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Technique #4: Yathabhutam Ho

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Vajragoni

Question: The Dhyana Technique in Shoden Session # 4 has a most unusual name…Yathabhutam Ho…what does this term mean? Vajragoni: It essentially means “seeing” the nature of Reality AS IT IS (suchness, or tathata), devoid of phenomenal outflows. Question: Why … Continue reading →

Posted in Unborn Light Reiki | Tagged apophatic, ehipassiko, prapancopasama, Right Mindfulness, Yathabhutam | Leave a comment

Saturday Vespers

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Vajragoni

Saturday Vespers Blessed One, come to my assistance O’ Lord, make haste to help me Glory be to the Blessed Buddha and to the Divine Dharma and to the Hallowed Sangha, both now and forever and ever. Swaha. Come, Bless … Continue reading →

Posted in Little Office of Our Lady of the Void | Tagged Atthi Raga Sutta, Being of a Single Mind, ehipassiko, Kayashata, Rare is True Faith, Saturday Vespers, Yathabhutam | Leave a comment

Ascending the Noble Mountain of Primordial Perfection

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Vajragoni

For some time now this blog has been presenting the Way of the Unborn through different modalities: Within Yogic parameters the The Yogasūtras of Patañjali and The Bhagavad Gita portray the ascetical discipline necessary in which to put to rest … Continue reading →

Posted in Ascending the Noble Mountain of Primordial Perfection, Spirituality | Tagged Absolute Contemplation, Active Contemplation, Actual Self, apophatic way, Ascent of the Mount, Ascesis, Dark Night, Dark Night of the Senses, dark night of the spirit, declamatio, ehipassiko, En-Darkening, eremitical-monastic lifestyle, Illuminative Way, Infused Contemplation, intuitive darkness, John of the Cross, Noble Truths, Pseudo Dionysius the Areopagite, quietism, Real Recollection, Right Acsesis, Right Analysis, Right Conduct, Right Contemplation, Right Discernment, Right Gnosis, Yathabhutam | 3 Comments

Seeing Yathābhutam

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Vajragoni

The Buddha’s most prominent stance was ehipassiko—come and see. Come and see, on your own, the nature of Reality (Dharmadhatu) AS IT IS, or Yathābhutam. The blog The Undiscovered Country: Bardo 3, Yathabhutam offers a nice exposition of the term. … Continue reading →

Posted in The Doctrine of Awakening | Tagged ariya, ehipassiko, Lankavatarian, Mahabodhicitta | Leave a comment

THE Salvific Text

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Vajragoni

We’re mid-way through our Lotus Sutra series and are about to make a complete 180° turn in focus. Whereas the previous nine-chapters spotlighted “skillful-means” and the myriad ways the Tathagatas bring sentient beings to awakening, the limelight will now shine … Continue reading →

Posted in The Lotus Sutra | Tagged Bodhisattva, Dharma, ehipassiko, Lotus Sutra, Nichirenism, sacred text, sola-scriptura | 2 Comments

No Attainment, No Teaching

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Vajragoni

Seven: No Attainment, No Teaching The Lord Buddha addressed Subhuti, saying : ” What do you think, Subhuti? Has the Tathagata really attained to supreme spiritual wisdom? Or has he a system of doctrine which can be specifically formulated?” Subhuti … Continue reading →

Posted in The Diamond Sutra, Zen | Tagged Buddhadharma, dogmatism, ehipassiko, Kalama Sutra, No Attainment, No Teaching | Leave a comment

The Undiscovered Country: Bardo 3, Yathabhutam

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Vajragoni

One of my favorite short stories is HG Wells’ “The Country of the Blind”, first published circa 1904. In a nutshell, an explorer discovers a hidden “mystical” valley wherein all the inhabitants lack the faculty of sight. Sensing that in … Continue reading →

Posted in The Lankavatarian Book of the Dead | Tagged Bardo 3, Country of the Blind, ehipassiko, Milton, Paradise Lost, Yathabhutam | Leave a comment