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Homelessness

65 & 66 [Cleary]: By proofs, paradigms of logic, and by proposition and reason, in terms of a dream, a castle in the air, a mirage, the moon and sun, I use such examples to say an origin is not … Continue reading
Mind as Māyā

(Hakeda) B. The Mind in Terms of Phenomena The Storehouse Consciousness The Mind as phenomena (saṃsāra) is grounded on the Tathāgatagarbha. What is called the Storehouse Consciousness is that in which “neither birth nor death (nirvāṇa)” diffuses harmoniously with “birth and … Continue reading
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Tagged Consciousness, Mind, perception, Storehouse Consciousness
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The Mind of the Perceiver

iv. 23-26 Gradations of Perception 4.23 The Observer, the field of knowledge, and knowledge itself are conjoined in the mind of the perceiver. This is an advanced stage along the way to direct illumination. The perceiving mind becomes aware of … Continue reading
Posted in The Yogasūtras of Patañjali
Tagged Actual Self, direct-gnosis, Isolation, perception, Self
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Thought vs. Self

iv. 18-22 The Self is the Master over all thought-constructions. 4.18 The changeless Selfhood of spirit is Master over the churning of incessant thoughts. Thought being constructed out of the phenomenal mind-stuff is inferior to the Self that is Self-Luminous … Continue reading
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Tagged Nirabhasagocara, perception, Self, Yoga
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Diamond-hard Compactness

iii. 46-49 Spirit-Body Ascending 3.46 The Diamond Body has an adamantine hue that harnesses strength. As the yogin steadily advances in practice, each cell of the body is refined in the fire of spiritual-perfection. The yogin’s body is now a … Continue reading
Understanding

Wake-up Sermon, part 3 Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist. Mortals keep creating the mind, claiming it exists. And Arhats keep negating the … Continue reading
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Tagged perception, samadhi, understanding
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The Blood is the Life

Bloodstream Sermon, part 6 The concluding verses of Bodhidharma’s Bloodstream Sermon highlight that one comes face to face with two choices: the Law of Karma and Mind-Only… I only talk about seeing your nature. I don’t talk about creating karma. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloodstream Sermon, Bodhidharma, celibacy, light, Mind, Mind-only, perception, sex
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Field of Dreams

This vast throng of spectators is in total awe of the Buddha, sitting majestically upon his royal Lion throne. As they circumambulate-round him clockwise seven times, they lay down at his feet a spectacular parasol (a canopy): As soon as … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddha-field, perception, Robert Thurman, Vimalakirti Sutra
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A Movable Feast

Mardi Gras is fast approaching with its vast array of spectacular shapes and colors all manifesting into one great orgy, indulging and gorging (Fat Tuesday) oneself before the solemn season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. After studying the Lanka, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaya vijnana, animation, Mardi Gras, perception, projections, saha world, tathagata-garbha
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