Klesas are Bodhi & dating 18 y/o girls.

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The development of hongaku post dates Zhiyi.

See Prof. Stone's study of Hongaku in medieval Japan.

The brakes are that you don't really live in a theoretical vacuum, even if you might convince yourself of that. If you take as your premise that reality as it is is constantly revealing the True Aspect, then the daily experiences of your life will give you no choice but to face and realize it. Your practice is then a perpetual endeavor to see the True Aspect constantly.

If you don't practice then you likely won't get these results.

Pablo Escobar knows he has committed evil. If he wanted to see the True Aspect, nothing stops him but himself.

This isn't mystical wonder. It's utterly mundane.
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
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The development of hongaku post dates Zhiyi.

See Prof. Stone's study of Hongaku in medieval Japan.

The brakes are that you don't really live in a theoretical vacuum, even if you might convince yourself of that. If you take as your premise that reality as it is is constantly revealing the True Aspect, then the daily experiences of your life will give you no choice but to face and realize it. Your practice is then a perpetual endeavor to see the True Aspect constantly.

If you don't practice then you likely won't get these results.

Pablo Escobar knows he has committed evil. If he wanted to see the True Aspect, nothing stops him but himself.

This isn't mystical wonder. It's utterly mundane.
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
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Anders wrote:I think this is part of the reason you end up with esoteric teachings. Basically, the precepts and your roots of goodness are the brakes.

Nagarjuna has a nice simile on all this to show how these teachings only work in a proper context:
  • ... a person who contemplates true emptiness has first gone through an incalculable amount of giving, upholding of precepts, and dhyaana absorption. His mind is soft and pliant and his fetters are but scant. Afterwards, he gains the realization of true emptiness. In the case of one who holds to erroneous views, there have been none of these endeavors. He simply wishes to seize upon emptiness by resorting to erroneous thoughts associated with speculation and discrimination. This is comparable to the man of rural origins who, having never seen salt before, observed a patrician flavoring meat and vegetables with salt before eating them. He asked, "Why do you do that?"

    The reply: "It is because this salt is able to make everything taste delectable."

    This man then thought, "If this salt is able to make everything taste delectable, then of course one will certainly want more flavor yet." He then foolishly scooped up salt until he had filled his mouth, and then ate it. The intensity of the saltiness injured his mouth, after which he asked, "Why did you claim that salt makes for delectability?"

    The patrician replied, "You fool. With something like this, you must carefully measure how much to mix in order to make things delicious. How could you just eat salt by itself?"

    One who is wanting in wisdom hears of the emptiness entryway to liberation but fails to cultivate all manner of meritorious qualities. He wishes only to gain emptiness. This amounts to using erroneous views to cut off all roots of goodness.
Well, this is helpful. Obviously the only way to eliminate ignorance is to seek answers and guidance, hence my questions. So thank you.

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Queequeg wrote:The development of hongaku post dates Zhiyi.

See Prof. Stone's study of Hongaku in medieval Japan.
I could have Googled that and was already aware of it, but asked this here to see whether anyone else had any other information that might be enlightenmening. I'm aware of your perspective regarding most of these topics and am seeking different perspectives here. Your input is appreciated.
The brakes are that you don't really live in a theoretical vacuum, even if you might convince yourself of that. If you take as your premise that reality as it is is constantly revealing the True Aspect, then the daily experiences of your life will give you no choice but to face and realize it.
Your take on this subject is duly noted.
When facing a single tree, if you look at a single one of its red leaves, you will not see all the others. When the eye is not set on any one leaf, and you face the tree with nothing at all in mind, any number of leaves are visible to the eye without limit. But if a single leaf holds the eye, it will be as if the remaining leaves were not there. One who has understood this is no different from Kannon with a thousand arms and a thousand eyes.
— Takuan Sōhō, the Unfettered Mind
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