No need to reject samsara - 161

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[The conventional / relative and ultimate are inseparable [U2T].]

No need to reject samsara - 161

[ℕ𝕆 ℕ𝔼𝔼𝔻 𝕋𝕆 ℝ𝔼𝕁𝔼ℂ𝕋 𝕋ℍ𝕆𝕌𝔾ℍ𝕋𝕊, ℂ𝕆ℕℂ𝔼ℙ𝕋𝕊, 𝔻𝕌𝔸𝕃𝕀𝕋𝕀𝔼𝕊, ℂ𝕆ℕ𝕍𝔼ℕ𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 𝕋ℝ𝕌𝕋ℍ𝕊, 𝕄𝔼𝕋ℍ𝕆𝔻𝕊 & 𝔾𝕆𝔸𝕃𝕊 ... 𝕊𝔸𝕄𝕊𝔸ℝ𝔸]

From the oral commentary by Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche on:

"THE OCEAN OF CERTAINTY"

- by the Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje 

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"The nature of thoughts is dharmakaya. 

The only antidote you need in meditation is non-interference. 

Awareness is attained from the lucidity of mind."

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Maitreyanatha says: 

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The mind does not need to be made more lucid 

Or deliberately put to rest. 

Simply focus on the innate nature of mind 

And you will become liberated through this recognition. 

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Gyalwa Gotsangpa says: 

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When a thought arises in the mind, 

Do not view it as bad. 

If you recognize the nature of thoughts to be emptiness, 

Thoughts are realized as dharmakaya. 

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Gampopa says: 

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Do not think of suppressing thoughts, 

but instead think how wonderful, how beneficial, 

and how indispensable it is to have disturbing thoughts, 

- because without them, 

- how would you recognize the nature of mind? 

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You should not think you have to abandon your thoughts. 

It is just that, up this point, 

- you have not understood the nature of your thoughts. 

- That is the cause of your samsaric condition. 

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If you use the right method, 

- thoughts can reveal the nature of mind, 

- which is the dharmakaya. 

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"For this reason, you should regard your thoughts 

as a useful and indispensable means for realizing the dharmakaya 

and gaining insight into the nature of the mind. 

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Many more quotations of this nature could be used to support the view that disturbing thoughts and negative emotions are not something we deliberately need to abandon; 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 [𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲] 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 [& 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰: 𝗨𝟮𝗧].

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It is only that you have not been able to use thoughts as part of your meditation in the past. We learn to use thoughts to attain a meditative state in the methods of the mahamudra teachings. 

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Eyes never look at themselves; they always look outward. In a similar way, our disturbing thoughts have been opaque up to this point. 

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Through the mahamudra method, thoughts become translucent, and when we realize their nature, we will no longer be disturbed by anything that happens in the mind. 

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Whatever arises in the mind, regardless of its content, we will recognize its nature and no longer react to it from either fear or hope. We will simply be able to allow those mental processes to occur and our thoughts and emotions 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱."

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~  Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche 

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Excerpts from: "Pith Instructions of Coemergent Wisdom, Entitled the Profound Essence of the Ocean of Certainty" by the Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje 

Oral commentary by Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche 

Published by KTD Publications 335 Meads Mountain Road Woodstock

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These teachings on the Pith Instructions of Coemergent Wisdom were given by Traleg Kyabgon at E-Vam Buddhist Institute, Melbourne, 1993.

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Quotes

The union of samsara and nirvana ~ Padmasambhava

When samsaric existence is freed in itself, there is no awakened state to accomplish apart form that. Once you realize this, samsara and nirvana are not two.
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– Padmasambhava
Via: Just Dharma Quotes

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Falling in love with the universe ~ Chögyam Trungpa

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲, with the general situation. At that point, there is no reference point to anyone or anything. It is just being in love, just appreciating your world. You don’t have to crank anything up. The main point is developing some kind of appetite for the universe, that everything is workable and lovable.

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“In all honesty, in my mind I have a strong belief that the essence of life is only to achieve 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 [𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 / 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 / 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 / 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳] 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 [𝗨𝟮𝗧].

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Though difficult, my main desire is to gain indestructible faith in these two [bodhicitta and emptiness] before dying.

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If I can't help people generate these things within them, then our meeting is just a waste of time.

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Beyond that, I am the poorest from the inner, outer and secret points of view. The best side of me is just having met the best Dharma, the best practice and the best masters."

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– Khadro-la

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"𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ‘𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱’ 𝗮𝗻𝗱 ‘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱’ 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲" 

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https://www.gilehtblog.com/2021/01/armor-of-awareness.html 

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[ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕝-𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕤 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤, 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕕 / 𝕡𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕕]

𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 & 𝘯𝘰𝘸 -- 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘥 - 𝘜2𝘛.)

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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭-𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 & 𝘯𝘰𝘸 -- 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴; 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 --. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 / 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 / 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 / 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘋𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢 / 𝘋𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘶 / 𝘉𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘩𝘢-𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 / 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 [𝘜2𝘛] 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 & 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦, 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 / 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢.)

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How could it be dependent upon what anyone does to practice or realize it?

The movement of reality does not need us to give it a push.

Do I need to say that it is free from delusion?

The vast expanse of reality can never be darkened by the dust of presumptions (𝘪.𝘦. 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢).

Who then could believe that it needs to cleaned of such dust to be what it is?

It is never separate from where you are,

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 & 𝘯𝘰𝘸 - 𝘜2𝘛.)

so why scramble around in search of it?

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-- Dogen Zenji

translated by Yasuda Joshu Dainen Roshi & Anzan Hoshin Roshi

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https://www.gilehtblog.com/2020/11/dust.html 

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"The purpose of Dzogchen therefore is not the elimination of samsara through purification, but rather the simple recognition that the basis of both samsara and nirvana is found in the very same source, and that source is nothing other than the pristine purity and non-duality of the base. So in Dzogchen the seed of enlightenment, as it were, runs through everything, every experience and every phenomenon. It is inherent throughout the dualistic world. What is required is not renunciation nor transformation, but simply recognition, while "leaving everything just as it is". The kunzhi (Ground / Basis / Source) may be the basis of confusion and error or it may be the basis of wisdom and insight. But either way, the base is the same. And while being the base of delusion, it is not its cause."

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-- Eduardo de Carvalho

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"We don’t need to reject temporary states of happiness, but we need to remember not to cling to them or mistake them for our ultimate goal."

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-- 17th Karmapa

Via: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=416146003292686&id=100046918698991 

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