“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
“Therefore, everything is the illusory magical display of one's own mind. It is appearing yet delusive, and delusive while appearing. Thus, all… — 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… — 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.… — Karl Brunnholzl 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 Copy Share Image
“Through the realization that what is seen is of one's own mind, Clinging to duality is abandoned. Abandoning means fully understanding And… — Karl Brunnholzl 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 Copy Share Image
“You might wonder, "Why is the ultimate not the sphere of cognition?" Because it is asserted that cognition, or consciousness, is the… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“In brief, Centrists focus more on the objective side and dissolve all reference points within the mind, including mind itself. In this… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“In fact, in much the same way as the Centrists, Yogacaras like Asanga and Vasuhandhu introduce and employ expedient concepts, such as… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Its meaning is to rest one-pointedly on the focal object [of meditation], without being distracted by other thoughts. If this [one-pointed resting]… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“You might say, "However, since the seeming is also nothing different, it is not the sphere of cognition. [Ultimately,] this is very… — Karl Brunnholzl 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 Copy Share Image
“The Blessed One.... in accordance with their thinking, has eliminated all reifications without exception through progressively teaching the aggregates, constituents, and sources;… — Karl Brunnholzl 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 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 Copy Share Image
“4.2.2.1.4. Teaching That the Cognition That Negates the Existence of Objects Is a Valid Cognition "If valid cognition is not valid cognition,… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“For Centrists, it is inappropriate to make any autonomous inferences on their own account, because they do not accept any other theses… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“From all of these sources, it should he very clear that such Yogacara terms as "mere mind," "mere cognizance," and "mere consciousness"… — 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 Copy Share Image
“Nagarjuna's Rebuttal ofObjec- tions says: If there were anything to be observed Through direct perception and the other instances [of valid cognition],… — 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 Copy Share Image
“If form does not exist, do not cling to the existence of mind; And if mind exists, do not cling to the… — 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
“If Consequentialists do not formulate inferences that are established through valid cognition in their own system, they would not even in their… — 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
