PRESENTATION OF THE BASIS I (Part 2 of 2)
One might ask whether the bodhisattvas who abide on the bhūmis take birth in saṃsāra or not?
There is a debate about this point. Some say, for example, that bodhisattvas abiding on the first
bhūmi have gotten rid of the cause for taking birth in saṃsāra because they have eliminated grasping onto a self. According to the explanation found in the Gyü Lama, bodhisattvas who abide on the bhūmis have given up the cause for cycling in saṃsāra, but they have not given up the cause for taking birth in saṃsāra.
PRESENTATION OF THE BASIS I (Part 1 of 2)
One might ask whether the bodhisattvas who abide on the bhūmis take birth in saṃsāra or not?
There is a debate about this point. Some say, for example, that bodhisattvas abiding on the first
bhūmi have gotten rid of the cause for taking birth in saṃsāra because they have eliminated grasping onto a self. According to the explanation found in the Gyü Lama, bodhisattvas who abide on the bhūmis have given up the cause for cycling in saṃsāra, but they have not given up the cause for taking birth in saṃsāra.
The Way Consciousness Apprehends Objects
One might ask whether the bodhisattvas who abide on the bhūmis take birth in saṃsāra or not?
There is a debate about this point. Some say, for example, that bodhisattvas abiding on the first
bhūmi have gotten rid of the cause for taking birth in saṃsāra because they have eliminated grasping onto a self. According to the explanation found in the Gyü Lama, bodhisattvas who abide on the bhūmis have given up the cause for cycling in saṃsāra, but they have not given up the cause for taking birth in saṃsāra.
Reissuing Nitartha Series Books
One might ask whether the bodhisattvas who abide on the bhūmis take birth in saṃsāra or not?
There is a debate about this point. Some say, for example, that bodhisattvas abiding on the first
bhūmi have gotten rid of the cause for taking birth in saṃsāra because they have eliminated grasping onto a self. According to the explanation found in the Gyü Lama, bodhisattvas who abide on the bhūmis have given up the cause for cycling in saṃsāra, but they have not given up the cause for taking birth in saṃsāra.
How Bodhisattvas Take Birth in Samsara
One might ask whether the bodhisattvas who abide on the bhūmis take birth in saṃsāra or not?
There is a debate about this point. Some say, for example, that bodhisattvas abiding on the first
bhūmi have gotten rid of the cause for taking birth in saṃsāra because they have eliminated grasping onto a self. According to the explanation found in the Gyü Lama, bodhisattvas who abide on the bhūmis have given up the cause for cycling in saṃsāra, but they have not given up the cause for taking birth in saṃsāra.
Skandha & Mental Events
The Sautrantika School presents fifty-one congruently associated formations, otherwise
known as the fifty-one mental events or the fifty-one mental factors. The Vaibashika School presents forty-six mental factors. Knowing the key points about these mental events is very important for both shamatha and vipashyana meditation. Knowledge of these mental events can also play a key role in the future when the pointing out instructions of Mahāmudrā and Dzogchen are received.
Mind That Apprehends Particulars
The generality “flower” includes many types of flowers, white flowers, red flowers, yellow flowers, and so on. “Flowers” pervades all types of flowers. It includes the many phenomena that belong to its type. What is the included object? It is a particular instance of flower, for example, a specifically characterized phenomenon that we call “flower.”
No Ground For The Two Realities (Part 2 of 2)
These appearances of seeming reality are what determine our ordinary behavior. If they are not analyzed, they seem to be there and—mostly—function as we expect them to. Usually, our bodies are still there when we wake up in the morning and function in the same way as yesterday.
No Ground For The Two Realities (Part 1 of 2)
These appearances of seeming reality are what determine our ordinary behavior. If they are not analyzed, they seem to be there and—mostly—function as we expect them to. Usually, our bodies are still there when we wake up in the morning and function in the same way as yesterday.
Explanation Of Generalities
A mind that directly engages its specific object without excluding its opposite is an inclusive enager. For example, an eye consciousness apprehending a flower is an inclusive engager because it apprehends and directly engages its specific object, the flower, without excluding its opposite, that is, what are not flowers.