dwai Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) This was shared by my friend who is a disciple of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche. The similarity to Advaita Vedanta is so clear. Quote DZONGSAR KHYENTSE CHOKYI LODRO (1893 - 1963) Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, my Vajrāyana Guru, is a reincarnation of Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro. __________________________________________ Advice on Recognizing the Nature of Mind by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö What we call mind is that which thinks endlessly of everything under the sun. When investigating its essence to determine the true nature, we examine each momentary thought that originates, remains and departs. We inquire where the arising might be and look into the place or source of origination. We investigate the place of remaining and nature of what remains, and, for the departure, the nature of what ceases and its place of cessation. Each time we ask what these are like in essence. And through this, we realize that they lack even so much as an atom’s worth of true reality. Yet in spite of this unreality, there is still something which knows, or is aware of, good and bad, and which is present unceasingly. By allowing this to settle by itself, without altering it or fabricating it in any way through inviting or following thoughts, we can naturally experience a state that is beyond all expression and is the inseparability of clarity, awareness and emptiness. To sustain the continuity of this is what we call looking into the essence of mind. Still, it is very important to purify obscurations as a preliminary, to pray to the guru with deep devotion, and to exert oneself in receiving empowerment. When we understand this essence of mind well, we will not have so much attachment and aversion towards friends and enemies or hope or fear concerning pleasure and pain. This is difficult to realize, no matter who we might be. (Chökyi Lodrö offered this merely to avoid turning down a request.) Translated by Adam Pearcey, 2020. Courtesy Lotsawa House. Edited February 19, 2020 by dwai 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boundlesscostfairy Posted February 23, 2020 Therefore everything? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
