Monk Beopryun's lecture on the Diamond Sutra
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The standard for the answers to the questions and answers given by Venerable Pomnyun is the Diamond Sutra. 〈Diamond Sutra Lectures by Venerable Pomnyun〉 is a new book in the series of sutra lectures by Venerable Pomnyun, widely known for his Q&A lectures, Prayer, Enlightenment, and Monk’s Ceremonial Address. This book explains sutras that are considered difficult in an easy-to-understand way using the clear and lucid style of Monk Beopryun. Since 2002, he has been active as a mentor to the public, transcending gender, age, religion, and ideology through over 1,000 public lectures in the Q&A format. The standard for this immediate question and answer was the Diamond Sutra. 〈Diamond Sutra Lectures〉 is a collection of sermons on the Diamond Sutra given by Venerable Pomnyun, which were compiled and refined into a new edition. Through rich examples closely related to our lives, such as Q&A with the deeply troubled masses and anecdotes from the monk's ascetic life, it becomes a living, breathing scripture. Those who wish to become the masters of their own lives will find themselves transformed the moment they close the last chapter of this book. Watch the Diamond Sutra lecture video *Click* |
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[Preface] The Right Teachings Leading to Nirvana and Liberation
About the Diamond Sutra
[The Diamond Sutra's Great Meaning by the Yongseong Jinjong Investigation] Explanation of the title of the Diamond Sutra
Diamond Sutra
Chapter 1: Cause and Effect of the Dharma Assembly | The Day the Dharma Assembly Was Held
Chapter 2: The Arising of Good Manifestations | Subhuti, Requesting the Dharma
Chapter 3: The Right Teachings of Mahayana
Chapter 4: The Wonderful Practice of Non-Abiding | A Life of Giving Without Obstruction
Chapter 5: Seeing the Tathagata
Chapter 6: The Rare and Exciting Part of Right Faith | Right Faith
Chapter 7: The Truth That Needs Nothing to Be Obtained or Spoken About
Chapter 8: Birth from the Law | The Truth from Which All Laws Follow
9. The aspect of everyday life is originally without aspect.
Chapter 10: The Magnificent Pure Land | Adorning the Pure Land
Chapter 11: The Superior Blessing of Non-action | The Superior Blessing of Non-action
Chapter 12: Respecting the Right Teachings | Respecting the Right Teachings
Chapter 13: The Division of Receiving and Holding the Dharma | Receiving and holding the Dharma
Chapter 14: The Division of Ideal Nirvana | Nirvana through the separation of forms
Chapter 15: Merit of Holding the Sutra | Merit of Holding the Sutra
Chapter 16: The ability to purify karma | Clearing karma
Chapter 17: Ultimately, I am no more
Chapter 18: Seeing All Things as One | Seeing All Things as One
Chapter 19: Transforming the Dharma Realm | Transforming the Dharma Realm
Chapter 20: Away from color and appearance | Away from color and appearance
Chapter 21: Non-Storytelling and Non-Storytelling | A Sermon with Nothing to Say
Chapter 22 · There is nothing to gain from the law.
Chapter 23: Doing Good with a Pure Mind | Doing Good with a Pure Mind
24. Blessings and wisdom are incomparable.
Chapter 25: The 25th ...
26. The Dharmakaya is not a form.
27. Uninterrupted and Unextinct | Neither interrupted nor destroyed
28. The virtue of not receiving or coveting
Chapter 29 · The above is appropriate and quiet.
Chapter 30: The principle of unity and division | The principle of unity
31. The knowledge of non-birth | Not having knowledge
Chapter 32 · The True Part of Responsive Transformation | If you do not take the form, it is like this and like this.
[Appendix] Full Text of the Diamond Sutra
About the Diamond Sutra
[The Diamond Sutra's Great Meaning by the Yongseong Jinjong Investigation] Explanation of the title of the Diamond Sutra
Diamond Sutra
Chapter 1: Cause and Effect of the Dharma Assembly | The Day the Dharma Assembly Was Held
Chapter 2: The Arising of Good Manifestations | Subhuti, Requesting the Dharma
Chapter 3: The Right Teachings of Mahayana
Chapter 4: The Wonderful Practice of Non-Abiding | A Life of Giving Without Obstruction
Chapter 5: Seeing the Tathagata
Chapter 6: The Rare and Exciting Part of Right Faith | Right Faith
Chapter 7: The Truth That Needs Nothing to Be Obtained or Spoken About
Chapter 8: Birth from the Law | The Truth from Which All Laws Follow
9. The aspect of everyday life is originally without aspect.
Chapter 10: The Magnificent Pure Land | Adorning the Pure Land
Chapter 11: The Superior Blessing of Non-action | The Superior Blessing of Non-action
Chapter 12: Respecting the Right Teachings | Respecting the Right Teachings
Chapter 13: The Division of Receiving and Holding the Dharma | Receiving and holding the Dharma
Chapter 14: The Division of Ideal Nirvana | Nirvana through the separation of forms
Chapter 15: Merit of Holding the Sutra | Merit of Holding the Sutra
Chapter 16: The ability to purify karma | Clearing karma
Chapter 17: Ultimately, I am no more
Chapter 18: Seeing All Things as One | Seeing All Things as One
Chapter 19: Transforming the Dharma Realm | Transforming the Dharma Realm
Chapter 20: Away from color and appearance | Away from color and appearance
Chapter 21: Non-Storytelling and Non-Storytelling | A Sermon with Nothing to Say
Chapter 22 · There is nothing to gain from the law.
Chapter 23: Doing Good with a Pure Mind | Doing Good with a Pure Mind
24. Blessings and wisdom are incomparable.
Chapter 25: The 25th ...
26. The Dharmakaya is not a form.
27. Uninterrupted and Unextinct | Neither interrupted nor destroyed
28. The virtue of not receiving or coveting
Chapter 29 · The above is appropriate and quiet.
Chapter 30: The principle of unity and division | The principle of unity
31. The knowledge of non-birth | Not having knowledge
Chapter 32 · The True Part of Responsive Transformation | If you do not take the form, it is like this and like this.
[Appendix] Full Text of the Diamond Sutra
Into the book
“If the reality of my life right now is painful, I am just momentarily off track.
I am just momentarily forgetting my true nature and fundamental position.
After making a vow to become a Bodhisattva and working hard every day, he came to this world and forgot about it for a while while getting drunk.
Once you wake up from the intoxication, you will clearly realize the true nature of it.
Through our connection to studying the Diamond Sutra, we are already taking the first step toward finding our path.
It only takes a moment for a dark room to become bright.
Whether the room was dark a hundred years ago or yesterday, the darkness disappears in an instant when a single light is turned on.
This is the principle of enlightenment.
No matter how thick the karma, there is not even the slightest discrimination in the principles of Buddhism.
“On the path to enlightenment, the lightness or heaviness of one’s karma, the length or shortness of one’s practice, etc., do not matter.”
“There are countless diseases in this world, and there are just as many prescriptions to treat them.
No matter how effective a prescription may be, it cannot be a panacea.
The same goes for life's problems.
Even if there is a secret method that washes away one person's suffering, there is no guarantee that it will work for someone else.
So, the Tathagata's prescriptions are different for each of the countless situations and conditions.
Just as no doctor prescribes the same treatment to every patient, the Buddha's teachings also differ depending on the circumstances and foundations of each living being.
The best prescription is determined by the patient's symptoms, not by a single prescription regardless of the situation or conditions.
That is the law of non-existence, the law of no fixed rules.
I am just momentarily forgetting my true nature and fundamental position.
After making a vow to become a Bodhisattva and working hard every day, he came to this world and forgot about it for a while while getting drunk.
Once you wake up from the intoxication, you will clearly realize the true nature of it.
Through our connection to studying the Diamond Sutra, we are already taking the first step toward finding our path.
It only takes a moment for a dark room to become bright.
Whether the room was dark a hundred years ago or yesterday, the darkness disappears in an instant when a single light is turned on.
This is the principle of enlightenment.
No matter how thick the karma, there is not even the slightest discrimination in the principles of Buddhism.
“On the path to enlightenment, the lightness or heaviness of one’s karma, the length or shortness of one’s practice, etc., do not matter.”
“There are countless diseases in this world, and there are just as many prescriptions to treat them.
No matter how effective a prescription may be, it cannot be a panacea.
The same goes for life's problems.
Even if there is a secret method that washes away one person's suffering, there is no guarantee that it will work for someone else.
So, the Tathagata's prescriptions are different for each of the countless situations and conditions.
Just as no doctor prescribes the same treatment to every patient, the Buddha's teachings also differ depending on the circumstances and foundations of each living being.
The best prescription is determined by the patient's symptoms, not by a single prescription regardless of the situation or conditions.
That is the law of non-existence, the law of no fixed rules.
--- From the text
Publisher's Review
A Retelling of the Diamond Sutra: A Way of Empathy and Enlightenment, in the Language of Venerable Pomnyun
About the Diamond Sutra
The original name of the Diamond Sutra is the Diamond Sutra.
It is known that the sutra representing Mahayana Buddhism was transmitted in the early days of the introduction of Buddhism during the Three Kingdoms period, and it is considered to be one of the minor sutras by Jinul, a national preceptor in the mid-Goryeo period, and especially in Seon Buddhism, it has been regarded as a minor sutra since the Sixth Patriarch Huineng.
It is said that the Diamond Sutra was widely distributed in our country because it was required for those who wished to learn the Vajra Buddhism to read it.
The Diamond Sutra, which consists of a dialogue between the Buddha and his disciple Subhuti, is widely recited by the public along with the Heart Sutra, but its unique development and ideological depth have made it difficult to understand its meaning.
So, while many people have been reciting the Diamond Sutra, they have not properly understood its meaning, and because they do not understand its meaning, they have simply dismissed the Buddha's words as mere words.
Monk Beopryun's lecture on the Diamond Sutra
Monk Beopryun has become familiar to the public through his best-selling books such as “Prayer,” “Enlightenment,” “Monk’s Sermon,” and “Mom’s Class,” as well as his impromptu lectures.
The Buddhist scriptures and sermons of Venerable Pomnyun are not simply word-for-word interpretations or literal explanations, but rather serve as guidelines for resolving difficulties encountered in real life.
To help us use the teachings of Buddha from 2,500 years ago as a compass for those living in this age, the meaning of the sutra is vividly conveyed through a wealth of anecdotes and examples, sometimes as a story, and sometimes as a stern rebuke.
There are five or six Chinese translations of the Diamond Sutra, but the most widely used is Kumarajiva's translation.
In “Dharma Wheel Monk’s Lectures on the Diamond Sutra,” the Chinese version translated by Master Kumarajiva and the Korean version translated by Master Yongseong Jinjong were used.
In particular, there is a special significance in using the Korean version of the Yongseongjinjong investigation.
Yongseong Jinjong, the founder of the Buddhist Order of Korea, dedicated his life to the independence of our nation, participating in the March 1st Movement along with Monk Manhae Han Yong-un as one of the 33 national representatives. He established the Samjang Translation Society in the late Joseon Dynasty with the goal of intellectualizing, popularizing, and integrating Korean Buddhism into everyday life, and translated over 30 Buddhist scriptures, including the Avatamsaka Sutra and the Diamond Sutra, into Korean.
Although Hunminjeongeum was created and a translated version of the Diamond Sutra was made during the reign of King Sejo in the 15th century, the first person to translate the Diamond Sutra into Korean in modern times was Yongseong Jinjong.
In order to revive that meaning today, this book used as its model the 3rd edition (1937) reprint of the Sangyeok and Haegeumganggyeong translated by Yongseong Jinjong Josa in 1923 and printed and published in 1926.
The facsimile version of the “Sangyeok and Haegeumganggyeong” is currently housed in the Yongseong Memorial Hall of Jangsu Jukrimjeongsa Temple, the birthplace of Yongseongjosa.
The conversation between Buddha and Subhuti is a question and answer about our lives here and now.
The image of Buddha depicted in the scriptures is nothing more than that of a beggar.
The image of Buddha begging for food from house to house with only a bowl and worn-out clothes, and sharing the food he got with his disciples, is the very image of the ordinariness of the poorest person in the world.
Nevertheless, people, regardless of gender, age, wealth, or social standing, appealed to the Buddha about their pain and suffering, and asked him how they could resolve their pain and suffering.
The Buddha taught them the path to liberation and nirvana, and all of this has been passed down in the sutras.
The Diamond Sutra is also a sutra composed of questions Subhuti asked the Buddha at the Savatthi Temple and the Buddha's answers to them.
Subhuti then asked how he could attain complete happiness and freedom by realizing all truths and wisdom like the Buddha, and the Buddha answered his disciple's earnest question.
So what is the answer to the path to enlightenment that the Buddha spoke of? Readers will be able to discover it for themselves as they read this book.
It is as if the direction of one's life changed on the spot after the Great Master Yukjo heard a passage from the Diamond Sutra, "Give birth to your mind without dwelling anywhere."
The best teaching to become the master of your own life
The goal of life is to live happily.
A happy life is only possible when you become the master of your own life.
Because in a life where I am the master, no one and nothing can take away the joy of my life.
So, if you can just figure out how to become the master of your life, that would be the greatest blessing.
In the Diamond Sutra, the Buddha presents the path to liberation that allows anyone to be free from suffering and find happiness here and now.
It is the path of lawlessness that opens up the freedom of my life, a path of lawlessness that is equal for everyone.
If you can only understand the principles of Buddhism, everything becomes practice, and everyone you meet becomes a Bodhisattva.
In the Diamond Sutra, the Buddha enlightens us that the law is not found deep in the mountains or in the Tripitaka Koreana, but rather in the conditions of our present reality, among the people we encounter every day.
If you want to understand the Diamond Sutra, which consists of a conversation between the Buddha and Subhuti, and use it as a guide for your life, you must know the Buddha's life.
If we come to know what the Buddha was like, what he said, and what kind of life he lived, we will be able to better understand the true meaning hidden between the lines of the Diamond Sutra.
For this reason, I recommend reading together “The Human Buddha - His Great Life and Thought,” which deals with the life of the Buddha.
About the Diamond Sutra
The original name of the Diamond Sutra is the Diamond Sutra.
It is known that the sutra representing Mahayana Buddhism was transmitted in the early days of the introduction of Buddhism during the Three Kingdoms period, and it is considered to be one of the minor sutras by Jinul, a national preceptor in the mid-Goryeo period, and especially in Seon Buddhism, it has been regarded as a minor sutra since the Sixth Patriarch Huineng.
It is said that the Diamond Sutra was widely distributed in our country because it was required for those who wished to learn the Vajra Buddhism to read it.
The Diamond Sutra, which consists of a dialogue between the Buddha and his disciple Subhuti, is widely recited by the public along with the Heart Sutra, but its unique development and ideological depth have made it difficult to understand its meaning.
So, while many people have been reciting the Diamond Sutra, they have not properly understood its meaning, and because they do not understand its meaning, they have simply dismissed the Buddha's words as mere words.
Monk Beopryun's lecture on the Diamond Sutra
Monk Beopryun has become familiar to the public through his best-selling books such as “Prayer,” “Enlightenment,” “Monk’s Sermon,” and “Mom’s Class,” as well as his impromptu lectures.
The Buddhist scriptures and sermons of Venerable Pomnyun are not simply word-for-word interpretations or literal explanations, but rather serve as guidelines for resolving difficulties encountered in real life.
To help us use the teachings of Buddha from 2,500 years ago as a compass for those living in this age, the meaning of the sutra is vividly conveyed through a wealth of anecdotes and examples, sometimes as a story, and sometimes as a stern rebuke.
There are five or six Chinese translations of the Diamond Sutra, but the most widely used is Kumarajiva's translation.
In “Dharma Wheel Monk’s Lectures on the Diamond Sutra,” the Chinese version translated by Master Kumarajiva and the Korean version translated by Master Yongseong Jinjong were used.
In particular, there is a special significance in using the Korean version of the Yongseongjinjong investigation.
Yongseong Jinjong, the founder of the Buddhist Order of Korea, dedicated his life to the independence of our nation, participating in the March 1st Movement along with Monk Manhae Han Yong-un as one of the 33 national representatives. He established the Samjang Translation Society in the late Joseon Dynasty with the goal of intellectualizing, popularizing, and integrating Korean Buddhism into everyday life, and translated over 30 Buddhist scriptures, including the Avatamsaka Sutra and the Diamond Sutra, into Korean.
Although Hunminjeongeum was created and a translated version of the Diamond Sutra was made during the reign of King Sejo in the 15th century, the first person to translate the Diamond Sutra into Korean in modern times was Yongseong Jinjong.
In order to revive that meaning today, this book used as its model the 3rd edition (1937) reprint of the Sangyeok and Haegeumganggyeong translated by Yongseong Jinjong Josa in 1923 and printed and published in 1926.
The facsimile version of the “Sangyeok and Haegeumganggyeong” is currently housed in the Yongseong Memorial Hall of Jangsu Jukrimjeongsa Temple, the birthplace of Yongseongjosa.
The conversation between Buddha and Subhuti is a question and answer about our lives here and now.
The image of Buddha depicted in the scriptures is nothing more than that of a beggar.
The image of Buddha begging for food from house to house with only a bowl and worn-out clothes, and sharing the food he got with his disciples, is the very image of the ordinariness of the poorest person in the world.
Nevertheless, people, regardless of gender, age, wealth, or social standing, appealed to the Buddha about their pain and suffering, and asked him how they could resolve their pain and suffering.
The Buddha taught them the path to liberation and nirvana, and all of this has been passed down in the sutras.
The Diamond Sutra is also a sutra composed of questions Subhuti asked the Buddha at the Savatthi Temple and the Buddha's answers to them.
Subhuti then asked how he could attain complete happiness and freedom by realizing all truths and wisdom like the Buddha, and the Buddha answered his disciple's earnest question.
So what is the answer to the path to enlightenment that the Buddha spoke of? Readers will be able to discover it for themselves as they read this book.
It is as if the direction of one's life changed on the spot after the Great Master Yukjo heard a passage from the Diamond Sutra, "Give birth to your mind without dwelling anywhere."
The best teaching to become the master of your own life
The goal of life is to live happily.
A happy life is only possible when you become the master of your own life.
Because in a life where I am the master, no one and nothing can take away the joy of my life.
So, if you can just figure out how to become the master of your life, that would be the greatest blessing.
In the Diamond Sutra, the Buddha presents the path to liberation that allows anyone to be free from suffering and find happiness here and now.
It is the path of lawlessness that opens up the freedom of my life, a path of lawlessness that is equal for everyone.
If you can only understand the principles of Buddhism, everything becomes practice, and everyone you meet becomes a Bodhisattva.
In the Diamond Sutra, the Buddha enlightens us that the law is not found deep in the mountains or in the Tripitaka Koreana, but rather in the conditions of our present reality, among the people we encounter every day.
If you want to understand the Diamond Sutra, which consists of a conversation between the Buddha and Subhuti, and use it as a guide for your life, you must know the Buddha's life.
If we come to know what the Buddha was like, what he said, and what kind of life he lived, we will be able to better understand the true meaning hidden between the lines of the Diamond Sutra.
For this reason, I recommend reading together “The Human Buddha - His Great Life and Thought,” which deals with the life of the Buddha.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of publication: November 23, 2012
- Format: Hardcover book binding method guide
- Page count, weight, size: 552 pages | 794g | 139*194*35mm
- ISBN13: 9788985961714
- ISBN10: 8985961713
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