Category Archives: The Cloud of Unknowing in Light of the Unborn

Good or Evil

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Vajragoni

DISCOURSE SEVEN

Why certain doubts may arise in this work
The necessity of quelling one’s own curiosity and reason
Distinguishing the various degrees between the active
And Contemplative life. read more

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Light

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Vajragoni

DISCOURSE SIX

How to abstain from thoughts in Contemplation
Especially those arising from curiosity or natural wit read more

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The Cloud of Forgetting

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Vajragoni

DISCOURSE FIVE

During Contemplation all creatures great and small
Past, present and future
And all the works of those self-same creatures
Must be hidden in a Cloud of Forgetfulness read more

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The Littleness of Creation

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Vajragoni

DISCOURSE FOUR

On the simplicity of Contemplation;
It can neither be acquired through
The intellect nor by imagination read more

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Contemplation: The Best Work

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Vajragoni

DISCOURSE THREE

How to proceed in Contemplation;
Verily, the best work above all others.

Lift up your heart and mind to the Blessed One, stirring within your depths naught but Him alone. Focus exclusively on IT and no-thing else—this is to be your sole concern. Be no longer troubled about the created things of the world, whether human, animal, or lowly flora. This includes all your former loves and relationships. Just let them be and take no further thought or concern about them. read more

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Be of Humble Heart

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Vajragoni

DISCOURSE TWO

A counsel to embrace a Humble Spirit
And to the Nature of this Work

Wake-up, weak creature, and be aware of what you pretend to be. Do you find yourself as being somehow special to be called to partake in this holy favor of the Blessed One? In truth you are filled with a slothful-spirit and thus fail to see the auspicious nature of the work set before you. read more

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The Four Stages

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Vajragoni

DISCOURSE ONE

Of the four degrees in Buddhist life
And how the adept for whom this treatise was written
Would advance in his spiritual vocation. read more

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Take Counsel

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Vajragoni

PRAYER BEFORE THE PROLOGUE

Blessed One, from whom all awaken and partake in Your Holy Wisdom, I beseech You to open my mind and heart so that all that is hidden may be shown to those who are worthy of Your Noble Revelation. Svaha. read more

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The Cloud of Unknowing in Light of the Unborn

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Vajragoni

Of all the texts of genuine Mysticism no other work has been translated as numerous times than the Anonymous, The Cloud of Unknowing. IT was written by a 14th century Western Mystic and even unto this day his true identity is unknown. The vast majority of speculation states that he is a contemplative monk of some religious order but which one is highly debatable. I’ve always considered him as a Carthusian monk and the following translator concurs with this assessment: read more

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