.

How is it possible for the Nirvana to appear as both non-existence and existence
of the one moment.?

Because in the case of Nirvana, the word, which hasn't been translated into Sanskrit,
might be also Nirvana,

And so the word "to exist" and the word "not to exists," might be both Sanskrit words
in facts.


14. Both Non-Existence and Existence can exist together.

What is the situation that the Nirvana is the existence of doubled?

Therefore the non-existence of dual, suggests the existence of only one,

And so what can be seen with eyes, and the darkness of the Hell, are completely the
Same.

15. It is never non-existent, and it is never existent,

What are called Nirvanas might be similar to a kind of cosmetics,

Even though they are not existent, or really existent,

They are belonging to the situations of accomplishments, and they have been just
accomplished.


16. Never Non-existence, or never existence,

When Nirvanas are completely recognized,

Never Non-existence, or never existence,

Such situations are recognized a little as a concrete fact.


17. When the Result has been leaving from the self-regulation, there might be Happiness
Actually.

What is called Existence, is never be born at all.
In the case that co-existences do not exist actually,

The denial of co-existence might never be born as the fact at all.


18. Even though our own self-conceit of having established our own stable
basis,

The idea of a simple fact that we are just existing in the world, does not bear anything
at all.

If the co-existence would not exist at all really,

No existence of the co-existence actually is never be born at all,


19. Without leaving the process of wandering, it will become leaving Nirvana.

It does never suggest that we have been given up by Nirvana,

Not belonging to Nirvana, is leaving from the wandering.

It does never suggest that we have been given up by Nirvana,


20. What is included by Nirvana is just Time,

And the Time is also belonging to the wandering life of ups and downs.

The two kinds of substances, that is, Time and the wandering life of ups and downs,
Seems to be as if they were nothing.

Then something excellently delicate is recognized very clearly..


21. Result is, leaving from the self-regulation, the first step of ultimate phase.

It is just the Eternity and so forth, and the Real Life, which can be experienced directly.

The Nirvana might be just our ultimate scene of human life,

And so it might be the supposition of the former line, and it might be taking a rest in
the perfect darkness.


22. What is the totally relying upon the balanced autonomic nervous system, and what
is the totally relying upon Nirvana?

What is the Eternity, and what is the having the End?

What is the Eternity, and what is the Destroyable?

What is not the Eternity, and what is not having the End?


23. What is the Same, and what is not the Same?

What is Eternal, and what is not Eternal?

Being not Eternal, and being Eternal are what altogether both?

In this case also there is no co-existences of the two cases of existence and non-
existence together at all.


24. All kinds of our sense perceptions and the mental serenities,

Are prone to expand and to make the mind happier.

Without having any kinds of distinction between the places, kinds, or the contents of
teachings,

The Principles of the Universe, which Gautama Buddha has taught us, are the contents
of his guidance.

Friday, January 1, 2010

[24} Examination of The Supreme Truth (verses 40)

MMK (24) Examination of The Supreme Truth (40 verses)

1. When the balanced state of the autonomic nervous system pervades through the whole Universe,

The appearance of this world does never exist, and disappearance of this world does never exist.

The Four Philosophies, those are, Idealism, Materialism, Philosophy of Action, and Reality itself, are The Supreme Truth.

Because the insistence that such a Truth does never exist in this world, are the wrong human attitudes, which are attaching to their wrong idea without Reason.

2. Knowledge, abandonment,

Action, and results,

Those factors are the Four Sacred Truths,

Leaving from no existence, everything exists really.


3. No existence of the Four Sacred Truths are never recognized,

And no existence of the Four Kinds of Sacred Results does never exist at all.

When Result does not exist at all, the Facts of Result does not also exist.

Therefore it is difficult for the Arrival of Reality to be recognized actually. .


4. When the Buddhist Sangha does not exist, this world does not exist.

And then, they, the eight kinds of people and personalities, are also too.

And the four kinds of Sacred Truths transcend the existence,

Even the Real Universe itself is never recognized at all.


5. If there were nothing in the Universe, and there were nothing in the Buddhist
Organization,

How is it possible for a Person, who has realized the Truth, to exist even in future?

Similarly the three kinds of Buddhist Values, Buddha, Dharma, and Samgha, are just
jewels.

But your insistences are attacking and making Buddhism retreat.


6. The balanced states of the autonomic nervous system are the results in the real world,

And both the Subjective Universe and the real Universe are the results in the real world.

All jobs are secular jobs,

And all occurrences in our daily lives are attacked and evaded by Non-Buddhists.


7. In that situation, what are talked are relying upon the balanced autonomic nervous
system,

But you do not know clearly the ultimate conclusion.

Even though it is true that the serene state of the balanced autonomic nervous system is
just the aim of the balanced autonomic nervous system,

But actually you are totally making your efforts to break down everything without any
exception.


8. In the two kinds of Truths, there is one, which is enjoyed as similar to running.

Which are belonging to Buddha, and the teachings in the Rule of the Universe.

The true guidance in the Universe, that is the Truth,

And it is just the Truth without exception, at the same time it is just the Highest Truth.


9. Those do not belong to the two of the expiration or inhalation,

But the divisions are separated following the Truth and the division,

Those situations of Real Facts are never separated into the two.

However, Gautama Buddha has admonished us to have the hope of an endlessly deep
navel, voice, or personality.


10. What to do something usually have some kind of unreliable characters.

It is rather difficult for us to indicate the perfect Truth.

It is impossible for us to arrive at the highest Truth to arrive at it.

The perfectly arrive at the state of balanced autonomic nervous system is rather
actually impossible for us.


11. When we have to receive a wrong judicial decision,

The state of being in the balanced autonomic nervous system, might be seen as if we
had become perfectly stupid.

There, an animal, which is creeping on the ground like a snake, exists as a bad prize.

And sometimes the wickedness of the snake might be too much bad capture.


12. Just because of such a clear reason, there is a case that a snake's knowledge is too
much excellent as it is.

Therefore it is clear that the existence of such situations belongs to the Saint.

The Rule of the Universe belongs to ourselves, and to the Rule of the Universe.

And so something, which is a soft motion, and not so clear to be found, is difficult to
be found, or recognized clearly.


13. Relying upon the balanced autonomic nervous system, to make the mind more inactive,

The balanced states are much more accomplished into miscellaneous existences.

Worrying about such criticism does never belong to our problems,

And so such problems do never appear into the balanced state of the autonomic
nervous system at all.


14. If everything is bound by the concrete facts totally,

Even the state of the balanced autonomic nervous system must be also bound by the
real facts.

And if everything is not bound by the concrete facts,

Even the state of the balanced autonomic nervous system must not be also bound
at all.


15. Actually you are a man, who is prone to commit many errors, subjectively
or objectively, at this place.

Therefore you must have a tendency to guard yourself in every case.

But even though you were actually riding a horse,

You are just riding as if you were sitting on a dog.


16. When you have left from the subjective ideas, you are belonging to existences,

Then you will notice Real Existences.

Unreasonable Real Truths are existences,

And you will look at the Real Existence in future.


17. What is really accomplished, and what is the cause of the accomplishment, are
originally the same.

What to produce something, is just the Real Efforts of production, a production
is just production, the Real Action itself.

Production is also a kind of suppressive control too,

And the Result is just your torture called production.


18. That is just the very clear Total Occurrence.

The totally balanced autonomic nervous systems, are indicating the situations of
the Present Moment itself.

Those Realities just might be what have been grasped as information.

And so our rather anti-historical tendency might be called the Middle Way.


19. When some kinds of accidental facts are not so understandable,

The Rule of the Universe can never be recognized at all.

Because according to that facts, or according to this facts, everything is lacking the
balanced state of the autonomic nervous system,

The system of the Universe hasn't been recognized at all.


20. When the unbalanced situations of the autonomic nervous system hasn't become
pervaded through the world,

The appearance of an accident does not exist, and the ending of changes does not
exist.

The Four Sacred Truths,

The non-existence of Them are attached by the too much strong prejudice.


21. When the synthetic universal phenomena are not clear,

It is not clear where a serious pain will exist in future?

And unreliable talks really produce very severe pain,

Because even a concrete fact, which does not exist in the subjective image, is
not recognized.


22. The subjective ideas, which we are considering in our brain now,

How they are possible to be considered in our brain again?

Therefore it is impossible for the past and the present will be combined together.

And then the two states of the balanced autonomic nervous system might fight
with each other.


23. The States of Self-Regulation are not related with the subjective existence.

Therefore, the Real State of the Painful Situations can be recognized only by the
pain itself .

Subjective situations are prone to be contradictory.

However the Self-Regulation is always painful against you.


24. Relying upon our own will actually belong to the True Way.

And what kind of reason does such a result occur, is not clear.

Fortunately the symbol of the True Way exists actually,

And so no existence of selfishness can be recognized from the facts.


25. At every time, when Pains are accumulated,

Self-regulation is never recognized at all.

The True Way seems to be the negation of Pain.

And how is it possible for something to be found in future?


26. Relying upon subjective existence is never relying upon perfect knowledge.

At that time, what is included into the concrete facts is what again?

How is it possible for the problem to be included into Reality actually?

Therefore, the subjective existences are perfectly maintained stable.


27. Considerations are just Intuitions.

What are manifested themselves in front of us are just the same as what we are
looking at them.

What are similar to knowledge are never fixed like a harness.

The Four Sacred Truths are like that, and the Four Kinds of Results are also similar
to.


28. What are not grasped relying upon our subjectivity,

That is just the Result, but what is just it is?

What will be well realized, might be what has been realized already.

But in such situations, there might be perhaps subjective existence, has been
realized abundantly already.


29. Without the existence of Result, there is no establishment of the Result.

And there might be no arrival of the Realizing the Truth.

The Buddhist Organizations do not exist, and their real entities do not
exist really.

There it is impossible for the eight kinds of officers, and other personal members
of the Buddhist Organizations do not exists actually.


30. Without leaving the non-existence of the Sacred Truths,

Even the Real Universe can never be recognized.

If He were not existing both in the Universe, or in the Buddhist Organization,

Where shall it be possible for Buddha to exist even in future?


31. Even though the Truth is not confirmed so well yet,

Your Gautama Buddha is compassionate toward you.

Even though you have not arrived at Gautama Buddha's personality well,

You have attached to your own Buddhist Truth preferably.


32. Even a person, who hasn't become to the same state as Gautama
Buddha relying upon his own personality yet,

Such kinds of Enlightenment can be got relying upon what is occupied.

Relying upon keeping the same state of balanced autonomic nervous system as
Gautama Buddha actually,

Such kinds of people will arrive at the Real Truth actually in future..


33. Even the Rule of the Universe, or even Not the Rule of the Universe,

Both those are never produced by Human Beings even in future.

How is it possible for what does not belong to the balanced autonomic nervous
system to be what should be done?

Because it is completely impossible for any subjective idea to be able to produce
any kinds of Something Real at all.


34. Both the Universe and the neglecting the Universe, do not exist.

Because the affirmation of Result is impossible for you to confirm the existence of
Result.

Both the affirmation and the negation of the Universe are just a kind of marks,

Therefore it might be impossible for you to recognize the Result.


35. Both the affirmation and the negation of the Universe are just a kind of marks,

Then they also recognize the Result too.

Just the Universe and the not the Universe are both the miscellaneous phenomena,

And how is it possible for those, which are not the balanced state of the autonomic
nervous system, to be Result.


36. Everything is done as the works actually, which are done in cooperation.

However you are making your efforts to stop all kinds of such secular jobs.

Such kind of very conspicuous synthetic phenomena,

The state of the balanced autonomic nervous system, you are going to stop it.


37. Anything, which has been accomplished, does not exist at all.

There are the states, which have begun to be produced already,

And at that time what we should do carefully to begin with, might not be to produce
a concrete thing directly,

But it might be sure that we should guard our balanced autonomic nervous system
stable.


38. The state, which has not been born, has been kept by our own will,

The possibility for me to stand at the highest lank, can also be realized in future.

Being decorated with miscellaneous colors, and being kept with stabilities,

It might be the common vulgar habits in the secular societies to left the world as the
object for giving up.


39. The problem might belong to the stage of accomplishment, or the stage of
unsuccessful situations.

Pain, a boundary line, and Action itself.

All are pains, or giving up, and then,

Inadequate state of the autonomic nervous system isn’t recognized.


40. A person, who clearly look at the conspicuous and synthetic existing world as the
Real World,

Might be a person, who can look at the things and phenomena as the Real World
really.

To such a kind of person, pain and the synthetic Real World are perfectly as they
are,

And the Self-Regulations and Morals are also perfectly the same as they are.