Deluded state: Difference between revisions

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means and knowledge (thabs dang shes rab); Skt. prajna and upaya.

Buddhahood is attained by uniting means and knowledge; in Mahayana, Compassion and Emptiness, Relative and Ultimate Bodhichitta. In Vajrayana, means and knowledge are the Stages of Development and Completion. According to the Kagyu schools, means refers specifically to the 'Path of Means,' the Six Doctrines of Naropa and knowledge to the 'Path of Liberation,' the actual practice of Mahamudra. According to Dzogchen, 'knowledge' is the view of primordial purity, the Trekchö practice of realizing the heart of enlightenment in the present moment, while 'means' is the training in Spontaneous Presence, the Tögal practice of exhausting defilements and fixation through which the rainbow body is realized within one lifetime. [RY]

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-In the deluded state we experience thoughts which are obscured.  This means that we take what is right as being wrong, and what is inherently wrong as being right.
+'''means and knowledge''' ([[thabs dang shes rab]]); Skt. [[prajna and upaya]].
-Confusion reigns supreme.  Sometimes this state is referred to as "upside-down living, with distorted views of reality. SA [[kun 'khrul]]  [RWB]
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+* Buddhahood is attained by uniting means and knowledge; in [[Mahayana]], [[Compassion]] and [[Emptiness]], Relative and Ultimate [[Bodhichitta]]. In [[Vajrayana]], means and knowledge are the Stages of [[Development and Completion]]. According to the [[Kagyu]] schools, means refers specifically to the '[[Path of Means]],' the [[Six Doctrines of Naropa]] and knowledge to the '[[Path of Liberation]],' the actual practice of [[Mahamudra]]. According to [[Dzogchen]], '[[knowledge]]' is the [[view of primordial purity]], the [[Trekchö]] practice of realizing the heart of enlightenment in the present moment, while '[[means]]' is the training in [[Spontaneous Presence]], the [[Tögal]] practice of exhausting defilements and fixation through which the rainbow body is realized within one lifetime. [RY]
+[[Category:Key Terms]]