The Liberated Spontaneity Of Wholeness Via Unbounded Wholeness, here's a distinction worth contemplating: "It must be understood, however, that even without the effort of "taking up [or] putting aside," enormous perseverance is required to realize the Dzogchen view. In this regard, the Authenticity's distinction between artful endeavor ('bad pa) and effort (rtsol ba) is critical. Effort …
Buddhism
Adverbial
Is it okay to fall in love with an adverb? In the following passage--a verse from the Bon/Buddhist text Authenticity of Open Awareness, as cited in Unbounded Wholeness: Dzogchen, Bon and the Logic of the Nonconceptual--it's "thinglessly" that creates that little flutter in my heart: playfully, delightfully :) Although [unbounded awareness] is not an external object, through the mere indication of …
The Setting Sun
Looking at the sun going down, the eyes of Copernicus had seen the world turning. Looking at a glass of still water, the eyes of Boltzmann saw atoms and molecules frenziedly moving. ~ Carlo Rovelli, from The Order Of Time Attended a lecture, last night, by Buddhist scholar/practitioner Anne C. Klein. The teaching was rooted in the deep poetic wisdom of Longchenpa's The Basic Space Of …
Practice Notes: Appetite, Irritation, Ratios
Mood I very much appreciate philosophy--and often find myself with an appetite for such texts, via eastern and western authors alike. But every now and again I'll shift into a mood in which pretty much all I can bear to read are the Ashtavakra and Avadhuta Gitas: the most direct pointing to nondual reality. In such a mood, even Longchenpa--whom I adore--feels a bit too flowery. My appetite is for …
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Jung, Pauli, Pythagoras: Spherical Mind
For a really fun ride -- that's likely to blow your mind (in a good way!) -- have a look/listen at this talk by B. Alan Wallace, in which he playfully/seriously introduces his Special Theory of Ontological Relativity. Topics touched upon include: * the so-called "placebo effect" and pitfalls of being a flat-minder; * the correspondence between physicist Wolfgang Pauli and psychologist Carl …
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Mind & The Objects That Appear To It – Commentary #5
Longchenpa continues, and concludes this particular teaching -- on mind and the objects that appear to it -- thusly: The assertion that outer appearances are the mind has been refuted. Nevertheless, these people persist in taking mountains and other such things as objects and the first moment of consciousness that apprehends them as perception. In truth, they fail to distinguish the perceived …
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