A cataract operation forces me to suspend a large part of my routines, from taiji to swimming, gardening to housework and less screen work. I resort to audio books and podcasts. As only one eye is corrected I am having a slight imbalance problem which limits my venturing outdoors.
For every loss there is gain.
To work my muscles and joints I started to do walking in the living room. To break the monotony I decided to memorise the Heart Sutra so as to work my mind as well. Trying to commit to memory this sutra which is the shortest but deemed most important , I need to understand the meaning as well. Hence I looked up Heart Sutra lectures in Youtube. To my delight I came across a 2 session talk on this sutra by none other than my former teacher whom I respect a lot. The sessions gave me deeper understanding. The more you dwell into a subject the more you want to know. Hence I begin to look for lectures delivered by other teachers as well.
To understand the emptiness of all phenomena will lead to the end of all sufferings
Aspiring to understand this should be the underlying goal of my life. It takes the "unfortunate" circumstances of a post cataract operation to remind me.
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