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lightgiver
10-04-2009, 10:24 PM
Know all things to be like this:
A mirage, a cloud castle,
A dream, an apparition,
Without essence, but with qualities that can be seen.

Know all things to be like this:
As the moon in a bright sky
In some clear lake reflected,
Though to that lake the moon has never moved.

Know all things to be like this:
As an echo that derives
From music, sounds, and weeping,
Yet in that echo is no melody.

Know all things to be like this:
As a magician makes illusions
Of horses, oxen, carts and other things,
Nothing is as it appears.

When the compassionate bodhicitta radiates beyond conceptions and conceptual states, it is known as prajnaparamita, the practice of transcendental knowledge. Good concentration in itself will not break through our attachment to samsara. We have to go deeper, in order to realize everything as a transparent display of the primordial truth. Transcendental wisdom, the prajnaparamita, realizes all conditions as a display of the primordial nature, and it takes us beyond acceptance and rejection, hope and fear, dualistic thoughts, and ego-clinging. Transcendental knowledge breaks through every one of those notions and reveals the vastness of great equanimity. The nature of this paramita is to understand phenomena clearly, seeing all beings as they are without distortion. To have a perfect insight into the relative, absolute, and unified levels of truth is the basic understanding of the prajnaparamita.
If you cling to the disciplines of generosity, morality, or patience, you are merely going from one extreme of samsara to the other. You simply create a new form of bondage. In order to free ourselves from this trap, we have to release all our ego-clinging and break through the net of dualistic conceptions. The teachings of the prajnaparamita help bring this about. Rather than holding on to a narrow and limited understanding about one aspect of the practice, we are availed of a vast, panoramic view. Remember, paramita means going beyond, or transcending, the dualistic application of these practices. This sixth paramita transforms the other five into their transcendental state. Only the light of transcendental knowledge makes this possible.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral,
Those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness,
Like they who lick the honey from a razor’s edge.
How pitiful are they who cling strongly to concrete reality:
Turn your attention within, my heart friends.

Once you have the View, although the delusory perceptions of samsara may arise in your mind, you will be like the sky; when a rainbow appears in front of it, it’s not particularly flattered, and when the clouds appear it’s not particularly disappointed either. There is a deep sense of contentment. You chuckle from inside as you see the façade of samsara and nirvana; the View will keep you constantly amused, with a little inner smile bubbling away all the time.

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itsallinus
12-04-2009, 04:14 AM
There is a deep sense of contentment. You chuckle from inside as you see the façade of samsara and nirvana; the View will keep you constantly amused, with a little inner smile bubbling away all the time.

I am relating to this exactly as described I could not explain it as well though!

bulletproofheart
12-04-2009, 04:38 AM
Sounds fabulous,however I have ended up without two pennys together.So my reality sucks

ex_anser_ovo
12-04-2009, 08:41 AM
I was in an accident recently, and I lost my car as well as requiring a number of lifestyle changes.
At first the whole situation filled me with negativity, bouncing me between dread and frustration.

But one night it became pretty overwhelming, and something suddenly happened. I remember lying in bed with the covers over my head, when a perspective shift occurred, and this euphoric feeling swept over me.
And I even remember making a big cheesy grin under those covers.

The perspective became more about recognition of what converged to make it all happen, acceptance that what happened was done, and motivation to recognize, and act on, what I was now obligated to do. It was as though the reward was seeing the right way to look at it, and the right way to act off it.

It felt so right to see it all that way. A shift in perspective that was so amazing, but unfortunately fleeting, as it didn't last.

It was like tasting pure joy. Strange. :confused:

lightgiver
24-04-2009, 02:13 AM
bulletproofheart ,there is no permanence in anything,things will change I am sure,I have spent most of my life with not much to rub together;):D only wisdom and compassion,and that is the most important.

itsallinus,you just have:D

ex_anser_ovo,yes but you have re cognised it ;)

View all problems as challenges.
Look upon negativities that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow.
Don't run from them, condemn yourself, or bury your burden in saintly silence.
You have a problem? Great.
More grist for the mill. Rejoice, dive in, and investigate.