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Technique #4: Yathabhutam Ho
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
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Tagged apophatic, ehipassiko, prapancopasama, Right Mindfulness, Yathabhutam
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Saturday Vespers
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
Ascending the Noble Mountain of Primordial Perfection
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
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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
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Seeing Yathābhutam
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
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Tagged ariya, ehipassiko, Lankavatarian, Mahabodhicitta
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THE Salvific Text
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
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Tagged Bodhisattva, Dharma, ehipassiko, Lotus Sutra, Nichirenism, sacred text, sola-scriptura
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No Attainment, No Teaching
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
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Tagged Buddhadharma, dogmatism, ehipassiko, Kalama Sutra, No Attainment, No Teaching
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The Undiscovered Country: Bardo 3, Yathabhutam
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
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