So I have this tendency to want to know the point of existence. I was thinking earlier trying to figure out the "bigger picture". Then a thought came to to me.
Impermanence is really the best way to describe the nature of reality. Things constantly change, if there was some ultimate point to existence that would mean there is an "end point".
A goal to be reached. But there is no such thing. Since things constantly change any meaning and truth associated with "things" would also have to change.
Impermanence
Impermanence
Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.
Re: Impermanence
All beings want peace and happiness. Things are impermanent and thus they provide neither peace nor happiness. Once no stability is sought for there is nothing else left to achieve. Then and there is peace and happiness.
Life with meaning is samsara. Life without meaning is nirvana.
(See previous topic: Make Life Meaningless)
Life with meaning is samsara. Life without meaning is nirvana.
(See previous topic: Make Life Meaningless)
1 Myriad dharmas are only mind.
Mind is unobtainable.
What is there to seek?
2 If the Buddha-Nature is seen,
there will be no seeing of a nature in any thing.
3 Neither cultivation nor seated meditation —
this is the pure Chan of Tathagata.
4 With sudden enlightenment to Tathagata Chan,
the six paramitas and myriad means
are complete within that essence.
1 Huangbo, T2012Ap381c1 2 Nirvana Sutra, T374p521b3; tr. Yamamoto 3 Mazu, X1321p3b23; tr. J. Jia 4 Yongjia, T2014p395c14; tr. from "The Sword of Wisdom"
Mind is unobtainable.
What is there to seek?
2 If the Buddha-Nature is seen,
there will be no seeing of a nature in any thing.
3 Neither cultivation nor seated meditation —
this is the pure Chan of Tathagata.
4 With sudden enlightenment to Tathagata Chan,
the six paramitas and myriad means
are complete within that essence.
1 Huangbo, T2012Ap381c1 2 Nirvana Sutra, T374p521b3; tr. Yamamoto 3 Mazu, X1321p3b23; tr. J. Jia 4 Yongjia, T2014p395c14; tr. from "The Sword of Wisdom"
Re: Impermanence
Life with meaning is samsara. Life without meaning is nirvana.
This sentence expresses for me the very suffering by grasping aims.A goal to be reached. But there is no such thing.
Practice on impermanent is showing nothing to grasp. I heard as well impermance-practice is enough to be free. Since when all things are always already passed, I (mind-thought) cannot remain.
And when thought is allowed to pass, no solid things can arise.
“We are each living in our own soap opera. We do not see things as they really are. We see only our interpretations. This is because our minds are always so busy...But when the mind calms down, it becomes clear. This mental clarity enables us to see things as they really are, instead of projecting our commentary on everything.” Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
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Konchok Namgyal
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Re: Impermanence
The nature of reality is in itself impermanent .
Its like the story of 5 blind men describing an elephant, each touching a different part, each describing something different based upon their perception.
Reality ( at least relative ) is based on our own perceptions...that itself is impermanence .
However ultimate reality is a bit different .
understand ultimate and relative reality and how they co mingle, the understanding of emptiness, the practices that help us to have an open and loving, compassionate heart ( which by the way is part of Buddha nature that we all have anyway.....) these things can and do help to understand the true meaning of life.
Its like the story of 5 blind men describing an elephant, each touching a different part, each describing something different based upon their perception.
Reality ( at least relative ) is based on our own perceptions...that itself is impermanence .
However ultimate reality is a bit different .
understand ultimate and relative reality and how they co mingle, the understanding of emptiness, the practices that help us to have an open and loving, compassionate heart ( which by the way is part of Buddha nature that we all have anyway.....) these things can and do help to understand the true meaning of life.
Recognize that your mind is the unity of being empty and cognizant, suffused with knowing. When your attention is extroverted, you fall under the sway of thoughts. Let your attention recognize itself. Recognize that it is empty. That which recognizes is the cognizance. You can trust at that moment that these two – emptiness and cognizance – are an original unity. Seeing this is called self-knowing wakefulness. ~ Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Re: Impermanence
What separate reality do you say there is besides impermanent phenomena? It is because things are impermanent that they can be called empty, and there is no emptiness besides appearances.Konchok Namgyal wrote:However ultimate reality is a bit different.
1 Myriad dharmas are only mind.
Mind is unobtainable.
What is there to seek?
2 If the Buddha-Nature is seen,
there will be no seeing of a nature in any thing.
3 Neither cultivation nor seated meditation —
this is the pure Chan of Tathagata.
4 With sudden enlightenment to Tathagata Chan,
the six paramitas and myriad means
are complete within that essence.
1 Huangbo, T2012Ap381c1 2 Nirvana Sutra, T374p521b3; tr. Yamamoto 3 Mazu, X1321p3b23; tr. J. Jia 4 Yongjia, T2014p395c14; tr. from "The Sword of Wisdom"
Mind is unobtainable.
What is there to seek?
2 If the Buddha-Nature is seen,
there will be no seeing of a nature in any thing.
3 Neither cultivation nor seated meditation —
this is the pure Chan of Tathagata.
4 With sudden enlightenment to Tathagata Chan,
the six paramitas and myriad means
are complete within that essence.
1 Huangbo, T2012Ap381c1 2 Nirvana Sutra, T374p521b3; tr. Yamamoto 3 Mazu, X1321p3b23; tr. J. Jia 4 Yongjia, T2014p395c14; tr. from "The Sword of Wisdom"
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Konchok Namgyal
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Re: Impermanence
Astus wrote:What separate reality do you say there is besides impermanent phenomena? It is because things are impermanent that they can be called empty, and there is no emptiness besides appearances.Konchok Namgyal wrote:However ultimate reality is a bit different.
I do not argue the validity of your point..
Recognize that your mind is the unity of being empty and cognizant, suffused with knowing. When your attention is extroverted, you fall under the sway of thoughts. Let your attention recognize itself. Recognize that it is empty. That which recognizes is the cognizance. You can trust at that moment that these two – emptiness and cognizance – are an original unity. Seeing this is called self-knowing wakefulness. ~ Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche