And you shall be given.

This was a point that was covered in the 21 days Abundance programme. Deepak Chopra’s point was that there is no coincidence, all these magical events that we think are coincidences, are the universe ‘s echo back to us.

All we had to do was intend and give attention, cast our intention out to the universe, and gently patiently, the echo comes to you.

So inner work this time brought me to this mantra.

Is that the heart sutra?

I had spent some time copying the heart sutra in chinese as a practice some 20 years back, at a point of my lowest. But i havent heard it in sanskrit.

Then a while ago i saw the video and it resonated with me so much, every night when i massage qinzhi, i would sing this mantra apart from the chenrizig mantra i learnt in dharamsala.

I didnt exactly know what mantra this was. And wanted to ask Juan a few days back. Then Yin just WhatsApp to share on the Global Heart Sutra Recitation | The link to join in the recitation is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=celvLjBZumk&feature=youtu.be

I think this initiative is way too cool and how buddhism is moving along with times or how people are applying buddhism in good spirit with times and in the time of need.

The WhatsApp came along with this message, essentially a translation of the mantra. And i saw this : OM GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA

THE SUTRA OF THE HEART OF TRANSCENDENT KNOWLEDGE

Thus​ have I ​heard​. Once the ​Bles​sed One ​was​ dwelling ​in​ Raja​gri​ha at ​Vul​ture Peak ​moun​tain, to​ge​ther with ​a​ great ga​ther​ing of ​the​ sangha ​of​ monks and ​a​ great ga​ther​ing of ​the​ sangha ​of​ bodhi​satt​vas. At ​that ​time the ​Blesse​ d One ​en​tered the sa​madhi ​that​ expres​ses​ the dhar​ma​ called “pro​found​ illu​mi​nation,” ​and​ at the ​same time no​ble​ Ava​lo​kitesh​va​ra,the ​bodh​isatt​va​ maha​satt​va, while ​prac​ticing ​the profound ​pra​jñapa​ra​mita, ​saw​ in this ​way​: he saw ​the​ five skan​dhas​ to be em​pty of na​ture.

Then, ​through​ the po​wer​ of the ​Bud​ dha, ve​ner​able ​Shar​ipu​tra​ said to ​no​ble A​va​loki​tesh​vara, ​the​ bodhi​satt​va ma​ha​sattva, “​How​ should a ​son​ or daugh​ter​ of no​ble​ family ​train​,who wish​es​ to prac​tice​ the prof​ound​ prajña​pa​rami​ta​?”

Addressed ​in​ this way,​ no​ble A​va​lokit​ esh​vara, ​the​ bodhi​satt​va ma​ha​sattva, said​ to ve​ner​able ​Sha​ripu​tra​, “O Sha​ri​putra, ​a​ son or ​daugh​ter of ​no​ble fami​ ly​ who wish​es​ to prac​tice​ the pro​found ​prajña​pa​rami​ta​ should see ​in​ this way: ​see​ing the five​ skandhas ​to​ be emp​ty​ of na​ture​. Form is ​emp​tiness; ​emp​tiness ​al​so is ​form​. Empti​ness​ is no ​oth​er than ​form​; form is ​no​ other ​than​ empti​ness​. In the ​same​ way, fee​ling​, percep​tion​, forma​tion,​ and con​scious​ness are ​emp​tiness. ​Thus​, Shari​pu​tra, all ​dhar​mas are ​emp​tiness. ​There​ are no ​char​acter​is​tics. There ​is​ no birth a​ nd​ no ces​sa​tion. There ​is​ no im​pur​ity ​and​ no pur​it​y. There ​is​ no de​crease​ and no ​in​crease. There​fore​, Shari​pu​tra, in ​emp​tiness, ​there​ is no ​form​, no fee​ling​, no perc​ ep​tion, no for​mation, ​no​ conscious​ness​; no eye, ​no​ ear, no ​nose​, no tongue,​no​ body, no ​mind​; no ​app​earance, ​no​ sound, no ​smell​, no taste, ​no​ touch, no ​dharm​ as; no ​eye​ dhatu ​up to no ​mind​ dhatu, ​no​ dhatu ​of​ dharmas, ​no​ mind con​scious​ness dha​tu​; no ig​nor​ance, no ​end​ of ig​nor​ance up ​to​ no old ​age​ and death, ​no​ end of ​old​ age and

death​; no suf​fer​ing, no ​or​igin o​ f​ suffer​ing​, no ces​sa​tion of ​suff​ering, ​no​ path, no wis​dom, no ​att​ainment, ​and​ no non​att​ainment. ​There​fore, Sha​ri​putra, ​since​ the bo​dhi​sattvas ​have​ no at​tainm​ ent, they ​a​bide by ​means​ of pra​jña​para​mi​ta. Since there​ is no ​ob​scura​tion​ of mind, ​there​ is no ​fear​. They tran​scend​ falsi​ty​ and at​tain complete ​nir​vana. ​All​ the bud​dhas​ of the ​three​ times, by ​means​ of praj​ña​para​mi​ta, ful​ly​ awa​ken​ to un​sur​passa​ble​, true, com​plete​ enligh​ten​ment. There​fore​, the great man​tra of ​pra​jñapa​ra​mita, ​the​ mantra o​ f​ great in​sight​, the un​sur​passed man​tra​, the un​e​qualed man​tra​, the man​tra​ that calms ​all​ suffer​ing​, should be ​known​ as truth, since​ there is ​no​ decep​tion​. The praj​ña​para​mi​ta man​tra​ is said ​in​ this way:

OM GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA Thus​, Shari​pu​tra, the ​bo​dhisatt​va​ mahas​ att​va should ​train​ in the ​pro​found pra​jña​para​mi​ta.”

Then ​the​ Blessed ​One​ arose ​from​ that sa​ma​dhi and ​praised​ noble A​valo​ki​teshva​ra​, the bo​dhi​sattva ​ma​hasatt​va​, saying, “​Good​, good, O ​son​ of no​ble family; ​thus​ it is, ​O​ son of ​no​ble fami​ ly​, thus it ​is​. One should ​prac​tice the pro​found pra​jña​para​mi​ta just ​as​ you have ​taught​ and all ​the​ tathag​ a​tas will re​joice.”

When ​the​ Blessed ​One​ had said ​this,​ vener​a​ble Sha​ri​putra ​and​ noble A​valo​ki​teshva​ra​,the bo​dhi​sattva ​ma​hasatt​va​, that whole ​ass​embly ​and​ the world with​ its gods, ​hu​mans, a​su​ras, and ​gan​dharvas ​re​joiced and ​praised​ the words o​ f the Bles​sed​ One.

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This coincidence is not.

You shall be given. So, ASK.