On Mar 31, 2008, at 2:15 PM, endlessrainintoapapercup wrote: >> >> >>> The only path >>> that matters is the one you are on. >>> In the midst of this experience of reality >>> that we find ourselves in, we seek to >>> discern value and meaning and purpose, >>> gravitating towards the teachings and >>> practices that seem most relevant to us. >>> In the process of discriminating between >>> what has value to us and what doesn't, >>> consciousness is refined and hones in on >>> that which is Real. >> >> Such consciousness could just as easily hone in on a false doctrine >> or View. But really, it would depend how you define the English word >> "real". From the POV of Tibetan Buddhism, it's not until the Path of >> Seeing is reached that you can see beyond your own obscurations >> (which you've carried with you through countless existences) to even >> know the true nature of things. It's only at that state of evolution >> that our mental continuum's cessation allows us to experience >> "reality" via nonceptutal cognition. > > Isn't this what I was also saying? > We form the deepest intention to > see beyond these obscurations and > know the true nature of reality, to > see directly, via nonceptual > cognition. You've stated it very > precisely and beautifully. If you > feel like it, say more about the > Path of Seeing.
The Path of Seeing is when you actually stop accumulating karma and residual obscurations are gone to the point where thought projections are no longer in the way of perception. You become an Arya, a Noble One. Emptiness is no longer obscured by the holographic projections of mentation (and their causes). In fact one gains the wherewithals to remove defilements as one pleases.
