“The Ornament of Sutras says: It is said that enlightenment is attained By those nonconceptual bodhisattvas Who regard all that has been… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“If one understands [just] the literal meaning, One becomes arrogant and one's mind deteriorates. Through rejecting the excellent teachings, One will be… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Hence, [emptiness] is also not an object of [something like the] cognition of Buddhas, because they do not have [such a thing… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“O Manjusri, in the world, there are two types of persons who destroy the genuine dharma: those who have strong views about… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“the teachings of the Buddha are always meant to be put into practice in order to remove mental afflictions and suffering, and… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“The Karmapa clearly says that both the object of negation of reasoning and the object of negation of the path are nothing… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Suzuki: We must keep one thing always before our minds, . . . which is, that Buddhist thought is always the outcome… — Karl Brunnholzl 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
“Conventionally though, not realizing this [undifferentiable unity] is labeled "the phase of cyclic existence," while its realization, just as it is, [is… — Karl Brunnholzl 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 Copy Share Image
“In brief, the Karmapa says, with regard to the manner of what is to be proven and the means of proof in… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“[Beings with such realization] do not behold sentient beings, but great compassion still flowers in them. They do not behold themselves either,… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“The Buddha himself always emphasized that trust is good but knowing is better. He explicitly put his teachings out in the open… — 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 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 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
“In explaining the meaning of this passage in his Chariot ofthe Tagbo Siddhas,"°" the Eighth Karmapa says that the sutras' explicit meaning… — Karl Brunnholzl 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 a nonimplicative… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“One may wonder, "What is seeing the ultimate?" It means that all phenomena are not seen.” — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Hence, [emptiness] is also not an object of [something like the] cognition of Buddhas, because they do not have [such a thing as] cognition.” — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Here, master Bhavya states [this as] the main argument, and then he formulates four autonomous reasons as the means to prove the subject property.… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“In general, every negation must depend on the rejection of an affirmation or proposition, which means that emptiness as a nonimplicative negation is not… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Therefore, everything is the illusory magical display of one's own mind. It is appearing yet delusive, and delusive while appearing. Thus, all of it… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“In brief, the very quintessence of all meditative concentrations of both the sutras and the tantras of the great vehicle is to see, through… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“The Ornament of Sturas says: Therefore, liberation is only the exhaustion of mistakenness.” — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Not only can nobody deny the appearance of mere consciousness whose nature is other-dependent and not affected by the flaw of conceptions of a… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“And so-in what amounts to a deeply ironic twist of fate-Candrakirti was posthumously awarded highest honors from an orthodox scholarly tradition that could sustain… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“As for the notion of Buddha nature, there is no reifying interpretation of it in any of the texts of the lineage of vast… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Whether on the level of no analysis or with analysis, it is never justified that mind exists whereas form does not exist. Under analysis,… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
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![“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/quotes/img-quotes/ab8/karl-brunnholzl-4600_life_conventionally-though-not-realizing-this_1337458.jpg)
![“[Beings with such realization] do not behold sentient beings, but great compassion still flowers in them. They do not behold themselves either, but they still lend their support to all sentient beings. They do not behold anything to be attained whatsoever, but they still establish beings in great…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/87f/karl-brunnholzl-4600_buddhism_beings-with-such-realization-do-not-beho_1190300.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/quotes/img-quotes/924/karl-brunnholzl-4600_nature_the-blessed-buddhas-introduce-the-discip_2051940.jpg)
![“Here, master Bhavya states [this as] the main argument, and then he formulates four autonomous reasons as the means to prove the subject property. The venerable and fearless Candrakirti presents this by labeling the mere refutation of arising from the four extremes a "position." He teaches the…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cb7/karl-brunnholzl-4600_logic_here-master-bhavya-states-this-as-the-ma_140001.jpg)
![“Therefore, everything is the illusory magical display of one's own mind. It is appearing yet delusive, and delusive while appearing. Thus, all of it is contained in the body, and the [body] is again contained in the mind. As for the mind, it has no color and no shape. It is natural luminosity that…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8f8/karl-brunnholzl-4600_psychology_therefore-everything-is-the-illusory-mag_189022.jpg)
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