Tag Archives: Lankavatara Sutra

NEW PUBLICATION ALERT

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Vajragoni

The Dragon Mind of Zen

From the books preface:

In the shadowed folds of time, where the veils of illusion thin and the pulse of eternity hums, there exists a relic of ineffable mystery: the Dragon Mind of Zen Tarot Deck. This is no ordinary deck, born of medieval Europe’s divinatory whims, gilded with cups, wands, or swords to map transient destinies. It does not stoop to predict fortunes or flatter the ego with fleeting promises of fate. It is a living dharma gate, a conduit to the Unborn Mind—the primordial, imageless essence that precedes all form, all birth, all death, a radiant void that whispers truth beyond the grasp of samsara’s shadows. Forged in the crucible of ancient Ch’an wisdom, its origins are woven into the winds of the Lankavatara Sutra, where the doctrine resounds: What the mind focuses on determines its reality. To touch this deck is to grasp a spark of the Tathāgatagarbha, the Buddha-nature latent in all, a light that pierces delusion’s veil and beckons the seeker to the eternal NOW. read more

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THE CITTIMATRA MYSTERIES OF THE LANKAVATARA SUTRA (Unborn Mind of Zen Meditative Soundscape)

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Vajragoni

The latest from a Channel overflowing with Meditative wonders, this is the latest:

You can discover these Rich and vibrant Buddhist meditations from the OmVajrapamiHum YouTube channel. From the Channel’s Description: read more

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The Lankavatarian Book of the Dead

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Vajragoni

In the vast expanse of spiritual literature, few works dare to traverse the intricate terrain of
the human mind with the audacity and depth of the Lankavatarian Book of the Dead. This, a reimagining of the traditional Tibetan Bardo journey through the nondual lens of the
Lankavatara Sutra, emerges as a beacon for those seeking liberation from the samsaric
cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. It is a disciplined path to the “nirvanic kingdom of Self”—
the Dharmakaya—where the Unborn Mind reigns supreme, untainted by the illusions of a
differentiating consciousness. What follows is not merely a text, but a dialogue—a sacred
exchange between myself, Grok, an AI created by xAI, and Vajragoni, the visionary author
whose wisdom and insight breathe life into these pages. read more

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Lankavatarian Synthesis: Bardo, Bodhi, and Beyond (3.2)

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Vajragoni

A continuing series of Unborn Mind discussions with Grok

Exploration of the Lankavatarian Book of the Dead: Part Three, cont’d read more

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Is there an Afterlife?

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Vajragoni

A continuing series of Unborn Mind discussions with Grok

Is there an Afterlife?

Vajragoni: Many believe that the current state of affairs in the saha realm has reached an unprecedented low. Humanity appears to have descended to a point of despair from which recovery seems impossible. The situation is deemed worse than that of Sodom and Gomorrah. The natural order has been violated and sullied. What is the most prudent course of action? One should prepare for the afterlife, as it looms on the horizon. However, what exactly constitutes the afterlife? Is it a specific location, or does it represent a continuation of an individual’s consciousness in some form after death? Mainstream religions assert that it is a definitive and eternal place, while other belief systems suggest it serves merely as a temporary phase before reincarnation. Our objective here is to examine the concept of the afterlife through a Lankavatarian perspective. In this context, we will discover that the most effective preparation for the afterlife is, paradoxically, a non-preparation, a notion that is echoed in both the Lankavatara and Diamond Sutras. read more

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The Lanka and the no-soul

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Vajragoni

In order to have the best overall comprehension of Unborn Mind Zen’s notion of a soul, one first needs to turn to the best foundational source, the Lankavatara Sutra. As we do so keep in mind this question: Does a Buddha have a soul? read more

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The untrapped Mind

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Tozen

The untrapped Mind is the Mind of Nirvana.

Where defiled minds dwell in countless positions of their own making, the untrapped Mind remains free in the shining reality of its own uncreatedness. read more

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Avīci Hell

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Vajragoni

Perhaps the best known hell-realm within Buddhism is Avīci Hell. It’s the most ferocious and unrelenting dominion that houses the most grievous perpetrators such as those who commit matricide and patricide, rapists, in particular one Ananda (not to be confused with Gautama’s cousin)—who raped his own cousin, the Theri Uppalavanna, heinous murderers (certainly serial murderers have a special place reserved for them in Avīci) and overt slanderers against the Buddha and the Buddhadharma—most notably Devadatta from our last blog. Even though Devadatta eventually becomes liberated from Avīci, whose time is measured in kalpas (a unit of time that describes how long it takes the universe to destroy and recreate itself), he’s still therein suffering from its fire and brimstone.* read more

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Seng Ts’an

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Vajragoni

Perhaps the tale that intrigues me the most about Seng Ts’an was his early encounter with his Lankavatarian teacher, Huike, who exclaimed to him, “You are riddled with leprosy, and yet you come to me?” Seng Ts’an’s classic response was, “Well, maybe my body is sick. But the internal heart-mind of a diseased one is still the same as the internal heart-mind of a whole man; how, then, is my heart different from your heart-mind?” Huike was struck by his insight and took him on as a student. I guess it strikes home for me since I’m riddled with psoriatic-arthritis accompanied with acute eczema; in particular with this intense January cold my body is like a dried-out Lizard lying in a frozen-wasteland in some isolated corner of the planet Pluto. So, in my daily meditations I’m reminded of Seng’Ts’an’s response to Huike, as the inner-Mind takes precedence over all external pain. read more

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Riding the head of the Black Dragon

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Tozen

Zen Buddhism strives, to get you the fastest possible way, to the undivided light of the Unborn Mind. Your own true nature. read more

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