Madhyamaka Snow

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Madhyamaka Snow

𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗵𝘆𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄

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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 & 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦

𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙢𝙖 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 / 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘥 / 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘥 / 𝘦𝘵𝘤.

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𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦:

-- 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳;

-- 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 / 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 / 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳;

-- 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 / 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 / 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 / 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 / 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳;

-- 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 / 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 / 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 / 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 / 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳;

-- 1𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 / 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 2𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 / 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳; 𝘦𝘵𝘤.

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“OM GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA.” )

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𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗵𝘆𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄

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Dorje: “Now Padma, my dear boy, I put it to you… does this snow 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩?”

Padma: “Not really.”

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 / 𝘯𝘢ï𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 / 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘮 / 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮)

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Dorje: “Aha… so it 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩?

Padma: “No... I didn't say that.”

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 / 𝘯𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 / 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮)

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Dorje: “Are you telling me it 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 exists nor doesn't exist?”

Padma: “Not that either.”

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 / 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 / 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴)

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Dorje: “Then are you telling me it 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 exists and also doesn’t exist?”

Padma: “No, that’s saying the same thing backwards.”

(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 / 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮)

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Dorje: “Then great leaping Longchenpa's man, what is this white stuff falling on my head?”

Padma: “You could say it is waves of luminous mind rolling on an ocean of naked awareness.”

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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸: 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸: 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 [𝘛2] <==> 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰-𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯 (𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵) 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 [𝘛1], 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 / 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 / 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢 [𝘜2𝘛]. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴: '𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.'.

𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 '𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴', 𝘯𝘰𝘵 '𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴', 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 -- 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 '𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴' 𝘪𝘴.

𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 / 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 & 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 / 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢.

𝘚𝘰, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸.)

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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 / 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 / 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 / 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 / 𝘉𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘩𝘢-𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 / 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭-𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 / 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 [𝘜𝘎𝘔].)

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Dorje: “You mean my 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 is making this snow?”

Padma: “No, your mind is too busy parsing concepts to make it snow.

This snow is [also] falling in the mind of that kusulu sitting at the back of the courtyard!”

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(𝘪.𝘦. 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥-𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 / 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 / 𝘤𝘰-𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 / 𝘤𝘰-𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 / 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 [U3S]; 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥-𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.)

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~ Ŧoƞpa Ɉoƞ

Jon Norris

March 5, 2017

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