Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Truth of Impermanence
諸行無常
Our bodies are composed of the four elements of Earth, Water, Fire (Energy) and Air. However, their nature is “suffering and emptiness”. With this body, we all suffer from gradual aging and various kinds of illness. With our last breath we experience the suffering of death, the realization that our body does not exist forever, and we return to emptiness. This is why it is said that “the Four Elements are suffering and emptiness.”
我們的身體由「地、水、火、風」四種元素組成,本質是「苦、空」。有這個身體,就有逐漸老邁的苦,就有種種病痛的苦,最後一氣不來,就是死亡的苦,不能永遠存在,終歸苦空,所以說四大苦空。
Namo Amituofo!
