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Tag Archives: Amala vijnana
Technique #6: Spanda Ho
Question: I see that Shoden Session # 6 incorporates a Vedic-oriented term, Spanda…is this correct?
Vajragoni: Yes. The term is rooted in the ancient scriptures of Kashmir Saivism and represents the primordial principle that constitutes the “vibratory” nature of the universe; it is the very heartthrob of the Absolute Reality of the Source ITself.
Technique #2: Binzuru-Ho
Question: In Shoden Session #2 you refer to the Dhyana Technique as Binzuru- Ho. What is the significance of that?
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Tagged Alaya vijnana, Amala vijnana, Binzuru, Five Skandhas, Pindola Bharadvaja
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The Demons of Mortal Consciousness
“Ananda, when that good person, in cultivating samadhi, has put an end to the formations skandha, the subtle, fleeting fluctuations – the deep, imperceptible, pivotal source and the common foundation from which all life in the world springs – are suddenly obliterated. In the submerged network of the retributive karma of the pudgala, the karmic resonances are interrupted.
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Tagged Amala vijnana, Arhat, Asita, bodhipower, John of the Cross, pudgala, Solitary Sage
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The Black Dragon Eye Mandala: A Singular Focal-point of the Unmoving Principle
The Black Dragon Eye Mandala is an auspicious medium in which to navigate through the turbulent and erratic seas (the Moving Principle).
The Ten Stages of Mind-development
Bodhisattvahood, part 4
In Tathagata-garbha, Unborn Mind Zen, there are Ten-Stages (Bhumis) of development:
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Tagged Amala vijnana, Bhumis, dharmakaya, Dharmamegha, Ten Stages, Yathabhutam, Yogadhatu
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Paladin of the Way
Coming to the realization of just what constitutes the Alaya vijnana and all of its ramifications can really be overpowering, as if there is nothing that can curb its dominate dominion over sentient reality—like an incurable cancer. The reason for this stems from the fact that the majority of the inhabitants in this saha-realm who attempt to quell its effects are looking for a solution in all the wrong places. There is too-much emphasis in this dharma-ending age upon cultivating ways or techniques to transcend the waves of the vijnanas through what is wrongly ascertained as awareness, i.e., by becoming the observer of all that is going on both inside and outside the ken of consciousness. Yet, becoming the “observer” is really just another character coming to the surface from deep within the layers of the Alaya; this role-playing of just another face of the vijnanas is what the Hindus refer to as Lila—or the cosmic play…and it is just that, playing around in the playground of Mara. All hope appears lost—like being twirled incessantly round and round in that concave hall of mirrors—just one reflection (image after image) magnified a thousand-time over. It appears that there are no real heroes around who can transcend this mad play. But wait…there is another! There is also an “unstained-seed”, the gotra (bodhichild) whose growing maturation can dispel the bewitching nature of the Alaya vijnana. This unstained seed is Buddha-nature Itself. The bodhiseed. And what happens when this seed begins the process of transcending the dark pool of the Alaya? There arises a “stainless consciousness”, Amala-vijnana, which is synonymous with Suchness (Tathata) Itself. This is the only way that the Alaya vijnana can turn-about and bow in reverence to its blessed twin (Tathagata garbha) and rightful heir to the self-realization of Noble Wisdom.