HOLY NOTHINGNESS |
(1) BRILLIANCE IS INSIGHT COMING FROM A SOURCE BOTH IMMANENT AND TRANSCENDENT OF SELF, HOLY NOTHINGNESS. (2) OUT OF LOVE, SHE BECAME A MYRIAD, LOVING ME HOLY (WHOLE) AS THE MANY AND THE ONE. (3) ABSO...
Posted by BODHISUNYA on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:23:00 PST |
ANATTA (NO-SELF) |
According to Buddhist doctrine, all of reality in its truth (tattva) is empty (sunya); it is in essence without self-nature (asvabhava). The being-aware of emptiness as the true state of reality (sun...
Posted by BODHISUNYA on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:31:00 PST |
ABIDING BLISS |
There is an all-pervading awareness(sunyata) that
characterizes the Sunyasattva state of liberating releasement(moksa) into the power of No Self (anatta)!
Sunyata is the all-pervading awareness tha...
Posted by BODHISUNYA on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:26:00 PST |
EXAMINATION OF TIME |
In Nagarjuna's examination of Time (kala pariksa), he concludes with these questions:
If time exists in virtue of the relational structure of existence, where can it be without this structure?
As a...
Posted by BODHISUNYA on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:43:00 PST |
EXAMINATION OF SPACE |
Those who are mired in ignorance (avidya) and delusion (moha), see the world (loka) as finite (antavat)in its essential nature. In fact, it is this false presupposition of the essential nature...
Posted by BODHISUNYA on Sat, 26 May 2007 12:20:00 PST |
CONQUER SELF |
The Dhammapada declares: One may conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, yet he is the best of conquerors who conquers himself!(103) The hunger and thirst for acquisition for the sake of p...
Posted by BODHISUNYA on Mon, 21 May 2007 11:03:00 PST |
NIRVANA IS SUNYATA |
It is said, by those without understanding, that upon his death the Buddha attained parinirvana (full nirvana), complete releasement from the constraints of phenomenal conditioning. How can ni...
Posted by BODHISUNYA on Mon, 14 May 2007 01:22:00 PST |
NIRVANA |
Nirvana is Samsara devoid of false self-distinction. The truth of reality (tattva) is that there is no self (anatta), no this and no that. Nirvana is infinite oneness empty of distinction (sun...
Posted by BODHISUNYA on Mon, 14 May 2007 12:43:00 PST |
LIBERATION (MOKSA) |
"For freedom, Christ has set us free" (Galatians 5:1). If I am a Christian, I must ask myself, which Christ? The Christ of Paul? The Christ of the New Testament? If I am a Buddhist, I must ask myself...
Posted by BODHISUNYA on Sun, 06 May 2007 12:04:00 PST |
TRUE REFUGE |
It is said that those who take refuge in Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha are true Buddhists. Historically, the three refuges are known as the Triple Gem (Tiratana). Buddhists take refuge in Buddha ...
Posted by BODHISUNYA on Sat, 05 May 2007 01:08:00 PST |
