This easy-to-read translation and commentary is a gateway into the very foundations of non-dual Buddhist thought and the foundational framework for deep meditation practice. What I love about this system is how it presents a rigorous intellectual exploration of the way we create our reality and how our reality creates us.
About Thich Nhat Hanh brings a soft, accessible and engaging tone to his expression of Buddhist teachings. This makes this fairly comprehensive…
Sutra 44 makes a critical point that may be lost in the standard translations. What if it reads like…
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Or else whatever I see is still just another iteration of “inside” and “outside.” Conditioned phenomena includes any conceptual framework and even subject/object, past/present/future is all just conceptual framework. If I want to understand, I must stop and see!
As long as we’re using the mind bound by rational thought and linear time things will be confusing. These doubts will inhibit us from Perfect Enlightenment. We must trust this to be true so that we can have an experience to verify it.
Vajragarbha’s 3 questions.
If sentient beings are buddhas, how is there so much ignorance?
If sentient beings are ignorant, how can we say they are buddhas?
If we start as buddhas, then become confused, when will the Buddha be confused again?
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