In a commentary on the Heart Sutras, Haribhadra states that “family” here indicates the qualities of being able to be enlightened, so “caste” refers to a person who can perfectly engage and practice that potential.Įven now it is an Indian custom to emphasize the cast system.
The Karmapa narrowed his discussion to two phrases from this sentence: “son or daughter of a noble family” and the “wish to practice.” From the first, “son or daughter of a noble family” (in Sanskrit kulaputra and kuladuhitā), he selected the word family, which actually means “caste” in Sanskrit, while in a Buddhist context, it refers to those born into the mahayana who have become the Buddha’s child, hence son or daughter of the Buddha’s family or lineage. Son of a noble family, how should any son or daughter of a noble family train when they wish to practice the profound perfection of wisdom? This afternoon, the Karmapa continued to discuss the eight sections and focused on the fifth point, the question Shariputra posed:
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