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| − | Oh, Child of [[Buddha Nature]], listen! [[Pure inner radiance]] – [[reality]] itself – is now [[arising]] before you! [[Recognize]] it! This [[radiant essence]] that is now your [[conscious awareness]] is a brilliant [[emptiness]]. It is beyond [[substance]], beyond [[characteristics]] and beyond {{Wiki|colour}}, completely [[empty of inherent existence]] in any [[respect]] whatsoever. The [[essence]] of your own [[conscious awareness]] is [[emptiness]]. Yet, this is not a [[vacuous]] or [[Wikipedia:Nihilism|nihilistic]] [[emptiness]]. | + | Oh, Child of [[Buddha Nature]], listen! [[Pure inner radiance]] – [[reality]] itself – is now [[arising]] before you! [[Recognize]] it! This [[radiant essence]] that is now your [[conscious awareness]] is a brilliant [[emptiness]]. It is beyond [[substance]], beyond [[characteristics]] and beyond {{Wiki|colour}}, completely [[empty of inherent existence]] in any [[respect]] whatsoever. The [[essence]] of your [[own]] [[conscious awareness]] is [[emptiness]]. Yet, this is not a [[vacuous]] or [[Wikipedia:Nihilism|nihilistic]] [[emptiness]]. |
| − | This, your very own [[conscious awareness]] is unimpededly radiant, brilliant and vibrant. The utterly indivisible presence of these two; the [[essence]] of your own [[awareness]] which is [[empty]], without [[inherent]] [[existence]] with [[respect]] to any [[substance]] whatsoever and your own [[conscious awareness]], which is vibrant and radiantly {{Wiki|present}}, is the [[Buddha Body of Reality]]. | + | This, your very [[own]] [[conscious awareness]] is unimpededly radiant, brilliant and vibrant. The utterly indivisible presence of these two; the [[essence]] of your [[own]] [[awareness]] which is [[empty]], without [[inherent]] [[existence]] with [[respect]] to any [[substance]] whatsoever and your [[own]] [[conscious awareness]], which is vibrant and radiantly {{Wiki|present}}, is the [[Buddha Body of Reality]]. |
| − | This [[intrinsic awareness]], [[manifest]] in a great mass of light, in which radiance and [[emptiness]] are indivisible, is the [[buddha nature]] of [[unchanging light]], beyond [[birth]] or [[death]]. Just to [[recognize]] this is enough! | + | This [[intrinsic awareness]], [[manifest]] in a great {{Wiki|mass}} of {{Wiki|light}}, in which radiance and [[emptiness]] are indivisible, is the [[buddha nature]] of [[unchanging light]], beyond [[birth]] or [[death]]. Just to [[recognize]] this is enough! |
~ [[Padmasambhava]] | ~ [[Padmasambhava]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:01, 14 April 2015
Oh, Child of Buddha Nature, listen! Pure inner radiance – reality itself – is now arising before you! Recognize it! This radiant essence that is now your conscious awareness is a brilliant emptiness. It is beyond substance, beyond characteristics and beyond colour, completely empty of inherent existence in any respect whatsoever. The essence of your own conscious awareness is emptiness. Yet, this is not a vacuous or nihilistic emptiness.
This, your very own conscious awareness is unimpededly radiant, brilliant and vibrant. The utterly indivisible presence of these two; the essence of your own awareness which is empty, without inherent existence with respect to any substance whatsoever and your own conscious awareness, which is vibrant and radiantly present, is the Buddha Body of Reality.
This intrinsic awareness, manifest in a great mass of light, in which radiance and emptiness are indivisible, is the buddha nature of unchanging light, beyond birth or death. Just to recognize this is enough!
~ Padmasambhava
17 Jul `11, 10:52AM
"The basis, one’s vidyā, is like a crystal ball;
its emptiness is the nature of the dharmakāya;
its self-revealing clarity is the sambhogakāya;
and the door of unceasing arising is the nirmanakāya.
~ Lama Shabkar
