--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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!
Yes, if only it were that simple. It may have been a delusion of self all along but this delusion believed in over countless lifetimes created an immensely complex mountain of Karmic energy that demands to be unwound. Step one: Discriminate purusha from prakriti. Step two: Unravel the mess that was made (without falling back into a delusional state). Until every last one of those Karmic seeds are burnt to ash there are still remnants of the individual. Rick Carlstrom 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/
