Whole Reality in Our Body

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Whole Reality in Our Body:

'Your clever body: Thinking from head to toe', 

• 12 October 2011 by David Robson
• "New Scientist" Magazine issue 2834.

a preview of the full article:

http://tinyurl.com/BodyRealitiy

""   TAKE a minute out of the hustle and bustle of your busy life and sit very still. Now, place your hands on the arms of the chair or the desk in front of you, and try to focus your attention on counting your heartbeats. Can you feel a throbbing drum roll, a slight murmur or nothing at all? How does your bladder feel - is it empty or will you need to dash for the bathroom within the next half hour? You may be surprised to learn that these bodily sensations are helping you think.

We tend to view the mind as an aloof, disembodied entity but it is becoming increasingly clear that the whole body is involved in the thinking process. Without input from your body, your mind would be unable to generate a sense of self or process emotions properly. Your body even plays a role in thinking    ""

And, incrediblly Zen Buddhism, according to 淨空法師, Master Chin Kung, for example, from his talk about "修華嚴奧旨妄盡還源觀", about the study of the original Buddah's whole work, "華嚴經", our body is the whole universe, the whole reality:

http://tinyurl.com/BuddhaText

"   《華嚴經》的原本只有一種，但分量很大。印度人計算篇幅的大小，是以偈頌為單位，說一偈或一頌是同樣的意思，都以四句為一單位。不論是偈頌、長行或密咒，也以四句為一單位；一單位裡，字數並不相等。《華嚴經》總共有十萬頌，也就是四十萬句，可見其分量之大。分量多就容易散失，所以《華嚴經》傳入中國時，就是一個殘缺本。

首次傳入是在晉朝，只有三萬六千頌，是十萬頌的三分之一，其中三分之二都遺失了。將三萬六千頌翻譯成華文，總共有六十卷，稱為《晉經》，也稱為《六十華嚴》。現在還有流通，但是讀的人較少。

第二次是在唐朝證聖年間，即武則天執政時，由實叉難陀大師從西域帶來，比上次增加九千頌，總共有四萬五千頌，共翻譯出八十卷，稱為《八十華嚴》。

第三次在唐德宗貞元年間，印度有個小國，對中國進貢。禮品裡有一部《普賢菩薩行願品》，經文完整無缺，非常珍貴。由印度高僧般若法師譯成華文，總共四十卷，稱為《四十華嚴》。所以《四十華嚴》就是《普賢菩薩行願品》。現在《華嚴經》每一品都有缺文，唯獨《普賢菩薩行願品》是完整的。弘一大師教導我們學習的方法，《八十華嚴》讀到第五十九卷，接著讀《四十華嚴》，合起來總共九十九卷。

（節錄自 1998/12/2 早餐開示【20-13-1202】）   "