The Heart-Essence & Its Play "Even though unbounded wholeness cannot be solely "this"or "that," existent or nonexistent, the bon-nature itself, "heart-essence of that definite base," is unchanging. The appearances that arise from it, however, are indefinite: they are nirvanic for the realized, samsaric for the unrealized. Indefiniteness, then, is not a statement about external objects. …
Buddhism
Artful Endeavor
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 …
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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