“This means that, having made it sufficiently clear that mere appearances have no reality, Centrists can still go on to discuss these… — Karl Brunnholzl Copy Share Image
“Consequentialists wish to pronounce something by terms and concepts from the perspective of these others in order to invalidate their wrong views.… — Karl Brunnholzl 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
“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
“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
“In explaining the meaning of this passage in his Chariot ofthe Tagbo Siddhas,"°" the Eighth Karmapa says that the sutras' explicit meaning… — Karl Brunnholzl Enlightenment Copy Share Image
“the Thus-Gone One knows the potentials of very impure sentient beings, and through his words [that cause] revulsion, such as impermanence, suffering,… — Karl Brunnholzl Buddhism Copy Share Image
“A sprout as the subject is without arising, because it is free from arising from any of the four extremes, just as… — Karl Brunnholzl Logic 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… — 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 Dreams Copy Share Image
“On the one hand, using precise philosophical categories and analyses in scriptures such as the Centrist ones, whose primary aim is to… — Karl Brunnholzl Philosophy 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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
![“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/quotes/i/c46/karl-brunnholzl-4600_learning_hence-it-is-in-this-way-that-the-underst_2241364.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/quotes/i/a78/karl-brunnholzl-4600_psychology_kamalasila-s-illumination-of-centrism-ex_2825211.jpg)
![“the Thus-Gone One knows the potentials of very impure sentient beings, and through his words [that cause] revulsion, such as impermanence, suffering, identitylessness, and impurity, he produces weariness in those sentient beings who like cyclic existence. Thus, he introduces them to the noble…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/karl-brunnholzl-4600_buddhism_the-thus-gone-one-knows-the-potentials-o_3150885.jpg)
![“A sprout as the subject is without arising, because it is free from arising from any of the four extremes, just as a frog's long hair." Here, master Bhavya states [this as] the main argument and then formulates four autonomous reasons as the means to prove the subject property. The venerable and…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/karl-brunnholzl-4600_logic_a-sprout-as-the-subject-is-without-arisi_3011171.jpg)
![“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, Isn't what is validated by it delusive? In true reality, the emptiness of entities Is therefore unjustified." [138]'-" [903] This verse states the…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/karl-brunnholzl-4600_dreams_4-2-2-1-4-teaching-that-the-cognition-th_2246454.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/quotes/i/ab8/karl-brunnholzl-4600_life_conventionally-though-not-realizing-this_1337458.jpg)
