[doc benway]

Hi Steve,

 

Popa Tulku (aka Botrul or Dongak Tenpei Nyima) wrote an important meaning commentary to Mipham's Beacon of Certainty.

 

Trans. Dr. Douglas Duckworth: http://www.amazon.com/Distinguishing-Views-Philosophies-Illuminating-Twentieth-Century/dp/1438434375%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJSM7O2O2IGSBUGZA%26tag%3Dphowafound-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1438434375

 

Short bio of Popa Tulku: http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Dongak_Tenpei_Nyima

 

Link to more of Mipham's valuable works: http://blog.shambhala.com/2013/06/19/jamgon-mipham-rinpoche/

 

Dr. D. Duckworth's profile: http://www.cla.temple.edu/religion/faculty/douglas-duckworth/

Thanks CT!

I also came across this:

http://www.lotsawahouse.org

Some good stuff from Mipham Rinpoche and many others.

[C T]

The mind of nowness is free of thoughts of the three times. Within that unadulterated natural

state, recognizing in a forthright manner the open transparent pervasiveness, innately occurring pristine wisdom is revealed.

“Decide directly upon one thing” means that while the previous thought has ceased and the next one has not yet arisen, in that mind of nowness when the mind of conceptual thoughts ceases and the intrinsic awareness is free of three parts out of four, one abides in fresh, totally non-conceptual pristine wisdom – wakeful, vibrant, immaculate openness. It is this very thing. “Free of three parts out of four” refers to past, future, and present, the three times of conceptual thinking, and to the non-conceptual present, that freshness uncorrupted by thoughts of the three times. So of these four times, it is the totally non-conceptual time that is free of the three conceptual times, that is “free of three parts out of four”. It is the perspective of dharmakaya beyond intellect. -- Patrul Rinpoche

Edited May 20, 2014 by C T

[C T]

The essence of the view is the realization, without individual reference to all dualistic phenomena, of intrinsic awareness, free since forever, spontaneously present, empty, clear, free of embellishment, vast, unbiased, the many of one flavor. Then anything at all can appear and you won’t panic. However, until the mind of ego-clinging subsides, when something like anger or desire seems to arise in response to objects, even though the theoretical view is excellent, the direct experience may appear in contradiction to it. This is natural. So when that happens, you should directly integrate the natural freedom of whatever arises into the path and it will become effective. Therefore, the crucial point is just to maintain the state, as if abiding since forever in the great wide vast expanse which is naturally free of limitations, transcending the investigations of philosophical schools, the objective appearances of attachment, and mental operations.

In any case, just like anything might sprout from the ground in summertime, the experiences of a yogin might be high or low – it is not all of one type. What to say of the overall thought pattern that includes good and bad thoughts? The view is free of limitation, the expression of the natural radiance of non-thought. The meditation is not bound up with antidotes. The conduct is letting whatever arises be in its natural freedom. The fruition is free of the dualistic fixation to hopes and fears. If you fall into the mind-frame of desiring to experience whatever appearance arises, then it has become like medicine that does not dissolve and turns to poison. So at that time remain in the state of total conviction itself, not bound up by fixation and attachment. If you always proceed at the natural pace of undistracted non-meditation, it is indeed sufficient. Though you may always recognize your obvious dreams, just recognizing them is not enough. Henceforth, having purposely tamed the appearances of the six consciousness groups in the daytime without falling into fixation, when it’s time to go to sleep, fall asleep without losing the force of the awake mindfulness. Then the progression of experience and realization of the clear light will arise. Whatever kind of experiences occur, do not corrupt them with thoughts of practicing or preventing, accepting or rejecting, but rather, remain in the face of whatever arises.

The hosts of dualistic thought clear away like the dispersed clouds in the sky, and the seed of cyclic existence is exhausted. In the expanse of naturally pure space, naturally pure intrinsic awareness dissolves and mother and child combine. unchanging non dualistic pristine wisdom is transcribed in space. Like waves dissolving into water, thoughts are purified into the expanse, and the gap between cyclic existence and transcendence collapses. The five paths and ten levels are traversed all at once, and you are free. -- Patrul Rinpoche

Edited May 20, 2014 by C T

[doc benway]

I really like the fact that the thread now contains multiple quotes from masters both using the OP as a pith and a caution.

This helps me quite a bit more than just accepting or non-accepting the premise.