“Asanga's commentary elaborates on this verse: The [ground consciousness] is difficult to understand, since it is not [taught] on the lower levels… — Karl Brunnholzl Poetry Copy Share Image
“However, one should be equally aware that, within the entirety of the Buddha's teachings of expedient and definitive meaning in his three… — Karl Brunnholzl Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Conventionally though, not realizing this [undifferentiable unity] is labeled "the phase of cyclic existence," while its realization, just as it is, [is… — Karl Brunnholzl Enlightenment Copy Share Image
“According to the teachings of the Buddha and the Indian commentaries, however, such direct seeing of emptiness is precisely what happens in… — Karl Brunnholzl Education Copy Share Image
“In brief, as long as the direct vision of ultimate reality has not dawned in the mind, one definitely has to rely… — Karl Brunnholzl Consciousness Copy Share Image
“Given this wide perspective, all the teachings of the Buddha can be established as the supreme cause for liberation, since all sutras… — Karl Brunnholzl Education Copy Share Image
“If Consequentialists do not formulate inferences that are established through valid cognition in their own system, they would not even in their… — Karl Brunnholzl Dreams Copy Share Image
“He underlines the distinction between mental nonengagement and the absence of mental engagement. The first is understood as the fundamental noninvolvement in… — Karl Brunnholzl Disengagement Copy Share Image
“In brief, if Centrism is explained as a consistent philosophical, ontological, or logical system, that may appeal to our wish for some… — Karl Brunnholzl Faith Copy Share Image
“All in all, The Sutra of the Teaching ofAksayamati lists eight criteria that distinguish expedient and definitive meaning: i) The expedient meaning… — Karl Brunnholzl Education Copy Share Image
“If the mere nonexistence of attention and mental engagement is taken to be "nonattention" and "mental nonengagement," it is to be analyzed… — Karl Brunnholzl Psychology Copy Share Image
“Some people think that expedient meanings are false and deceiving and thus should not be relied upon. Also, some Buddhists say, "We… — Karl Brunnholzl Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Buddhism in general and Centrism in particular is not meant as a philosophical edifice but as a set of tools for experientially… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“The blessed Buddhas introduce the disciples into the lack of nature in a gradual way. Those who have practiced merit will easily… — Karl Brunnholzl Enlightenment Copy Share Image
“In brief, what Centrists refute is any notion of real or absolute existence or an intrinsic nature that is attributed to any… — Karl Brunnholzl Buddha nature Copy Share Image
“In other words, in their own ways, both systems basically attempt to follow the Buddha in addressing the same fundamental problem of… — Karl Brunnholzl Buddhist Copy Share Image
“As Stearns puts it, for many of Dolpopa's contemporaries as well as later masters, his entire system including the novel use of… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“However, during the whole process of employing such provisional levels of analysis that may include what looks like autonomous reasoning to others,… — Karl Brunnholzl Intelligence Copy Share Image
“For, although the Buddhas themselves do not cling to such notions as purity and impurity or truth and untruth, they assist the… — Karl Brunnholzl Enlightenment Copy Share Image
“I think one of the big opportunities in the spread of Buddhism to the West is that Western students of Buddhism, especially… — Karl Brunnholzl Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Pawo Rinpoche comments that, in Tibet, the intention of the lineage of profound view is usually explained as self-emptiness, that is, as… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Kamalasila's Illumination of Centrism explains: Thus, those who cannot understand all at once that all phenomena lack a nature, for the time… — Karl Brunnholzl Psychology Copy Share Image
“The Sutra That Unravels the Intention states: Here, the Buddha teaches the five characteristics of the ultimate. The five characteristics of the… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“The other common Tibetan classification scheme is to label streams z and 3 as Mere Mentalism and place them doxographically below Centrism,… — Karl Brunnholzl Psychology Copy Share Image
“Centrists do not have to eliminate such flaws, because their pronouncement "Arising from itself does not exist" is merely meant as an… — Karl Brunnholzl Psychology Copy Share Image
“For Candrakirti, Bhavaviveka definitely stepped over the demarcation line of the pedagogically unavoidable use of discursiveness and reference points that is necessary… — Karl Brunnholzl Freedom Copy Share Image
“the expression "illusionlike arising and ceasing without real existence" that is used by Centrists refers to passages that prove that, from the… — Karl Brunnholzl Life Copy Share Image
“Hence, it is in this way that the understanding of things in the world is presented through the four [kinds of] valid… — Karl Brunnholzl Learning Copy Share Image
![“Asanga's commentary elaborates on this verse: The [ground consciousness] is difficult to understand, since it is not [taught] on the lower levels of the teachings, since it abides as bearing the characteristics of the seeds of the [six] operative consciousnesses, and since it does not abide…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c40/karl-brunnholzl-4600_poetry_asanga-s-commentary-elaborates-on-this-v_616422.jpg)
![“Conventionally though, not realizing this [undifferentiable unity] is labeled "the phase of cyclic existence," while its realization, just as it is, [is called] "the attainment of Buddhahood." At this point, however, there is neither a conditioned nor an unconditioned substance or entity that is…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ab8/karl-brunnholzl-4600_life_conventionally-though-not-realizing-this_1337458.jpg)
![“If the mere nonexistence of attention and mental engagement is taken to be "nonattention" and "mental nonengagement," it is to be analyzed in what way these two [attention and mental engagement] are nonexistent. [Some utter] nonexistence is not suitable as a cause [for anything], so how could…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d01/karl-brunnholzl-4600_psychology_if-the-mere-nonexistence-of-attention-an_400862.jpg)
![“The blessed Buddhas introduce the disciples into the lack of nature in a gradual way. Those who have practiced merit will easily enter into the nature of phenomena. Consequently, [the Buddhas] first talked about generosity and such, since these are the means to enter into the nature of phenomena…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/924/karl-brunnholzl-4600_nature_the-blessed-buddhas-introduce-the-discip_2051940.jpg)
![“Kamalasila's Illumination of Centrism explains: Thus, those who cannot understand all at once that all phenomena lack a nature, for the time being, gradually engage in the lack of nature of outer objects on the basis of [them being] mere mind. Therefore, [ The Sutra of the Arrival in Lanka…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a78/karl-brunnholzl-4600_psychology_kamalasila-s-illumination-of-centrism-ex_2825211.jpg)
![“Hence, it is in this way that the understanding of things in the world is presented through the four [kinds of] valid cognition. These are established in mutual dependence: When there are valid cognitions, there are referents to be evaluated, and when there are referents to be evaluated, there are…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c46/karl-brunnholzl-4600_learning_hence-it-is-in-this-way-that-the-underst_2241364.jpg)