Tag Archives: Dharmamegha Samādhi

A Matter of the Philosophers

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Vajragoni
  1. As long as those philosophers who get confused in their reasonings and who are unable to go beyond the realm of words, distinguish the discriminating from the discriminated – so long they do not see [the truth] of suchness.

A recurring motif throughout the Lanka concerns the Philosophers. Who are they? Are they members of a particular branch of philosophy, or are they part of a larger spectrum? Suzuki in one of his footnotes to his Studies in the Lanka asserts they are as follows: read more

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Karmāśaya

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Vajragoni

In conjunction with earlier blogs in this series, Patañjali’s work does not beat around the bush—there needs to be a daily purification of the sattva, of one’s being. If not undertaken, future karmic seeds will continue to run amok. Mircea Eliade writes eloquently about being conditioned and governed by the seeds of karma: read more

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Recurring Impressions; Dharmamegha Samādhi

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Vajragoni

iv. 27-30 Recurring Impressions/Dharmamegha Samādhi

4.27 The subliminal impressions stored in the Alaya-receptacle can rise again due to lapses in the Recollective Resolve. read more

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