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- orasis
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13 years 7 months ago #87781
by orasis
Pure Appearances and Voidness was created by orasis
In the Dzogchen texts at berzinarchives.com there is an implied path of progress in the weighting between perception of "pure appearances" vs "voidness/emptiness" on the Dzogchen path. I'm wondering if anyone has any personal experiences with this:
From: www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/a...n_meditation_01.html
"Although rigpa cognizes and knows its own two-truth nature, the two truths may or may not be equally prominent. The two are not equally prominent while still on the path; they are only equally prominent as a Buddha."
From: www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/a...eep_bodhichitta.html
"In non-Gelug, deepest truth is the inseparable pair: pure appearances and voidness beyond words and concepts. Although clear-light cognition of a seeing pathway mind can nonconceptually cognize deepest truth, it cannot do so with equal prominence of both pure appearance and voidness beyond words and concepts until enlightenment."
and
"Nyingma and Kagyu traditions explain from the resultant point of view of a Buddha. For example, Buddhas nonconceptually cognize appearances and voidness simultaneously"
(from: www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/a...uction_dzogchen.html )
Does anyone have any direct experience with this and able to communicate the imbalance between perceiving pure appearances and voidness/emptiness in a more concrete fashion?
From: www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/a...n_meditation_01.html
"Although rigpa cognizes and knows its own two-truth nature, the two truths may or may not be equally prominent. The two are not equally prominent while still on the path; they are only equally prominent as a Buddha."
From: www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/a...eep_bodhichitta.html
"In non-Gelug, deepest truth is the inseparable pair: pure appearances and voidness beyond words and concepts. Although clear-light cognition of a seeing pathway mind can nonconceptually cognize deepest truth, it cannot do so with equal prominence of both pure appearance and voidness beyond words and concepts until enlightenment."
and
"Nyingma and Kagyu traditions explain from the resultant point of view of a Buddha. For example, Buddhas nonconceptually cognize appearances and voidness simultaneously"
(from: www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/a...uction_dzogchen.html )
Does anyone have any direct experience with this and able to communicate the imbalance between perceiving pure appearances and voidness/emptiness in a more concrete fashion?
- cmarti
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13 years 7 months ago #87782
by cmarti
Uh, well, I call it the Razor's Edge. One side of perception is the relative (appearances), one side is the absolute (voidness). They coexist, with both together being they way things are.
Replied by cmarti on topic RE: Pure Appearances and Voidness
Uh, well, I call it the Razor's Edge. One side of perception is the relative (appearances), one side is the absolute (voidness). They coexist, with both together being they way things are.
