Rays of the Absolute - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.
Rays of the Absolute - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.
Rays of the Absolute - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.
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Nisargadatta Maharaj,<br />
“ In <strong>the</strong> <strong>Absolute</strong> I do not even know<br />
that I am.”<br />
Buddhism: You may not necessarily be aware <strong>of</strong> your<br />
own enlightenment.<br />
For Maharaj: “<strong>the</strong>re is no such thing as enlightenment,<br />
because <strong>the</strong>re is no entity to be enlightened.”<br />
The Buddha said it this way,<br />
Nirvana means extinction or annihilation.<br />
Therefore, No being has ever entered Nirvana.<br />
All is consciousness, <strong>the</strong>re is no separate individual<br />
independent self.<br />
All is Emptiness <strong>the</strong>re is no separate individual<br />
independent self.<br />
Nargarjuna: Dependent origination or no independent<br />
origination revisited<br />
Nothing ever arises independently <strong>of</strong> something else,<br />
Or nothing ever arises independently <strong>of</strong> emptinessconsciousness,<br />
Or <strong>the</strong>re is no independent sourcing or origination<br />
independent <strong>of</strong> something else,<br />
Or <strong>the</strong>re is no independent sourcing or origination<br />
independent <strong>of</strong> emptiness-consciousness.<br />
The concept <strong>of</strong> source is a metaphor,<br />
The concept <strong>of</strong> source is consciousness,<br />
There is no source.<br />
All is emptiness-consciousness,<br />
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