Is possible to eliminate all instinctive self-grasping that we have as human beings?
And experience, for example, memories without the sense of personal identity in an enduring way?
I was reading the following article and got confused if a direct experience of emptiness eliminates all self-grasping.
https://jaygarfield.files.wordpress.com ... eness1.pdf
Thanks.
Episodic memory and oneness
Re: Episodic memory and oneness
From what I understand, the stains of the alaya vijnana are always there until Buddhahood, even during the realization of shunyata during the journey through the bhumis. There are many teachings going into depth on how the teachings work at this level.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Con ... B1%C4%81na
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Con ... B1%C4%81na
"People are fond of saying all sorts of things about others behind their backs, mentioning their names again and again. Instead of slandering others in this way, “slander” the yidam: utter his name repeatedly by reciting his mantra all the time." - Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche - Zurchungpa’s Testament - Shambhala Publications
Re: Episodic memory and oneness
It's possible to experience memories without any sense of personal identity attached to them even at a moderate level of practice experience.flaviols wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 1:39 pm Is possible to eliminate all instinctive self-grasping that we have as human beings?
And experience, for example, memories without the sense of personal identity in an enduring way?
I was reading the following article and got confused if a direct experience of emptiness eliminates all self-grasping.
https://jaygarfield.files.wordpress.com ... eness1.pdf
Thanks.
"All phenomena of samsara depend on the mind, so when the essence of mind is purified, samsara is purified. Since the phenomena of nirvana depend on the pristine consciousness of vidyā, because one remains in the immediacy of vidyā, buddhahood arises on its own. All critical points are summarized with those two." - Longchenpa