![]() The stainless element is like that within her womb,īecause, by having it, one is protected. Impure sentient beings are like the woman with her womb, Similarly, birth in cyclic existence is like the unprotected house, Yet was unaware that a ruler existed in her belly. It also describes how we have the Buddha nature within us: It states very clearly:īecause the complete buddha body radiates forth, I am not deeply studied in the Sutras mentioned but in the Tibetan Tradition the topic of Buddhanature/Thatagathagarbha is often studied according to a scripture known as the Sublime Continuum/ Gyu Lama. I object to the use of the term "pure self" because as we know non-self (all phenomena are empty and selfless) is one of the Four Dharma Seals, what is used to determine whether a doctrine is Buddhist or not. As they say, at this point, even the Buddha's tongue was numb.Īnyway, just found this interesting quote on Wikipedia. ![]() In the end, I will see the same color, even if I call it "fuchsia" in one case and "purple" in the other. Maybe that's because I like to believe that both camps are asking me to do the same thing: sit down, shut up, and stop coloring reality. ![]() It really seems to me that Advaita Vedanta and Dzogchen have much more in common with each other than either does with the teachings in the Upanishads or Suttas.Īnd just like the quibbling between Mahamudra and Dzogchen was eventually seen to be useless in-fighting, I hope the same will be true of the non-dual Buddhist and Hindu traditions in the not-too-distant future. I don't have much useful to add, but I would like to say this much: reading disputes between Mahamudra and Dzogchen from several hundred years ago sound in some ways similar to the debates between neo-Advaita and Mahamudra / Dzogchen today.
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