Appearance is emptiness.
Emptiness is appearance.
Appearance is not other than emptiness.
Emptiness is not other than appearance.
Clarify your practice. Let your practice clarify you.
Showing posts with label Madhyamaka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Madhyamaka. Show all posts
Monday, January 18, 2016
Monday, January 4, 2016
Essence of the Madhyamaka.
Everything that appears and exists is dependently arisen.
Not realizing this true nature, we grasp at phenomena as real.
This confusion ties us to the churning of samsara.
Confused mind and appearances have not an atom of true existence,
they are but relative phenomena.
Mind is the creator of all appearances, the basis for all things arising.
All that appears and exists is merely mentally established!
Without realizing the primordial emptiness of whatever arises,
we remain trapped in a web of confusion.
Realizing the true nature of phenomena,
all phenomena are naturally liberated in their own place!
Form is not other than emptiness-
confused appearances are not other than the emptiness of our own mind.
Emptiness is not other than form-
The emptiness of our own mind is not other than the nature of confused appearances.
Our confused mind is naturally liberated in its own place!
This is the essence of the Madhyamaka.
This is the stepping stone to the Dzogchen view.
Not realizing this true nature, we grasp at phenomena as real.
This confusion ties us to the churning of samsara.
Confused mind and appearances have not an atom of true existence,
they are but relative phenomena.
Mind is the creator of all appearances, the basis for all things arising.
All that appears and exists is merely mentally established!
Without realizing the primordial emptiness of whatever arises,
we remain trapped in a web of confusion.
Realizing the true nature of phenomena,
all phenomena are naturally liberated in their own place!
Form is not other than emptiness-
confused appearances are not other than the emptiness of our own mind.
Emptiness is not other than form-
The emptiness of our own mind is not other than the nature of confused appearances.
Our confused mind is naturally liberated in its own place!
This is the essence of the Madhyamaka.
This is the stepping stone to the Dzogchen view.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Middle Way between extremes
Can you rest between extremes?
Between
existence and non-existence,
eternalism and nihilism,
acceptance and rejection,
affirmation and denial,
real and unreal,
hope and fear,
right and wrong,
good and bad,
beginning and end,
something and nothing.
Where is the middle between
'I got it' and 'I don't have it',
'This is it' and 'this is not it',
'This is good' and 'this is bad',
'Yes' and 'No'.
The Buddha taught that any fixed position that we take is the result of ignorance and the cause of future suffering. Whenever you establish a ground, you are forced to defend that ground. The need to defend yourself, your views, identity, culture, lifestyle; your very existence- creates a lot of problems. The short list is fear, uncertainty, doubt and guilt; on the flip side arrogance, anger, power, manipulation and exploitation.
The middle way between extremes is the practice of groundlessness. You could compare it to learning how to surf or float on water. At first it might seem impossible, but with practice you discover that groundlessness can effortlessly carry much more weight and without all of the friction and stress of having a ground.
Between
existence and non-existence,
eternalism and nihilism,
acceptance and rejection,
affirmation and denial,
real and unreal,
hope and fear,
right and wrong,
good and bad,
beginning and end,
something and nothing.
Where is the middle between
'I got it' and 'I don't have it',
'This is it' and 'this is not it',
'This is good' and 'this is bad',
'Yes' and 'No'.
The Buddha taught that any fixed position that we take is the result of ignorance and the cause of future suffering. Whenever you establish a ground, you are forced to defend that ground. The need to defend yourself, your views, identity, culture, lifestyle; your very existence- creates a lot of problems. The short list is fear, uncertainty, doubt and guilt; on the flip side arrogance, anger, power, manipulation and exploitation.
The middle way between extremes is the practice of groundlessness. You could compare it to learning how to surf or float on water. At first it might seem impossible, but with practice you discover that groundlessness can effortlessly carry much more weight and without all of the friction and stress of having a ground.
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