lankavatara_sutra Thus have I read / heard. The Lankavatara Sutra is one of the most important sacred texts of Mahayana Buddhism... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lankavatara_Sutra 051110 ... mp21k M Physics 21: Seven Kinds of Emptiness ... Posted by kx21 on September 22, 2003 at 19:41:40: *** * M Physics 21: Seven Kinds of Emptiness ***. The Lankavatara Sutra:- There are seven kinds of emptiness: ... superstringtheory.com/forum/metaboard/messages18/268.html - 5k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages 051110 ... unhinged theres a beautiful english translation by red_pine now. since ive started reading it i noticed some references in the sadhana_of_mahamudra it is the logical basis for the arguement for compassion. in the true spirit of ancient india, the buddha got an a in his dialetical studies. mahamati comes across as a little dense the amount of times and ways he makes the buddha explain why reality is only a projection of our minds. but it is precisely because reality is only a projection of our minds that we can simply choose to be compassionate instead of selfish. that choice is all that separates humans from other animals WAKE_UP stop_holding_america_hostage by selfish greed 131022 ... unhinged my perceptions have been fooling me lately i need to take a second look 160701 ... unhinged 'according to what i teach, mahamati, nirvana means fully understanding that it is nothing but the perception of one's own mind and is not something that exists externally and that it transcends the four possibilities. it is seeing what is real without falling prey to dualistic projections that are the perception of one's own mind and that are devoid of perceiver or perceived. it is not accepting the validity of any rule or measure or following anyone ignorant of reality. rather, it is letting everything go in favor of attaining the personal realization of buddha knowledge whereby one knows the two kinds of no-self, avoids the two afflictions, removes the two obstructions, gets free of the two kinds of death, advances to the higher stages and the profound samadhi of the illusory of the tathagata stage, and transcends the mind, the will, and conceptual consciousness." tutte tutte vutte vutte patte patte katte katte amale amale vimale vimale nime nime hime hime vame vame kale kale kale kale atte matte vatte tutte jnette sputte katte katte latte patte dime dime cale cale pace pace bandhe bandhe ance mance dutare dutare patare patare arkke arkke sarkke sarkke cakre cakre dime dime hime hime tu tu tu tu du du du du ru ru ru ru phu phu phu phu svaha padme padmadeve hine hini hine cu cule culu cule phale phula phule yule ghule yula yule ghule ghula ghule pale pala pale munce munce munce cchinde bhinde bhanje marde pramarde dinakare svaha 160815 ... ergo and amen! no story told us tellers exposed 160817 ... ergo we do deeds to create the world in exactly the way we interpret to ourselves the nature of being, 160817 ... unhinged (thousands of years later mere mortals struggle so hard to explain nirvana, and in the this sutra the buddha spells it out rather clearly. transcend the boundaries of your own projections, transcend conceptual consciousness. to what? to the absolute truth) absolute_vs_relative relative_vs_absolute 160817 ... unhinged looking for reality in an age of insanity becomes an act of bravery sacred_path_of_the_warrior 171203 ... unhinged . (maybe it is time for a reread) 191120 what's it to you? who go blather from