Prajna Paramita - Perfection of Wisdom

Here is one view on the Prajnaparamita Sutras.
I am very facinated with the prajnaparamita because it is very intellectual based, which is my preference.
It take a lot of mental thinking to get an intellectual understanding of the prajnaparamita. To put it into word is even tougher as there a lot of paradoxes in the texts.
Fortunately the Buddha is enlightened to understand that humans have different preferences and abilities, and he devised different methods to cater for the differences.


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The Perfection of Insight Sutras or Praj

Here is one view and a general interpretation of the Prajnaparamita.

The essence of the Prajnaparamita is that of "Emptiness", aka. Sunyata, anatta, voids, or nothingness.

The main problem of understanding the Prajnaparamita is that we have to use words and language which is limited. We have to use similar synonyms which cannot be exactly represent the real meaning. The Map is not the Territory.

The word 'Emptiness' or 'Kosong' in the first place would easily throw most people off the track. Basically a word like 'emptiness' do not have favourable connotations and leads one to think of nihilism which is very negative.

The Prajnaparamita is grounded on the principle of Pratitya-samutpada or paticca samuppada , i.e.  Dependent Origination. This is propounded by Thich Nhat Hann as inter-being. This meant that everything is inter-dependent on each other. For example, a tree cannot survive by itself, it has to depend on water which is from the ground. It has to depend on air for carbon dioxide and many other things to survive.
Note Chaos Theory and The Butterfly Effect.

The world and all things therein is one merry-go-round, i.e. inter-dependent.

Because everything is INTER-DEPENDENT, everything is empty of INDEPENDENCE.
Emptiness is the emptiness-of-independence.

When someone say, myself or I am so and so, he is trying to assert an independent self.
It is the mind(with good reason) that is trying to assert an independent self.
The Prajnaparamita message is that there is no Self that is independent by itself.
Because everything is INTER-DEPENDENT, everything is empty of INDEPENDENCE.


Important note:
This is just a view. Apply Kalama Sutta.

Sephiroth

To the Kalamas (AK 65)

    " ... do not be led by reports, or tradition, or hearsay.  ...  by the authority of religious texts, nor by mere logic or inference, nor by considering appearances, nor by the delight in speculative opinions, nor by seeming possibilities, nor by the idea "this is our teacher".  

    ... when you know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome (akusala) and wrong and bad, then give them up ... . And when you know for yourselves that certain things are wholesome and good, then accept them and follow them."

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