Tag Archives: Yathabhutam

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

Absence of Malice

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Vajragoni

The Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta The Scripture on the Absence of Increase and the Absence of Decrease [in the Realm of Beings]. Thus I heard: At one time the Bhagavat was dwelling in Rājagr̥ha on Mount Gr̥dhrakūṭa, together with a large assembly of one … Continue reading →

Posted in Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta | Tagged Parato ghosa, puthujjana, six paths, three realms, 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

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

The Ten Stages of Mind-development

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Vajragoni

Bodhisattvahood, part 4 In Tathagata-garbha, Unborn Mind Zen, there are Ten-Stages (Bhumis) of development: 1. Awareness: seeing into the Nature of Buddhi As It Is: Yathabhutam 2. Hearing through Ears That See the Dharmadhatu: Dhammasota 3. Being perfumed with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Zen | Tagged Amala vijnana, Bhumis, dharmakaya, Dharmamegha, Ten Stages, Yathabhutam, Yogadhatu | 1 Comment

Purgation

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Vajragoni

The infusion of the Dark Light can be excruciating since all former modes of the perceptional apparatus are abandoned and one is left staring into the great abyss of their own abject poverty (sunyata), compared to the translucent majesty of … Continue reading →

Posted in Spirituality, Zen | Tagged Dark Light, liberation, solitude, Yathabhutam | 2 Comments