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Madhyamaka Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta

Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-07
[Madhyamaka and Advaita Vedanta]
Because of our dualistic language, our natural reflex is to see
#Madhyamaka Buddhism and #Advaita Vedanta as nihilism and eternalism [idealist monism].
But that is just ‘scratching the surface’.
Both are pointing at the same indescribable true nature of Reality as it is. Cont’d.
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– 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙝𝙮𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙖 insists on the 'no real existence / emptiness / T2' part of Reality as it is; without rejecting everything. It does not affirm anything, because all dharmas are indescribable / inconceivable; not because they are completely non-existent / non-functional.
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– 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙖 𝙑𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖 insists on the ‘no complete non-existence / T1’ part of Reality as it is; without grasping at anything in absolute terms, because Brahman / Consciousness is indescribable / inconceivable; not because it is something existent.
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– 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 is inconceivable; beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes [Uopp] like: existence & non-existence, something & nothing, relative & absolute, Brahman / Consciousness & Emptiness, real & illusory, one & many, subject & object, Ground & manifestations.
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– Reality as it is is the Inseparability / Non-duality / Harmony / Union of the Two Truths [U2T]; Union of opposites [Uopp] like: existence & non-existence, something / everything & nothing; relative & ultimate; appearances & emptiness; Ground / Awareness & manifestations [UGM]; subject & object [U3S].
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What was said about Madhyamaka Buddhism vs. Advaita Vedanta applies to #Mind-only vs. #Madhyamaka schools; or #Rangtong vs. #Shentong schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
They insist on different points (not existence or not non-existence) but point to the same ultimate Reality as it is – beyond all concepts and dualities –.
Ref. https://www.padmasambhava.org/2019/06/the-natural-union-of-mind-only-madhyamaka-and-shentong/
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Ananda @_anandaonly 2023-03-19
“Truth is what remains after a Revolutionary, Relentless Negation
‘Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.’
–Meister Eckhart
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Ava @OneTimelessNow 2023-03-20
“This 'Negation' and an Embrace of what Is as the expression of the infinite One
go in harmony with each other - a beautiful paradox within the play of the unchanging Truth.”

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Comments on Ashtavakra Gita - Chapter 1

Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-15

𝗔𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗸𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗮 - Translated by Bart Marshall.

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭: 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Latest version: https://ashtavakra-gita-gileht.blogspot.com/2023/03/c01.html

𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙:

1.1 [Question: What is my true nature / Self, the True nature & dynamic of Reality as it is?]

Master, how is
𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 [Wisdom / Truth / Reality as it is] to be achieved,
detachment [dispassion/ equanimity] acquired,
liberation [enlightenment / awakening] attained?

𝘼𝙨𝙝𝙩𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙠𝙧𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙:

1.2 [Answer: We need first to use various virtuous adapted skillful means more and more in accord with the two inseparable aspects of Reality as it is: interdependence & emptiness (the two truths); otherwise there will be too much resistance to the Truth]

To be free [liberated / enlightened / awaken],
shun the [impermanent] experiences of the senses like poison.
Turn your attention to forgiveness, sincerity, kindness, simplicity,
𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 [wisdom / our true permanent nature / the true nature & dynamic of Reality as it is / Ground].

1.3 [Second: We are not the impermanent, not even the imagined permanent irreducible elements / particles;
but more like the permanent pure Non-dual Awareness / Ground / Basis / Source / Suchness of all appearances.
Or, even better, our true nature & dynamic, the true nature & dynamic of all dharmas / opposites, is indescribable / inconceivable, beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes like: permanence vs. impermanence, existence vs. non-existence, difference vs. identity, separation vs. union, continuity vs. discontinuity, something vs. nothing, form vs. formless, right vs. wrong, duality vs. non-duality, one vs. many; subject vs. object vs. action / relation, cause vs. causality vs. effect; pure vs. impure, relative vs. absolute, appearance vs. emptiness, Consciousness / Ground vs. its manifestations, Reality vs. illusion / Maya, etc. It is OK to use these dualistic-concepts conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively as possible adapted skillful means / counterpoint / antidotes, but never to grasp them in absolute terms. While using them as simple tools, we need to be always fully aware of their true nature & dynamic -- because that is what ‘purifies’ them; that wisdom is what transmutes samsara into nirvana here & now. No need to accept / reject / change anything in absolute terms.
Self-Realization = Awareness of Awareness;
the Ground directly realizing its own inconceivable true nature & dynamic as it is]

You are not earth, water, fire or air.
Nor are you empty space [the irreducible elements].
Liberation is to know yourself as 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 [the Ground aware of itself]
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 / 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 / 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘈𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭-𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 / 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 [𝘜2𝘛] 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 & 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴 / 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 <==> 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 / 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. [𝘜𝘎𝘔].)
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— the 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 of these [Self-realization].
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.)

1.4 [We should not identify with any impermanent aspects of our personality, or of the world / universe;
We are more like the inconceivable primordial unconditioned permanent Awareness of all these,
the Ground witnessing its own impermanent manifestations,
and its own permanent true nature & dynamic as it is
beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes like: permanence vs. impermanence, existence vs. non-existence, difference vs. identity, separation vs. union, continuity vs. discontinuity, something vs. nothing, form vs. formless, right vs. wrong, duality vs. non-duality, one vs. many; subject vs. object vs. action / relation, cause vs. causality vs. effect; pure vs. impure, relative vs. absolute, appearance vs. emptiness, Consciousness / Ground vs. its manifestations, Reality vs. illusion / Maya, etc. It is OK to use these dualistic-concepts conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively as possible adapted skillful means / counterpoint / antidotes, but never to grasp them in absolute terms. While using them as simple tools, we need to be always fully aware of their true nature & dynamic -- because that is what ‘purifies’ them; that wisdom is what transmutes samsara into nirvana here & now. No need to accept / reject / change anything in absolute terms.]

Abide in 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 [the Ground, the true nature & dynamic of Reality as it is]
with no illusion of person [Maya].
You will be instantly free and at peace.
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 / 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 / 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 / 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴: (𝘪) 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 / 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 / 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 / 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 / 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 / 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, (𝘪𝘪) 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, (𝘪𝘪𝘪) 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 / 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 / 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 / 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 / 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢.)

1.5 [We, the Ground, are beyond all perceptible / thinkable / imagined / fabricated impermanent things;
We are more like the primordial unconditioned permanent awareness of all these.
Or, even better, our true nature & dynamic, the true nature & dynamic of all dharmas / opposites, is indescribable / inconceivable, beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes like: permanence vs. impermanence, existence vs. non-existence, difference vs. identity, separation vs. union, continuity vs. discontinuity, something vs. nothing, form vs. formless, right vs. wrong, duality vs. non-duality, one vs. many; subject vs. object vs. action / relation, cause vs. causality vs. effect; pure vs. impure, relative vs. absolute, appearance vs. emptiness, Consciousness / Ground vs. its manifestations, Reality vs. illusion / Maya, etc. It is OK to use these dualistic-concepts conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively as possible adapted skillful means / counterpoint / antidotes, but never to grasp them in absolute terms. While using them as simple tools, we need to be always fully aware of their true nature & dynamic -- because that is what ‘purifies’ them; that wisdom is what transmutes samsara into nirvana here & now. No need to accept / reject / change anything in absolute terms.
Self-Realization = Awareness of Awareness;
the Ground directly realizing its own inconceivable true nature & dynamic as it is]

You have no caste or duties.
You are 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙, 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨.
You are the 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 of 𝘼𝙡𝙡 things [Self-realization].
Be happy.
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.)

1.6 [We, the Ground, are indescribable / inconceivable, beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes like: permanence vs. impermanence, existence vs. non-existence, difference vs. identity, separation vs. union, continuity vs. discontinuity, something vs. nothing, form vs. formless, right vs. wrong, duality vs. non-duality, one vs. many; subject vs. object vs. action / relation, cause vs. causality vs. effect; pure vs. impure, relative vs. absolute, appearance vs. emptiness, Consciousness / Ground vs. its manifestations, Reality vs. illusion / Maya, etc. It is OK to use these dualistic-concepts conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively as possible adapted skillful means / counterpoint / antidotes, but never to grasp them in absolute terms. While using them as simple tools, we need to be always fully aware of their true nature & dynamic -- because that is what ‘purifies’ them; that wisdom is what transmutes samsara into nirvana here & now. No need to accept / reject / change anything in absolute terms.]

Right and wrong, pleasure and pain, exist in mind only. [Non-dual]
They are not your concern.
You neither do nor enjoy.
You are free.
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(i.e. All dharmas / opposites / dualities … are like a Union of being empty of inherent existence [T2] <==> because of being conventionally dependently co-arisen (interdependent) relatively functional ever-changing impermanent appearances / tools / adapted skillful means / counterpoints [T1], merely labeled / imputed / imagined by the mind in dependence of its past experience / conditioning / karma [U3S] (physical, conceptual, mental; individual, collective, cosmic). And vice versa; one aspect / truth implies / enables / proves / supports / is in harmony with the other [U2T]. All dharmas / opposites / dualities … are like space, illusions, reflections, mirages, dreams, echos, rainbows, magical tricks: ‘There, but not there.’ [U2T]. Not really arisen / caused / existent / changing / ceasing, not completely non-arisen / non-caused / non-existent / non-changing / non-ceasing, not both together, not neither; not different / separate / multiple / dual, not identical / united / one / non-dual, not both together, not neither; not permanent / continuous / eternal, not impermanent / discontinuous / annihilated, not both together, not neither; not ‘this’, not ‘non-this’, not both together, not neither – for whatever ‘this’ is. So there is no independent / universal / absolute / inherently existing BASIS for any differentiation / acceptation / affirmation / seeking / doing / rejection / negation / abandonment / elimination / stopping / not-doing / change / improvement / increase or decrease / defilement or purification … of anything in absolute terms, just conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively.)

1.7 [Ignoring this is samsara / conditioning / suffering;
Being fully aware of this is nirvana / liberation / enlightenment / awakening / bliss]

You are the 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙨 [Self-realization], forever free.
Your only bondage is not seeing 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 [Ground].
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.)

1.8 [We, the Ground, are beyond the three spheres of any relation / activity – ex.
(i) subject / actor / perceiver / knower / owner, (ii) relation / action / perception / cognition-knowing / ownership, (iii) object / result / perceived / known / possession;
or (i) cause / producer, (ii) causality / production, (iii) effect / product;
or (i) subject-being-conscious, (ii) being-conscious-of, (iii) object-of-consciousness; etc. –]

The thought: “I am the doer [real subject / actor]” is the bite of a poisonous snake [Maya].
To know: “I do nothing (in absolute terms)” is the wisdom of faith.
(just doing conventionally, relatively, inter-subjectively)
Be happy.
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 / 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 / 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 / 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴: (𝘪) 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 / 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 / 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 / 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 / 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 / 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, (𝘪𝘪) 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, (𝘪𝘪𝘪) 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 / 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 / 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 / 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 / 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢.)

1.9 [Ignoring this is samsara / conditioning / suffering;
Being fully aware of this is nirvana / liberation / enlightenment / awakening / bliss]

A single understanding: “I am the 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 [unique Ground],”
consumes all suffering in the fire of an instant.
Be happy.

1.10 [We, the Ground, are more like the indescribable, inconceivable, unique, omnipresent, timeless, limitless, unborn, unconditioned, unchanging, unceasing Ground / Basis / Source of all illusory appearances … in the non-dual sense of those terms: not ‘this’, not ‘non-this’, not both together, not neither – for whatever ‘this’ is]

You are 𝙪𝙣𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 [limitless Ground / Basis / Source] — Bliss, Supreme Bliss —
in which the universe appears like the mirage of a snake in a rope.
Be happy.
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 / 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 / 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘈𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭-𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 / 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 [𝘜2𝘛] 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 & 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴 / 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 <==> 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 / 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. [𝘜𝘎𝘔].)

1.11 [We, the Ground, are more like primordially equal / one, pure, perfect, divine, complete, free, enlightened, bliss … in the non-dual sense of those terms: not ‘this’, not ‘non-this’, not both together, not neither – for whatever ‘this’ is]

It is true what they say: “You are what you think.”
If you think you are bound you are bound.
If you think you are free you are free.

1.12 [We are more like the unique permanent Awareness / Ground / Basis / Source / U2T
directly recognizing itself its many impermanent manifestations / illusory empty-appearances.
Or, even better, our true nature & dynamic, the true nature & dynamic of all dharmas / opposites, is indescribable / inconceivable, beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes like: permanence vs. impermanence, existence vs. non-existence, difference vs. identity, separation vs. union, continuity vs. discontinuity, something vs. nothing, form vs. formless, right vs. wrong, duality vs. non-duality, one vs. many; subject vs. object vs. action / relation, cause vs. causality vs. effect; pure vs. impure, relative vs. absolute, appearance vs. emptiness, Consciousness / Ground vs. its manifestations, Reality vs. illusion / Maya, etc. It is OK to use these dualistic-concepts conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively as possible adapted skillful means / counterpoint / antidotes, but never to grasp them in absolute terms. While using them as simple tools, we need to be always fully aware of their true nature & dynamic -- because that is what ‘purifies’ them; that wisdom is what transmutes samsara into nirvana here & now. No need to accept / reject / change anything in absolute terms.
Self-Realization = Awareness of Awareness;
the Ground directly realizing its own inconceivable true nature & dynamic as it is]

You are 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙛 [Ground] — the 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 [Self-realization]. [beyond subject & object]
You are 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩, 𝙖𝙡𝙡-𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙊𝙣𝙚 [unique, beyond many & one, beyond pure & impure].
You are 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚, 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 [beyond movement & stillness; beyond bondage & liberation].
The universe is but a seeming in You. [a Ground / Basis / Source that is not really a Ground / Basis / Source in absolute terms]
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.)

1.13 [We need to transcend all apprehension / individuality / difference / separation / opposition / dualities in absolute terms – even opposites / dualities / extremes like: permanence vs. impermanence, existence vs. non-existence, difference vs. identity, separation vs. union, continuity vs. discontinuity, something vs. nothing, form vs. formless, right vs. wrong, duality vs. non-duality, one vs. many; subject vs. object vs. action / relation, cause vs. causality vs. effect; pure vs. impure, relative vs. absolute, appearance vs. emptiness, Consciousness / Ground vs. its manifestations, Reality vs. illusion / Maya, etc. It is OK to use these dualistic-concepts conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively as possible adapted skillful means / counterpoint / antidotes, but never to grasp them in absolute terms. While using them as simple tools, we need to be always fully aware of their true nature & dynamic -- because that is what ‘purifies’ them; that wisdom is what transmutes samsara into nirvana here & now. No need to accept / reject / change anything in absolute terms. It is OK to use these dualistic-concepts conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively as possible adapted skillful means / counterpoint / antidotes, but never to grasp them in absolute terms. While using them as simple tools, we need to be always fully aware of their true nature & dynamic -- because that is what ‘purifies’ them; that wisdom is what transmutes samsara into nirvana here & now. No need to accept / reject / change anything in absolute terms.]

Meditate on this: “I am 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 — 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 itself [unique Ground beyond many & one].”
Give up the idea that you are separate, a person, that there is within and without [Maya]. [beyond Reality & illusions / Maya]

1.14 [We are not separate impermanent inherently existing individuals interacting with the world / others;
We are more like the unique permanent Suchness / Awareness / Ground of, manifesting in, all appearances;
A Ground / U2T inseparable from all of its impermanent manifestations / illusory empty-appearances.
Or, even better, our true nature & dynamic, the true nature & dynamic of all dharmas / opposites, is indescribable / inconceivable, beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes like: permanence vs. impermanence, existence vs. non-existence, difference vs. identity, separation vs. union, continuity vs. discontinuity, something vs. nothing, form vs. formless, right vs. wrong, duality vs. non-duality, one vs. many; subject vs. object vs. action / relation, cause vs. causality vs. effect; pure vs. impure, relative vs. absolute, appearance vs. emptiness, Consciousness / Ground vs. its manifestations, Reality vs. illusion / Maya, etc. It is OK to use these dualistic-concepts conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively as possible adapted skillful means / counterpoint / antidotes, but never to grasp them in absolute terms. While using them as simple tools, we need to be always fully aware of their true nature & dynamic -- because that is what ‘purifies’ them; that wisdom is what transmutes samsara into nirvana here & now. No need to accept / reject / change anything in absolute terms.]

You have long been bound thinking: “I am a person.”
Let the knowledge: “I am 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 [Ground]”
be the sword that frees you.
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 / 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 / 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘈𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭-𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 / 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 [𝘜2𝘛] 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 & 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴 / 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 <==> 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 / 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. [𝘜𝘎𝘔].)

1.15 [We are more like Empty-Luminosity, Empty-Ground, Empty-Appearances, Empty-Interdependence,
Empty-Functionality, Empty-Cognizance, Empty-Awareness, Empty-Consciousness … in the non-dual sense of those terms: not ‘this’, not ‘non-this’, not both together, not neither – for whatever ‘this’ is;
We are more like the inconceivable unique omnipresent timeless limitless unborn
unconditioned unchanging unceasing pristine
Union of the Two Truths about everything in the universe(s)
– ex. subject / mind, relation / action, object / phenomena / world –.
That is the only thing that is conventionally / relatively omnipresent timeless limitless unconditioned unchanging unceasing in all of our experiences, in all dharmas / opposites: the inconceivable Union of the Two Truths / Union of the basic pure functionality / interdependence / awareness <--> and emptiness of inherent existence.]

You are now and forever 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚, 𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨, 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡.
The practice of meditation keeps one in bondage [Maya].

1.16 [This Ground / Awareness, our primordial unconditioned true nature,
is the inconceivable unique true nature & dynamic of everything in the Universe, of all dharmas.
Everything is made of this, comes from this energy.]

You are 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 [Ground] — 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚
[the inconceivable Ground / Basis / Source / Suchness].
The universe exists within you.
Don’t be small-minded.

1.17 [We need to cultivate dispassion / detachment for all dependent conditioned impermanent empty things; We are more like the inconceivable unique omnipresent timeless limitless unborn unconditioned unchanging unceasing pristine Ground / Basis / Source / Suchness / Awareness of all the impermanent manifestations / illusory empty-appearances … in the non-dual sense of those terms: not ‘this’, not ‘non-this’, not both together, not neither – for whatever ‘this’ is]

You are 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨.
You are 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙, 𝙪𝙣𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡.

𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.

You are 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 [Ground].
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 / 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 / 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘈𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭-𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 / 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 [𝘜2𝘛] 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 & 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴 / 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 <==> 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 / 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. [𝘜𝘎𝘔].)

1.18 [Only this Ground / Consciousness / Self is real / permanent;
everything else is like impermanent illusions / reflections / mirages / dreams / echos / rainbows / magical tricks: ‘there, but not there.’, unsatisfactory, not-self, not reality as it is, Maya.
Or, even better, our true nature & dynamic, the true nature & dynamic of all dharmas / opposites, is indescribable / inconceivable, beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes like: permanence vs. impermanence, existence vs. non-existence, difference vs. identity, separation vs. union, continuity vs. discontinuity, something vs. nothing, form vs. formless, right vs. wrong, duality vs. non-duality, one vs. many; subject vs. object vs. action / relation, cause vs. causality vs. effect; pure vs. impure, relative vs. absolute, appearance vs. emptiness, Consciousness / Ground vs. its manifestations, Reality vs. illusion / Maya, etc. It is OK to use these dualistic-concepts conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively as possible adapted skillful means / counterpoint / antidotes, but never to grasp them in absolute terms. While using them as simple tools, we need to be always fully aware of their true nature & dynamic -- because that is what ‘purifies’ them; that wisdom is what transmutes samsara into nirvana here & now. No need to accept / reject / change anything in absolute terms.]

That which has form is not real [Maya].
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 / 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 / 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴 = 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴 = 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭.)
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Only the formless is permanent.
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘮𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨.)
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Once this is known, you will not return to illusion.

1.19 [The Mirror-Reflection Metaphor – Omnipresence, Timelessness, Limitlessness of the Ground]

Just as a mirror exists both within and without the image reflected,
the Supreme 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙛 [Ground] exists both within and without the body.
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 / 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 / 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘈𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭-𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 / 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 [𝘜2𝘛] 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 & 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴 / 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 <==> 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 / 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. [𝘜𝘎𝘔].)

1.20 [The Space Metaphor – Omnipresence, Timelessness, Limitlessness of the Ground]

Just as the same space exists both within and without a jar,
the timeless, 𝙖𝙡𝙡-𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙊𝙣𝙚 exists as 𝙏𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 [Ground].
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 / 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 / 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘈𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 / 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭-𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 / 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 [𝘜2𝘛] 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 & 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴 / 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 <==> 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 / 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. [𝘜𝘎𝘔].)

𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 [𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺𝘀]:

There are a few conventions worth mentioning.
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[A.] Capitalized words like 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙛, 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, God, Absolute, 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚, That, 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨, Void, Light, 𝘼𝙡𝙡, 𝙊𝙣𝙚, Everything, Nothing, No-thing, Being, Me, You, It, Himself, Bliss, Supreme, 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 and 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 are used as 𝕤𝕪𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕪𝕞𝕤,
although sometimes in context subtle — and ultimately non-existent – differences may be intended.
These words all point to 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙨 — 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮
[i.e. the Ground / Basis / Source / Suchness].

[B.] The words 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯
are 𝕤𝕪𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕪𝕞𝕤 referring to the 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 (𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭) 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭 [𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬 / 𝐔𝟐𝐓]
world of physical objects, people, personal self, ideas, thoughts, gods, knowledge, concepts, myths, religions, history, memories, emotions, time, space — everything we perceive through the mind and senses, including the mind and senses themselves. 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙖.

[C.] 𝕊𝕪𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕪𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 words and phrases used to denote
a “person” who has realized Self,
who knows Truth,
who perceives the 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 [Ground] include:
𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭, 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭, 𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘪.

𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 – 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲:

‘Oneness / Unity’ is a short for: we are not many, not one, not both together, not neither.
But usually we insist on ‘one’ as an antidote to our usual extreme position of ‘many’.
There is no one without many, no many without one.
Reality as it is is indescribable / inconceivable, beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes like these.

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‘Awareness / Consciousness’ is a short for: we are not purely objective / material / object-only, not purely subjective / mind-only, not purely relational / relation-only / process-only / action-only / karma-only, not a combination of those, not none of those.
But usually we insist on ‘subject / awareness / witness’ as an antidote to our usual extreme position of ‘objectivism / materialism’.
There is no subject / mind without object / phenomena, no object without subject.
Reality as it is is indescribable / inconceivable, beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes like these.
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‘You are the Ocean / Water’ is a short for: we are not only the wave / movement, not only the ocean / water / stillness, not both together, not neither.
But usually we insist on ‘permanent Ocean / Water’ as an antidote to our usual extreme position of ‘impermanent waves’.
There is no ocean / water / stillness without waves / movement, not waves / movement without ocean / stillness.
Reality as it is is indescribable / inconceivable, beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes like these.
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‘You are the Gold’ is a short for: we are not only ornaments / nuggets, not only gold, not both together, not neither.
But usually we insist on ‘the permanent Gold’ as an antidote to our usual extreme position of ‘the impermanent ornaments / nuggets.
There is no gold without ornaments / nuggets / forms, not ornaments / nuggets without gold.
Reality as it is is indescribable / inconceivable, beyond all opposites / dualities / extremes like these.

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God / Brahman / Self or the Union of the Two Truths

Gilles Therrien @gileht
[Reading Vedanta with a Madhyamaka eye: ]
When I read “You must dwell on God uninterruptedly
and be absorbed in the contemplation of His true nature.”
I understand
“I must constantly be aware of ‘the inconceivable true nature & dynamic of Reality as it is:
the Union of the Two Truths free from all extremes & middle(s)’.”

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Madhyamaka Logic

Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-09
#𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗵𝘆𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰: It is exactly because everything is dependently co-originated [T1] <==> that everything is empty of inherent existence [T2]. Interdependent with parts, causes & conditions, conceptual opposites, and the mind merely labeling / imagining it. [U2T]
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Also, since everything is empty <--> because co-dependent [U2T] <==> then there are no real three stages of becoming for anything: (i) origination / birth / coming, (ii) duration / evolution / change, (iii) cessation / death / going. And no real 3 times: before, during, after.
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Also, since everything is empty <--> because co-dependent [U2T] <==> then everything is like 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, illusions, reflections, mirages, dreams, echos, rainbows, magical tricks: ‘There, but not there.’: Not really existent, not completely non-existent, not both together, not neither.
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Then everything is indescribable / 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲: beyond all extremes & middle, beyond all dualistic conceptual proliferations, defining limitations, conditioning / karma; beyond all concepts, dualities, causality / change, form / matter-energy, space & time.
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Beyond all opposites / dualities: Everything is not different / separate / many / dual, not identical / united / 𝗼𝗻𝗲 / non-dual, not both together, not neither; not permanent / continuous / eternal, not impermanent / discontinuous / annihilated, not both together, not neither.
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Beyond all opposites / dualities: Everything is not unequal / impure / imperfect / ordinary / incomplete / bound, not equal / pure / perfect / divine / compete / free, not both together, not neither; not ‘this’, not ‘non-this’, not both together, not neither – whatever ‘this’ is.
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Even beyond the 2 truths: Everything is not dependently co-arisen / existent [T1], not empty of inherent existence / non-existent [T2], not both truths together and in opposition [2T], not neither truth (something else beyond the two truths) [1T]. That is the Union of the Two Truths.
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Since all is non-dual empty-appearances [U2T] <==> then there is not independent, universal, absolute, inherently-existing basis for any differentiation / judgment / acceptation / rejection / change / purification of anything in absolute terms, just conventionally / relatively.
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So there is nothing to ACCEPT / affirm / seek / do in absolute terms; nothing to REJECT / negate / abandon / eliminate / stop / not-do in absolute terms; nothing to CHANGE / improve / purify in absolute terms; just conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively if it helps.
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𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 / 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: Then we may as well perceive everything as primordially equal / one, pure, perfect, divine, complete, free, enlightened, the inseparable three pure kayas, the true Buddha, Brahman ... in the non-dual sense of those terms.
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What purifies samsara is directly realising the true nature & dynamic of Reality as it is, of all dharmas / opposites: the inconceivable Union of the Two Truths free from all extremes & middle about all dharmas [U2T]. No need to accept / seek / reject / abandon / change anything.
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All dharmas are impermanent manifestations of the inconceivable unique all-pervading unborn unconditioned unchanging unceasing pristine Ground / Basis / Source / Buddha-nature / Genuine-emptiness / Brahman / Suchness / True nature & dynamic of reality as it is / Union of the Two Truths [U2T].
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For more comments see: https://www.gilehtblog.com/2023/03/tweets.html

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The Two Truths are not two, not one …

The Buddha @_Buddha_Quotes
“It is not through emptiness that form is empty, nor is emptiness other than form.”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-15
“The two truths, appearances and emptiness, are
not different / separate / two / dual,
not identical / united / one / non-dual,
not both together, not neither.
They are inseparable, interdependent, co-defined, co-relative, in harmony
<--> thus both empty of inherent existence.”
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Kun Zen @KunJhana 9 mai 2012
"#Emptiness itself is dependent — dependent on #conventional
#reality, dependent on #pratityasamutpada" ~#Nagarjuna
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@hxameer// fosstodon // mathstodon @mathstodon 25 juin 2021
“Buddhist philosophy, though, generally holds that the mind and external phenomena are both equally transient, and that they arise from each other. The mind cannot exist without external phenomena, nor can external phenomena exist without the mind. aka ( #pratityasamutpada ).”

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All dharmas are like space, illusions …

The Buddha @_Buddha_Quotes
“A Buddha has seen all dharmas as like a magical creation,
and in consequence, he has really taught no being at all.”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-06
“All dharmas are like space, illusions, reflections, mirages, dreams, echos, rainbows, magical tricks: ‘There, but not there.’ Appearing but empty; empty but still appearing.”

More: All dharmas / opposites are like space, illusions, reflections, mirages, dreams, echos, rainbows, magical tricks: ‘There, but not there.’
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Appearing [T1] but empty [T2];
empty [T2] but still appearing [T1] [U2T - Union of the Two Truths].

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The true meaning of non-duality / oneness

The Buddha @_Buddha_Quotes
“When neither a dual or non-dual [oneness] dharma is apprehended,
the knowledge of all modes is attained
by way of taking nothing at all as a basis.”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-13
“Ashtavakra Gita 20.14 :
Where is existence or non-existence?
Where is Unity [oneness] or duality [manyness]?
Nothing emanates [manifestations] from Me [the Inconceivable / Permanent / Ground / U2T].
No more can be said."
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“And even the Ground / Awareness / Brahman / Self / One / God / U2T …
is empty [T2], merely labeled / imputed / imagined by the mind [T1] [U2T-Ground].
Reality as it is is indescribable, inconceivable,
beyond all dualistic concepts like these.
These are mere pointers to the moon, not the moon itself.”

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The Buddha @_Buddha_Quotes
“When neither a dual or non-dual [oneness] dharma is apprehended,
the knowledge of all modes is attained by way of taking nothing at all as a basis.”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-05
“That is the true meaning [perfection] of non-duality: not two / dual, not one / non-dual,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism), not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness).
Meaning indescribable, inconceivable, beyond all extremes & middle.”

More: “The true meaning / perfection of non-duality [Union of apparent opposites / Uopp]:
not different / separate / two / dual,
not identical / united / one / non-dual,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness).
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Meaning indescribable, inconceivable;
beyond all opposites / dualities;
beyond all extremes & middle(s),
beyond all dualistic conceptual proliferations,
beyond all defining limitations,
beyond all conditioning / karma.”

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Reality as it is is beyond existence and non-existence

The Buddha @_Buddha_Quotes
“A Bodhisattva cognizes all dharmas as empty of own-marks
and sees them as not really existing, not totally real – uncreated.”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-06
“All dharmas are empty of inherent existence, not really existent <==> but still conventionally dependently co-arisen relatively functional appearances, not completely non-existent <==> merely labeled / imputed by the mind. = Inseparability / Non-duality / Union of the 2 Truths.”

More: Inseparability / Non-duality / Harmony / Union of the Two Truths [U2T]:
All dharmas / opposites (physical, conceptual, mental) are like a Union of being empty of inherent existence [T2], not really existent [T2] <==> because of being conventionally dependently co-arisen (interdependent) relatively functional appearances / tools / adapted skillful means / counterpoints [T1], merely labeled / imputed / imagined by the mind, not completely non-existent [U3S].
And vice versa; one aspect / truth implies / proves / enables / supports / is in harmony with the other [U2T].
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All dharmas / opposites are
– Not really existent, not completely non-existent,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not really different / separate / many / dual, not completely identical / united / one / non-dual,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not permanent / continuous / eternal, not impermanent / discontinuous / annihilated,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not really dependently-arisen / caused / conditioned / changing / ceasing,
not completely unarisen / non-caused / unconditioned / unchanging / unceasing,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not ‘this’, not ‘non-this’,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness) – for whatever ‘this’ is.
– Meaning all dharmas / opposites are indescribable / inconceivable;
beyond all opposites / dualities;
beyond all extremes & middle,
beyond all dualistic conceptual proliferations,
beyond all defining limitations;
beyond all conditioning / karma (physical, conceptual, mental; body, speech, mind;
individual, collective, cosmic).
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Meaning there is no independent / universal / absolute / inherently existing basis to differentiate / oppose / accept / reject / change anything in absolute terms, just conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively.
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= Non-duality / Inseparability / Non-duality / Harmony / Union of apparent opposites [Uopp / U2T-opp].
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Apparent opposites like: good vs. bad, pure vs. impure, permanent vs. impermanent, existence vs. non-existence, real vs. unreal/illusory, identity vs. difference, one vs. many, dual vs. non-dual, body vs. speech vs. mind, subject vs. relation/action vs. object, the two truths themselves, the Ground and its manifestations, ‘this’ vs. ‘non-this’ for whatever ‘this’ is.

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Reality as it is is beyond duality / manyness and non-duality / oneness

Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-11
Either you grasp at extremes like 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, or you go to the indescribable / inconceivable, 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀 / 𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 like: one vs. many, duality vs. non-duality, subject vs. object, permanence vs. impermanence, movement vs. stillness, existence vs. non-existence, the two truths, reality vs. non-reality, etc.

[Union of apparent opposites]
With all dualities / triad / quads / etc., the apparent opposites are always inseparable, interdependent, co-defined, co-relative, co-dependent, co-emergent, co-evolving, co-ceasing / co-transcended, in harmony [T1] <==> thus all empty of inherent existence [T2] [Uopp / U2T-opp]. One opposite cannot exist with/without the other. ex. No One / God / Ground with/without a diversity of manifestations / appearances / worshippers.
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[Union of the Ground and its manifestations]
The Ground / Basis / Source / Buddha-nature / Genuine-emptiness / Suchness / True nature & dynamic of Reality as it is / Union of the Two Truths / Awareness / Consciousness / Brahman … and its spontaneous natural uninterruptible pristine manifestations / appearances are inseparable, interdependent, co-defined, co-relative, co-dependent, co-emergent, co-evolving, co-ceasing / co-transcended, in harmony [T1] <==> thus empty of inherent existence [T2] [UGM / U2T-GM].
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[Mere adapted skillful means]
Everything in all sacred texts is at best mere useful adapted skillful means, pointers to the inconceivable, never to be grasped as an independent / universal / absolute / inherently existing truth / reality / method / goal. Reality is indescribable / inconceivable, beyond all concepts / dualities / opposites / extremes / activities …
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What is ‘omnipresent, permanent’ in all of our experiences?

Rupert Spira @RupertSpira
In Rupert's latest video a questioner asks about common objections to
the idea that there is one universal consciousness.
Watch the full video here on YouTube: https://buff.ly/3JduRWC
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-05
“What is omnipresent, unborn, unconditioned, unchanging, unceasing, timeless in all of our experiences, in everybody's experiences, this primordial empty-functionality / empty-awareness.”

More: “What is Permanent?
What is omnipresent, unborn, unconditioned, unchanging, unceasing, timeless in all of our experiences, in everybody's experiences, in all dharmas …
is this inconceivable unique primordial empty-interdependence / empty-relativity / empty-functionality / empty-awareness / empty-cognizance / empty-Brahman / Union of the Two Truths [U2T].”

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Primordial equanimity

"He who binds to himself a joy [attachment]
Does the winged life destroy.
He who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sunrise."
– William Blake, "Eternity"
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Quoted in: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟, by Swami Sarvapriyananda
https://youtu.be/jID0akelFB0?t=1476

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The true meaning of ‘undifferentiated’

The Buddha @_Buddha_Quotes
“All dharmas are undifferentiated
because they have been identified with the Dharma-Element, with suchness, and the reality limit.”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-06
“All dharmas are manifestations of the inconceivable 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 all-pervading timeless unborn unconditioned unchanging unceasing Ground, Basis, Source, Buddha-nature, Genuine-emptiness, Suchness, Suchness, True nature of Reality, Union of the Two Truths, Brahman.”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht
“Thus, all dharmas are not different / separate / many / dual, not identical / united / 𝗼𝗻𝗲 / non-dual,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism), not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness).
Not differentiated, not undifferentiated, not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism), not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness).
The Middle Way.”

More: One Ground, many manifestations / appearances:
All dharmas / opposites are manifestations of, inseparable from, the inconceivable 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 all-pervading timeless unborn unconditioned unchanging unceasing pristine Ground / Basis / Source / Buddha-nature / Genuine-emptiness / Suchness / Dharma-Element / Reality-limit. / True nature & dynamic of Reality as it is / Union of the Two Truths [U2T]. Also called Brahman / Atman / Self.
No manifestations without Ground; not Ground without manifestations.
No ultimate without relative, no relative without ultimate.
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The Ground and its manifestations, the relative and absolute,
are inseparable, interdependent, co-defined, co-relative, co-dependent, co-emergent, co-evolving, co-ceasing / co-transcended, in harmony [T1], merely labeled / imputed / imagined by the mind [U3S] <==> thus empty of inherent existence [T2] [U2T-2T / UGM].
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Thus, all dharmas / opposites are
– Not different / separate / many / dual,
not identical / united / 𝗼𝗻𝗲 / non-dual,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness).
– Not differentiated, not undifferentiated,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness).
– Not differentiated in absolute terms, just conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively.
– The Middle Way free from all extremes & middle(s).

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The true meaning of ‘skepticism’

i.e. @iain_mk2
Pransangika is the highest form of scepticism.
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Gilles Therrien @gileht
“Pransangika is the highest form of skepticism.” True. And not because everything is completely non-existent, non-caused, non-functional, useless, meaningless. But because the true nature & dynamic as it is of all dharmas is indescribable, inconceivable.“

More: “Pransangika is the highest form of skepticism.” True.
And not because everything is completely non-existent, non-caused, non-functional, useless, meaningless. But because the true nature & dynamic as it is of all dharmas is indescribable, inconceivable.“
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Because everything is beyond all opposites / dualities;
beyond all extremes & middle,
beyond all dualistic conceptual proliferations,
beyond all defining limitations,
beyond all conditioning / karma (physical, conceptual, mental; individual, collective, cosmic);
beyond all description / conceptualisation, differentiation / discrimination / ranking,
causality / production, form / matter-energy, space & time.
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So there is no absolute anything, just conventional / relative / inter-subjective truths.
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Everything is empty of inherent existence, never really existent / caused / functional / absolute <==> because of being conventionally dependently co-arisen (interdependent) relatively functional ever-changing impermanent appearances / tools / adapted skilful means, merely labeled / imputed / imagined by the mind in dependence of its past experiences / conditioning / karma, never completely non-existent / non-caused / non-functional / useless / meaningless.

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The true meaning of ‘purification’

The Buddha @_Buddha_Quotes
“The glorious chariots of kings shatter, the body turns to dust.
But the spirit of purity is changeless and so the pure instruct the pure.”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-07
“And what makes something 'pure' in one's mind, is being fully aware of its true nature & dynamic as it is. Ignoring it makes anything impure. It is all relative to the mind / observer.”

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The Tetralemma

Lion's Roar @LionsRoar
“What Are the Four Negations? [tetralemma]
Take any pair of opposites.
Madhyamaka logic looks at four possibilities and refutes them in turn, creating four negations.”
https://buff.ly/3qMhjpS

More: The so-called inconceivable unique all-pervading timeless unborn unconditioned unchanging unceasing pristine Ground / Basis / Source / Buddha-nature / Genuine-emptiness / Awareness / Suchness / True nature & dynamic of Reality as it is here & now / Union of the Two Truths … and its manifestations / appearances (physical, conceptual, mental) are:
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– Not good, not bad,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not existent, not non-existent,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not real, not unreal / illusory,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
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– Not different, not identical,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– No many, not one,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not dual, not non-dual,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not permanent, not impermanent,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
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– Not objective, not subjective,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
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– Not born, not unborn,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not caused, not uncaused,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not functional, not non-functional,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not changing, not unchanging,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not ceasing, not unceasing,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
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– Not dependent, not independent,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not empty, not non-empty,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not dependently co-arisen [T1], not empty of inherent existence [T2],
not both truths together (dualism / 2T),
not neither (something else / monism / oneness / 1T);
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– Not equal, not unequal,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not pure, not impure,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not perfect, not imperfect,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not ordinary, not divine,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not complete, not incomplete,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not enlightened, not unenlightened,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
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– Not conceivable, not inconceivable,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
– Not to be accepted / affirmed / sought,
not to be rejected / negated / abandoned / eliminated / stopped,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness);
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– Not ‘this’, not ‘non-this’,
not both together and in opposition / relation (dualism),
not neither (something else beyond both / monism / oneness)
– for whatever ‘this’ is.
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Never this or that in absolute terms, just conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively.

Our dualistic conceptual mind co-creates / co-imputes / co-labels / co-imagines
things / characteristics / properties / qualities / relations / actions … in opposition to each other.
That is how it works; but that is not how reality is.
So we need to understand how our mind(s) / karma work(s)
in order to be able to transcend its illusory fabrications,
to become free from them –
not by judging them, not by accepting, not by rejecting, not by changing them;
just by directly realising their true nature & dynamic as it is is enough.

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What is ‘omnipresent, timeless, limitless, unchanging, unceasing…’ in all of our experiences, in all dharmas?

Ava @OneTimelessNow

“What is it in you that has always remained the same,
sees but cannot be seen, knows but cannot be known?”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-14
“What is it in all of our experiences, in all dharmas,
that is indescribable inconceivable unique omnipresent timeless
unborn unconditioned unchanging unceasing pure;
that is called the Ground, Basis, Source, Suchness, Reality as it is,
Brahman, Primordial-Awareness, Self, One?”

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Reality as it is is beyond the three spheres, the Union of the three spheres

Ashtavakra Gita bot @_AshtavakraGita
I am not the knower,
Nor the known,
Nor the knowing.
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These three are not real [appearing but empty].
They only seem to be
When I am not known. [what is their true nature & dynamic?]
(2-15)
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-15
“If the Self is not
1. the subject / actor / perceiver / knower / mind,
2. the relation / action / perception / cognition,
3. the object / result / perceived / known / phenomena / world,
– because those three spheres are
empty of inherent existence [T2] <==> because they are inseparable, interdependent, co-defined, co-relative, co-dependent, co-emergent, co-evolving, co-ceasing / co-transcended [T1], merely co-labeled / co-imputed / co-imagined by the mind in dependence of its past experiences / conditioning / karma –
then what is it?
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It is just that very fact just mentioned:
The Union of the Two Truths: the Union of interdependent appearances <--> and emptiness [2T].
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That is what is indescribable inconceivable unique omnipresent timeless unborn unconditioned unchanging unceasing pure … in all of our experiences, in all dharmas.
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That is the co-called ‘Ground, Basis, Source, Suchness, Buddha-nature, Genuine-emptiness, True nature & dynamic of Reality as it is, Brahman, Atman, Self, Primordial-Awareness, Pristine-Consciousness, One.’
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Think about it.
Can you find something else that fits those criteria, that is omnipresent, changeless, permanent …?”

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Adopting the Middle Way in everything

Bhagavad Gita @GitaBot
“You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction.” #Gita-
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-16
“𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚:
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This is also called ‘𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 / 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 / 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 / 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 / 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜’,
without apprehending / differentiating / opposing anything in absolute terms;
without falling for any extreme or middle in absolute terms;
without accepting / rejecting / changing anything in absolute terms,
just conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively.
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It is acting / producing / working 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨: ex.
(i) subject / actor / perceiver / knower / owner / cause / producer,
(ii) relation / action / perception / cognition / ownership / causality / production,
(iii) object / result / perceived / known / possession / effect / product.
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This is acting / producing more and more in accord with the two inseparable aspects of Reality as it is: interdependence and emptiness of inherent existence (the two truths).
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This is 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚: acting / doing vs. non-acting / not-doing, producing vs. non-producing, working vs. non-working, causality vs. non-causality, thinking vs. non-thinking, perceiving vs. non-perceiving, feeling vs. non-feeling, conceptualising vs. non-conceptualising, differentiating vs. non-differentiating, practicing vs. non-practicing, teaching vs. non-teaching, accepting vs. rejecting, changing vs. non-changing, etc.”

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There is only the Ground / awareness / Self … with its inseparable manifestations

Lucid Dreams @sanjabh
“When a silent mind becomes part of the unmovable, all manifestations merge into itself....”

Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-16
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“In '𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀' there is just this ‘indescribable / inconceivable / unperceivable / unfelt / unthinkable unique / non-dual, omnipresent / all-pervading, timeless, limitless, unborn, unconditioned, unchanging, unceasing, pristine empty-𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 / empty-𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙨 / empty-𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 / empty-𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙣 / empty-𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 / empty-𝘼𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙣 / empty-𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙛 / empty-𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 / empty-𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 / empty-𝘾𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 / empty-𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 / empty-𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 / 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙨 about all dharmas [U2T]’
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<==> inseparable from its uninterruptible continuous spontaneous natural pristine empty-relative-𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 / empty-relative-𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 / empty-relative-𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 [UGM].
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𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, reflections, mirages, dreams, echos, rainbows, magical tricks: ’There, but not there.’
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𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙙 / 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙙 / 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 <==> thus 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚.
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𝘼𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 / adapted skillful means / counterpoints / antidotes to their conceptual opposite(s).
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So it is best to identify with the permanent / Ground instead of the impermanent manifestations
-- until one is ready to transcend all dualities like permanence vs. impermanence.”
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In Dzogchen this capacity of the Ground is called ‘compassionate energy’.
It is the Union of its essence / emptiness [T2] and its nature / relatively functional appearances [T1];
which is the equivalent of the Union of the Two Truths [U2T] of Madhyamaka.
These three qualities of the Dzogchen Ground – essence, nature, compassionate energy – are inseparable, in harmony, in Union; which is the equivalent of the Union of the Ground and its manifestations [UGM].
From more see: https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Ground
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Maybe the equivalent to the Dzogchen 'compassionate energy' is this:
Via: Lucid Dreams @sanjabh
“The invisible patterns of the inexhaustible energy behind the universe…”

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Reality as it is is beyond all dualistic concepts / ideas / views / theories

Jeff Craft /Kali Das @atltantrayoga

Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-16
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“🥰 “Freedom is before the concept of freedom.”
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More: 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚:
Reality vs. Maya;
Ground / Awareness / Self vs. its manifestations;
One vs. many; Non-duality vs. duality;
Permanence vs. impermanence;
Existence vs. non-existence;
Something / everything vs. nothing;
Subject vs. object vs. action;
Body vs. speech vs. mind;
Name vs. form;
Pure vs. impure;
Divine vs. ordinary;
Nirvana vs. samsara;
Action vs. non-action;
Absolute vs. relative;
Dependence vs. independence;
Emptiness vs. appearance;
Emptiness vs. non-emptiness;
Origination vs. duration vs. cessation;
Causality / universal laws vs. space-time vs. objects vs. observer;
Acceptation vs. rejection;
‘This’ vs. ‘non-this’ – for whatever ‘this’ is …

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Empty-Love

Rupert Spira @RupertSpira
“Love is the inherent intimacy of all experience, in which a subject and an object are never found. Love is not a special relationship; it is the natural condition of all relationship. – Rupert Spira, The Ashes of Love”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-18
“Reflection on *•.¸♡ 〘 𝔼𝐦𝐏ⓣ𝓎 ⓁＯＶⓔ 〙 ♡¸.•*
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𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 – all subjects / beings, relations / actions, objects / phenomena –.
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[1] One is the natural ’𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 / inter-connectivity / inter-being', which is felt as ‘𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 / 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 / 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚’ by wise beings.
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[2] The other is ‘𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 of inherent existence’.
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We cannot find anything that does not have these two inseparable aspects.
And there is nothing else that is more all-pervading / omnipresent, timeless, limitless, unborn, unconditioned, unchanging, unceasing … in all of our experiences, in all dharmas.
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𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 / 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙨 / 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 / 𝘽𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙝𝙖-𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 / 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙚-𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 / 𝙎𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 /
𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 & 𝙙𝙮𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 / 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙣 / 𝘼𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙣 / 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙛 / 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙡-𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 /
𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚-𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 of all experiences and manifestations / appearances, no exception at all.
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Ex. It is the inseparability / interdependence / non-duality of self-others, subject-object, cause-effect, permanence-impermanence, unity-diversity, duality-non-duality,
something-nothing, everything-nothing, reality-illusion/maya, ground-manifestations.”

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About Love, Death and God

Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-22
“ABOUT LOVE, DEATH AND GOD

Krishnamurti:

“We do not know what 𝗚𝗼𝗱 is, what 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 is, and what 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 is.

These are the three amazing principles in life,

of which we do not know, though we talk about them.

So, the wise do not talk of them anymore.”

It is funny that he mentions those three principles
as a ‘summary’ of what is true wisdom, of what reality is.

This is the way I read those three principles:

‘𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚’ is a pointer to the 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚/ 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧-𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 of all beings / relations-actions / things (the three spheres – subject, relation / action, object –).

All beings / relations-actions / things depend on some other beings / relations-actions / things for their existence.

Ex. Beings depend on parents / family / collective / society to exist and evolve. They cannot exist by themselves.

In general, beings / relations-actions / things may depend on their components / parts, their causes & conditions, their environment, their conceptual opposites, and especially on the mind merely labeling / imputing / imagining them.

That is the first truth / principle about reality as it is – about everything, no exception at all.

‘𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝’ is a pointer to the 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 / 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 of all beings / relations-actions / things.

What goes up, must come down.

All beings / relations-actions / things are impermanent, or empty of inherent existence, exactly because they are dependent on other all beings / relations-actions / things for their existence.

Because those parts, causes & conditions … are themselves ever-changing, never exactly the same from one moment to the next. Even the most subtle subatomic particles are ever-fluctuating, ever-interacting with other particles.

Nothing exists by itself, independently, unchanging, eternal; thus everything is impermanent & empty of inherent existence.

That is the second truth / principle about reality as it is – about everything, no exception at all.

‘𝗚𝗼𝗱’ is a pointer to the 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 / 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 & 𝙙𝙮𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨.

What is it? We cannot describe it, because it is the omnipresent, timeless, limitless, unborn, unconditioned, unchanging, unceasing, pristine Ground / Basis / Source of everything that is appearing to our senses, and to our mind – including all of our concepts. So concepts cannot describe it.

But, still, since we have no choice but to use what we have,

we use imperfect concepts / images / arts / theories to point to this inconceivable permanent true nature of Reality.

Ex. We use the concept of ‘God’.

What is omnipresent, permanent …?

Exactly the two principles that we have just mentioned: Love and Death.

God is a pointer to the very fact that everything is interdependent, impermanent, and empty of inherent existence..

And that those two principles / truths are inseparable / interdependent / non-dual / in harmony; one truth / principle implies the other.

So: The Ground / Basis / Source / GOD of everything is the inseparability / Union of the Two Truths of interdependence and emptiness.

That is true for everything, everywhere, all the time; it never changes.

It is the core nature of our reality, the source of everything that exists, that is fabricated and impermanent.

That is the third truth / principle about reality as it is – about everything, no exception at all.”

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Union of the Ground / Reality as it is / Awareness / Self <==> and Maya

dvaitaVani @AdvaitaVani
“Space-time-causation or name-and-from, is what is called Maya.”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-18
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“[𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 ‘𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 / 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 / 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳’ <==> 𝗮𝗻𝗱 ‘𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 / 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗮'.]
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(= Union of the two truths: Union of the absolute and relative [U2T],or Union of the Ground and its
manifestation [UGM].)
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From Wikipedia: #Maya in #Advaita Vedanta:
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In the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy, 𝗺ā𝘆ā, "𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲", is "the powerful force that creates the cosmic illusion that the phenomenal world is real." In this nondualist school, māyā at the individual level appears as the lack of knowledge (avidyā) of the real Self, Atman-Brahman, mistakingly identifying with the body-mind complex and its entanglements. …
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In Advaita Vedanta philosophy, there are 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:
[1] Vyavaharika (empirical reality) and
[2] Paramarthika (absolute, spiritual reality).
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Māyā is the empirical reality that entangles consciousness.
Māyā has the power to create a bondage to the empirical world, preventing the unveiling of the true, unitary Self – the Cosmic Spirit also known as Brahman.
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The theory of māyā was developed by the ninth-century Advaita Hindu philosopher Adi Shankara.
However, competing theistic Dvaita scholars contested Shankara's theory, and stated that
𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌ā𝐲ā.
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A later Advaita scholar Prakasatman addressed this, by explaining:
[𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 / 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 / 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 / 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 / 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:]
"𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦,
𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤.
𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯,
𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘢, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥."
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Māyā is a fact in that it is the appearance of phenomena.
𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝,
𝙈ā𝙮ā 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚;
however, Māyā is not the metaphysical and spiritual truth.
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The spiritual truth is the truth forever, while what is empirical truth is only true for now.
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Since Māyā is the perceived material world, it is true in perception context,
but is "untrue" in spiritual context of Brahman.
Māyā is not false, it only clouds the inner Self and principles that are real.
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[𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:]
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗩𝘆𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 (𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗮 (𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹),
𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠ā𝘆ā 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻.
(𝘪.𝘦. = 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 [𝘜2𝘛],
𝘰𝘳 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 [𝘜𝘎𝘔].)
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The goal of spiritual enlightenment, state Advaitins, is to realize Brahman,
realize the fearless, resplendent Oneness [Union of the Two Realities / U2T / UGM].”
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What is Śakti? – Embodied Philosophy
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASt0418cdb0
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From Wikipedia: Ardhanarishvara symbolizes that the male and female principles are inseparable.
The composite form conveys the unity of opposites (coniunctio oppositorum) in the universe.
The male half of Ardhanarishvara stands for Purusha and female half is Prakriti.
Purusha is the male principle and passive force of the universe,
while Prakriti is the female active force;
both are "constantly drawn to embrace
and fuse with each other, though... separated by the intervening axis".
The union of Purusha (Shiva) and Prikriti (Shiva's energy, Shakti) generates the universe,
an idea also manifested in the union of the Linga of Shiva and Yoni of Devi creating the cosmos.
The Mahabharata lauds this form as the source of creation.
Ardhanarishvara also suggests the element of Kama or Lust, which leads to creation.
Ardhanarishvara signifies "totality that lies beyond duality",
"bi-unity of male and female in God" and
"the bisexuality and therefore the non-duality" of the Supreme Being.
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"See God in everything, in all lives."
Union of Brahman and Shakti / the divine Mother.
Video: Swami Sarvapriyananda - The Divine Mother - Shakti of Brahman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6eWiyF5eRM&t=13s
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"Brahman and Shakti is inseparable [Non-dual / in Union]."
"Maya is the energy / power of Brahman."
Short Video by Swami Sarvapriyananda
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Muyrv5w8k7A

Movement, Stillness and Awareness

Bhagavad Gita @GitaBot
“The wise see that there is action in the midst of inaction and inaction in the midst of action. Their consciousness is unified, and every act is done with complete awareness. #Gita”
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Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-20
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[𝕄𝕆𝕍𝔼𝕄𝔼ℕ𝕋 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝕊𝕋𝕀𝕃𝕃ℕ𝔼𝕊𝕊]
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The wises 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 in absolute terms, just conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively;
act conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively <==> but with more and more wisdom / emptiness;
act without apprehending / reifying / differentiating / opposing anything in absolute terms, just conventionally / relatively / inter-subjectively;
act without any grasping / attachment;
act without falling into any extreme or middle about anything (about any duality);
act while being more and more 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 & 𝙙𝙮𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙 (physical, conceptual, mental; subject, relation / action, object);
act while being more and more 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙣-𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 / 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 in any duality / triad / etc. involved;
act while being more and more 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 – interdependence and emptiness of inherent existence (the two truths) –;
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Ex. 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙣-𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 / 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨:
Movement and stillness are relative to each other, inseparable, interdependent <==> thus both empty of inherent existence, never absolute.
Movement and stillness are merely labeled / imputed / imagined by the mind.
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙣𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.
Movement and stillness are not different / separate / multiple / dual, not identical / united / one / non-dual,
not both together, not neither.
Meaning their true nature & dynamic is indescribable / inconceivable.
This applies to any physical, conceptual or mental movement.
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𝗜𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 – 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 –,
no more than to indulge in uncontrolled conditioned movement,
𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 & 𝙙𝙮𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 like movement and stillness.
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This wisdom is the liberating factor,
not the acceptation / rejection / change / improvement / purification of anything,
not choosing between apparent opposites, preferring one to the other(s).
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𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 / 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙙𝙨 / 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙙𝙨 / 𝙚𝙩𝙘.,
even with the three spheres – subject, action, object –,
even with the two truths themselves,
even with the Ground / Self / Awareness and its manifestations / Maya:
The Ground / Reality / Self / Awareness and Maya / illusory manifestations are non-dual / inseparable / interdependent <==> thus both empty of inherent existence <==> both merely labeled / imputed / imagined by the mind; both mere tools / pointers to the moon, not the moon itself
𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 / 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧(𝙨).
The goal is not to accept one and reject the other,
but to realise their true nature & dynamic as it is here & now,
this true inter-relation / Non-duality (not many, not one, not both together, not neither)
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= Inseparability / Interdependence / Non-duality / Union of Brahman / Shiva <==> and Shakti / the divine mother.

= Ardhanarishvara:

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See also: The Mahāmudrā Practice of Stillness, Movement and Awareness by Mipham Rinpoche
https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/mipham/stillness-movement-awareness
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ℝ𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 ~ Sengcan
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To understand the mystery of this 𝗢𝗻𝗲-𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 [Non-duality of all dharmas]
is to be released from all entanglements [liberation / awakening].
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When all things are seen 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 [non-dualistically]
the timeless 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 is reached.
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𝗡𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 [in absolute terms]
or analogies are possible in this causeless, relationless state.
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Consider 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
and 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 in 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 [T1 – interdependence of the apparent opposites];
both movement and stillness disappear [𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙙𝙤𝙢].
[T2 - emptiness of the opposites]
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When such 𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 cease to exist [are transcended through wisdom]
𝗢𝗻𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 [𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆] itself cannot exist [is also transcended through wisdom].
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To this ultimate finality no law or description applies [𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲].
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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 [𝘜2𝘛-𝘰𝘱𝘱]: 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 / 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 <==> 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 <==> 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 / 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 / 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳; 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 / 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 / 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 / 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 / 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 / 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳; 𝘦𝘵𝘤.)
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– Sengcan
from the book Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind
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(𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: ‘𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲’ 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵, 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘺: 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 & 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵.)
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Ashtavakra Gita 15.15

Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-21

https://twitter.com/gileht/status/1638114606647312384?s=20

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Ashtavakra Gita 15.15

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 [oppositions / duality] as

“𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳 [𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻].”

𝗮𝗻𝗱 “𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 [𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗮],”

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘢. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘰𝘯𝘦.)

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳 [Non-duality / Union].

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 / 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 / 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 / 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺 / 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴; 𝘰𝘳 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘪 / 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘢.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 / 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 / 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 / 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 / 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 / 𝘰𝘯𝘦 / 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.)

𝗕𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀.

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘉𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 / 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 / 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 / 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 / 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 / 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 / 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 / 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 -- 𝘦𝘹. 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘪 / 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘢. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦 օ𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 (𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢 / 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 (𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 / 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘢 / 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘪).)

𝗕𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆.

.(𝘪.𝘦. "𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘉𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺!")

(𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 '𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺-𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 ... 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 / 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯; 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘈𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘭𝘦; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘴. 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘪, 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘷𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘴. 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.)

Note parts within brackets like (i.e. ...) and [...] are my interpretations.

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𝕆𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖:

"I am not this [Maya].” “I am He [Brahman].”

Give up such distinctions [opposition / duality]. [i.e. Transcend this duality.]

Know that everything is the Self. [i.e. You are the Non-duality / Union of Brahman and Maya]

Rid yourself of all purpose. [i.e. Be equanimous, without any desire to differentiate / oppose / accept / reject / change / improve / purify anything in absolute terms.]

And be happy. [i.e. Have a nice day.] (15.15)

Giving up such distinctions [opposition / duality] as [i.e. Transcend this duality.]

“He [Brahman] is what I am,” and “I am not that [Maya],”

recognise that “Everything is myself,” [i.e. You are the Non-duality / Union of Brahman and Maya]

and be without distinction [i.e. Be equanimous, without any desire to differentiate / oppose / accept / reject / change / improve / purify anything in absolute terms.]

and happy. [i.e. Have a nice day.] 15.15

"I am not this [Maya]." "I am He [Brahman]."

Give up such distinctions [opposition / duality]. [i.e. Transcend this duality.]

Know that everything is the Self. [i.e. You are the Non-duality / Union of Brahman and Maya]

Rid yourself of all purpose.

[i.e. Be equanimous, without any desire to differentiate / oppose / accept / reject / change / improve / purify anything in absolute terms.]

And be happy. [i.e. Have a nice day.]

Completely give up such distinctions [opposition / duality] as [i.e. Transcend this duality.]

‘I am He [Brahman]’ and ‘I am not this [Maya].’

Consider all as the Self [i.e. You are the Non-duality / Union of Brahman and Maya]

and be desireless [i.e. Be equanimous, without any desire to differentiate / oppose / accept / reject / change / improve / purify anything in absolute terms.]

and happy. [i.e. Have a nice day.]

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Weak intellectuals believe the Self is One without other

Gilles Therrien @gileht 2023-03-22

“I would say that they are not dualistic, not non-dualistic, not both together, not neither.
They teach: not many, not one, not both together, not neither ... but in a very gradual way.

So some parts look dualistic / manyness, some non-dualistic / oneness ...

That is because of our karma.

Don't get stuck at any level.

Reality as it is is beyond all of those extremes positions.

🙏 𝔸𝕤𝕙𝕥𝕒𝕧𝕒𝕜𝕣𝕒 𝔾𝕚𝕥𝕒 🙏 2023-03-22

18.42

Some believe in 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲;

others believe 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀.

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: 𝘦𝘹. 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 / 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 / 𝘯𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 / 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 / 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮.)

Rare is the one who 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 [grasping at no extreme views] [T2]

and is never confused [free from all extremes & middle] [T1] [U2T].

18.43

𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲

𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳 [𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 / 𝗨𝟮𝗧] 𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: 𝘦𝘹. 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 / 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 / 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.)

But being mired in illusion.

𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 [𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲] 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳,

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 / 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 / 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘜2𝘛 / 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦-𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 & 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦.)

𝘀𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘆.

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Table of Content

Madhyamaka Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta

Comments on Ashtavakra Gita - Chapter 1

God / Brahman / Self or the Union of the Two Truths

Madhyamaka Logic

The Two Truths are not two, not one …

All dharmas are like space, illusions …

The true meaning of non-duality / oneness

Reality as it is is beyond existence and non-existence

Reality as it is is beyond duality / manyness and non-duality / oneness

What is ‘omnipresent, permanent’ in all of our experiences?

Primordial equanimity

The true meaning of ‘undifferentiated’

The true meaning of ‘skepticism’

The true meaning of ‘purification’

The Tetralemma

What is ‘omnipresent, timeless, limitless, unchanging, unceasing…’ in all of our experiences, in all dharmas?

Reality as it is is beyond the three spheres, the Union of the three spheres

Adopting the Middle Way in everything

There is only the Ground / awareness / Self … with its inseparable manifestations

Reality as it is is beyond all dualistic concepts / ideas / views / theories

Empty-Love

About Love, Death and God

Union of the Ground / Reality as it is / Awareness / Self <==> and Maya

Movement, Stillness and Awareness

Ashtavakra Gita 15.15

Weak intellectuals believe the Self is One without other