• Everything appearaing in mind as vision is based on an aspect of the seer "out there". That is the real nature of the seen.
    Everything appearaing in mind as sound is based on an aspect of the hearer "out there". That is the real nature of the heard.
    Everything appearaing in mind as touched is based on an aspect of the toucher "out there". That is the real nature of the touched.
    The snake is eating its own tail.

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    Soh Wei Yu
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    That leads to "All is Mind". Then insight must arise into no hearer, no seer, no agent, anatta.
    A distinct insight.
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    All phenomena are illusory displays of mind.
    Mind is no mind--the mind's nature is empty of any entity that is mind
    Being empty, it is unceasing and unimpeded,
    manifesting as everything whatsoever.
    Examining well, may all doubts about the ground be discerned and cut.
    Naturally manifesting appearances, that never truly exist, are confused into objects. Spontaneous intelligence, under the power of ignorance, is confused into a self.
    By the power of this dualistic fixation, beings wander in the realms of samsaric existence.
    May ignorance, the root of confusion, he discovered and cut.
    It is not existent--even the Victorious Ones do not see it.
    It is not nonexistent--it is the basis of all samsara and nirvana.
    This is not a contradiction, but the middle path of unity.
    May the ultimate nature of phenomena, limitless mind beyond extremes, he realised.
    If one says, "This is it," there is nothing to show.
    If one says, "This is not it," there is nothing to deny.
    The true nature of phenomena,
    which transcends conceptual understanding, is unconditioned.
    May conviction he gained in the ultimate, perfect truth.
    Not realising it, one circles in the ocean of samsara.
    If it is realised, buddha is not anything other.
    It is completely devoid of any "This is it," or "This is not it."
    May this simple secret, this ultimate essence of phenomena,
    which is the basis of everything, be realised.
    Appearance is mind and emptiness is mind.
    Realisation is mind and confusion is mind.
    Arising is mind and cessation is mind.
    May all doubts about mind be resolved.
    Not adulterating meditation with conceptual striving or mentally created meditation,
    Unmoved by the winds of everyday busyness,
    Knowing how to rest in the uncontrived, natural spontaneous flow,
    May the practice of resting in mind's true nature be skilfully sustained.
    The waves of subtle and coarse thoughts calm down by themselves in their own place,
    And the unmoving waters of mind rest naturally.
    Free from dullness, torpor, and, murkiness,
    May the ocean of shamatha be unmoving and stable.
    Looking again and again at the mind which cannot be looked at,
    The meaning which cannot be seen is vividly seen, just as it is.
    Thus cutting doubts about how it is or is not,
    May the unconfused genuine self-nature he known by self-nature itself.
    Looking at objects, the mind devoid of objects is seen;
    Looking at mind, its empty nature devoid of mind is seen;
    Looking at both of these, dualistic clinging is self-liberated.
    May the nature of mind, the clear light nature of what is, be realised.
    Free from mental fabrication, it is the great seal, mahamudra.
    Free from extremes, it is the great middle way, madhyamika.
    The consummation of everything, it is also called the great perfection, dzogchen.
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    Consciousness as a Mere Name
    Nāgārjuna's Bodhicittavivaraṇa
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    The cognizer perceives the cognizable;
    Without the cognizable there is no cognition;
    Therefore why do you not admit
    That neither object nor subject exists [at all]?
    40
    The mind is but a mere name;
    Apart from its name it exists as nothing;
    So view consciousness as a mere name;
    Name too has no intrinsic nature.
    41
    Either within or likewise without,
    Or somewhere in between the two,
    The conquerors have never found the mind;
    So the mind has the nature of an illusion.
    42
    The distinctions of colors and shapes,
    Or that of object and subject,
    Of male, female and the neuter –
    The mind has no such fixed forms.
    43
    In brief the Buddhas have never seen
    Nor will they ever see [such a mind];
    So how can they see it as intrinsic nature
    That which is devoid of intrinsic nature?
    44
    “Entity” is a conceptualization;
    Absence of conceptualization is emptiness;
    Where conceptualization occurs,
    How can there be emptiness?
    45
    The mind in terms of the perceived and perceiver,
    This the Tathagatas have never seen;
    Where there is the perceived and perceiver,
    There is no enlightenment.
    46
    Devoid of characteristics and origination,
    Devoid of substantive reality and transcending speech,
    Space, awakening mind and enlightenment
    Possess the characteristics of non-duality.
    47
    Those abiding in the heart of enlightenment,
    Such as the Buddhas, the great beings,
    And all the great compassionate ones
    Always understand emptiness to be like space.
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  • The Doctrine of No Mind by Bodhidharma (无心论)
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    [8:50 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: For me I have my own way of sorting out my view, experience and insights from Buddhist contexts. Where it starts and stops. I m not a follower of faith.
    [8:50 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Whereas certain forms of madhyamika, longchenpa and tsongkhapa dont necessarily buy thus
    [8:51 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: Prasangika do not care about mind at all
    [8:52 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: Same for me post anatta...
    [8:52 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Yeah in fact post anatta i resonate more with AF than yogacara 🤣
    [8:52 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: It is not that mind is not important in practice..
    [8:52 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Except i see in terms of dependent origination and emptiness now
    [8:53 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: In zen though they say there is no mind, they in fact embrace mind more fully than all is mind, until no trace of mind can be detected. Yet [Ven.] Sheng Yen said this is just the entry point of zen because originally there is no mind and this is clearly realized in anatta. So post anatta, mind and phenomena are completely indisguishable.
    If both mind and phenomena are completely indistinguishable in experience, then distinctions are nothing more than conventional designation of empty luminous display.
    [8:54 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Oic.. btw did sheng yen realise anatta?
    [8:55 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: So you must know when we say no awareness, no self, no I, it doesnt mean nothing. It is seeing through the background construct and open the gate to directly taste, experience and effortless authenticate clarity.
    [8:56 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: I believe so but he did not talk about his experience except the stanza before his death that is beautiful.
    [8:57 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Oic.. didnt see his stanza before
    [8:57 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Yeah luminous aggregates
    [8:58 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: That are also empty
    [8:58 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: 无事忙中老,空里有哭笑,本来没有我,生死皆可抛” 台湾高僧圣严法师圆寂
  • (Busy with nothing till old. (无事忙中老)

    In emptiness, there is weeping and laughing. (空里有哭笑)

    Originally there never was any 'I'. (本来没有我)

    Thus life and death can be cast aside. (生死皆可抛)) - http://www.awakeningtoreality.com/2020/11/differentiate-wisdom-from-art.html

    [8:59 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Ic...
    [9:10 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: Then u can't say phenomena is empty if u resonate with AF. AF is based on the concreteness of phenomena.
    [9:12 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: If u say u resonate, then emptiness cannot b anywhere resonating at all.
    [9:13 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: In fact just opposite as in the eight similes of illusion.
    [9:25 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: I resonate with af in the sense that i do not see an ultimate Self or cosmic mind at all, or one mind or all is mind.. i only see luminous aggregates that are totally exerting as infinitude of universe and time
    [9:26 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: But yet not the same as AF because i see the eight examples of illusion as applying to these luminous aggregates
    [9:26 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: There is nothing wrong resonating with AF
    [9:27 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: Just that u need to b clear, u can't b neither here nor there.
    [9:27 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: Mixing up everything
    [9:28 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Basically like what ted biringer said about existence time except even that is empty
    [9:28 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: So i dont see timeless formless absolute
    [9:30 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: If u see anatta as de-cosntruction of self, then deconstructing further into object is just a natural progression.
    [9:31 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: Unless one is stuck in seeing through self with experience and have insight of no self but did not know the cause of it.
    [9:38 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Oic..
    [10:20 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: Do u know e main different between sutrayana and vajrayana?
    [10:24 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Malcolm says view are the same but path different
    [10:24 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Maybe vajrayana deals with energy
    [10:25 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: That is e main difference
    [10:25 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Ic..
    [10:26 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: In fact all religions, science, new age or old age...lol ultimately must come to this
    [10:30 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Oic..
    [10:30 PM, 7/26/2020] Soh Wei Yu: Science also?
    [10:30 PM, 7/26/2020] John Tan: Of course

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  • Geovani Geo
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    Yes, Soh, indeed. The OP was answer to somebody insisting in asking what the "vision of a cat" was based on "outside". I have tried several approaches that did not work. I am curious about how will he react to this one. The dude can notlet go of some "real nature" of things "out there". Understand?
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    Soh Wei Yu
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    Who is that guy? Outside AtR?

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  • Geovani Geo
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    Yes.
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