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An unlimited yet localized aspect of pure [[awareness]] which is not involved with any directives of or for self, subject or object.  [[Awareness]] free of discursive determinations and conceptuality. [[Non-duality]] of [[non-dual awareness]]. See [[Bodhicitta]] which is also a spontaneously arisen aspect of this awareness. In [[Dzogchen]], this is the full implication of pure presence, invested of this inherent awareness as well as of the inseparability of the [[three times]]. The all-inclusive and fully permeating view of both the [[absolute]] and relative aspects of existence. The non-differentiated ground-essence of any unity.  [[Awareness]] beyond [[singularity]] and [[multiplicity]]. [RWB]
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All forms of meditation can be divided into two types: Samatha and Vipasyana. The Ratnamega sutra (Cloud of Jewels sutra) (Discourse Like a Cloud of Jewels) defines these quite simply. "Samatha is concentration. Vipasyana is analysis of details of experience."
  
[[gnyis med kyi blo]] - non-dual awareness, nondual cognition / understanding [RY]
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[[gnyis med kyi blo]] - non-dual awareness/ cognition, non-dual understanding [IW]
 
 
 
[[gnyis su med pa'i shes pa]] - non-dual awareness without the two extremes of eternalism and nihilism [IW]
 
 
 
[[byang sems]] - [[byang chub kyi sems]] - [[bodhichitta]]. 'Awakened state of mind,' 'enlightened attitude.' 1) The aspiration to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings. 2) In the context of Dzogchen, the innate wakefulness of awakened mind; synonymous with non-dual awareness [RY]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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[[Category: Tantric Deities]] [[Category: Teachings]]
 

Revision as of 01:33, 13 February 2006

All forms of meditation can be divided into two types: Samatha and Vipasyana. The Ratnamega sutra (Cloud of Jewels sutra) (Discourse Like a Cloud of Jewels) defines these quite simply. "Samatha is concentration. Vipasyana is analysis of details of experience."