Basically Khenpo Tsultrim Rinpoche selected some suttas to teach
us how to meditate on the illusory nature of all appearances in our
lives. He explained about the quotes and then got us to sing in
English and Mandarin. It is important to apply these to all the
various circumstances in our lives, so as to gain certainty in the
illusory nature of all appearances.
From the Sutra of the Noble
Collection:
Know the five skandhas are like an illusion
Don't separate the illusion from the skandhas
Free of thinking that anything is real -
This is perfect wisdom's conduct at its best!
From the King of Samadhi
Sutra:
All the images conjured by a magician
The horses, elephants and chariots in his illusions
Whatever may appear there, know that none of it is real
And it's just like that with everything there is!
From Nagarjuna's Fundamental
Wisdom of the Middle Way:
Like a dream, like an illusion,
Like a city of gandharvas,
That's how birth, and that's living,
That's how dying are taught to be.
From Chandrakirti's Entering the
Middle Way:
There are two ways of seeing every thing,
The perfect way and the false way,
So each and every thing that can ever be found
Holds two natures within.
And what does perfect seeing see?
It sees the suchness of all things.
And false seeing sees the relative truth -
This is what the perfect Buddha said.
From Shantideva's Guide to the
Bodhisattva's Conduct:
THen wanderers, these dream-like beings, what are they?
If analyzed, they're a banana tree.
One cannot make definitive distinctions
Between transcending misery and not.
