You know all this talk about "awareness" and "consciousness" seems to ignore that these states are still impermanent and they still are subject to emotional afflictions, the kleshas and samskaras. While we have talked of the Wisdom of Discrimination--as in a brief discrimination and jump to a new POV--there are other "Wisdoms" (jnana) that must arise for perfect enlightenment to occur. Usually the first is Mirror-like Wisdom where are phenomenon appear as Mind in all as if a reflection in a mirror. It's all Mind. It is the luminous nature of Mind which allows Mirror-like Wisdom to happen. This is usually obscured, but once this luminosity is perceived, all internal and external objects and the mind being perceived as self. No "I" or "me"--everything is just as it is. The Wisdom of Equality arises when the samadhi of fearlessness happens. It was the delusion of a sense of self and other that kept the fear going. Then there is Discrimination-wisdom which is really a Wisdom that arises from the senses liberating into their natural condition--then the 5 senses and the mind, the 6 consciousnesses are seen as they really are. Illusion-samadhi dissolves the illusions of the six-realms but allows one to see all the dimensions of subtle existence as they are. All-accomplishing-Wisdom and Dharmadhatu Wisdom are other wisdoms one needs to accumulate for full Buddhahood.
The point is, it's more than simply discriminating purusha from prakriti. If only it were that simple! To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
