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| intrinsically obtained ultimate bodhichitta - [[chos nyid kyis thob pa don dam sems bskyed]] [RY]
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| | She is one one of the twelve Tenma goddesses ([[brtan ma bcu gnyis]]), a protectoress of the [[Tukdrub Barchey Kunsel]] terma of [[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]]. |
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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 [[development stage]] and [[completion stage]]. | | [[Category:Chokling Tersar]] |
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| According to the [[Kagyü]] 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]].
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| According to [[Dzogchen]], 'knowledge' is the view of [[primordial purity]], the [[Trekcho]] practice of realizing the heart of enlightenment in this present moment, while 'means' is this meditation of [[spontaneous presence]], the [[Togal]] practice (through which the [[rainbow body]] is realized within one lifetime) of exhausting [ie., ''bringing to the point of self-dissolution''] any defilements and fixations. [RY]
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| [These several pages under the generalized heading of 'Bodhichitta' and it's various 'levels' and aspects will for the most part have a repeat of this same defining/explanatory entry. The reasoning is in hopes that perhaps the reader may see how these tie together through the explanation.] [RWB]
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| Regarding Bodhichitta, in the section of [[The Light of Wisdom]] titled ''The Essence of Generating Bodhichitta'' it offers this in regards to ''The Different Types'' [of bodhichitta]:
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| "There are four different types of stages, from the devoted engagement of ordinary people - through buddhahood. [These 4 stages and] twenty-two types are taught using analogies in terms of their characteristics. Thus:
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| *'''1''') The ''[[bodhichitta of devoted engagement]]'' for ordinary people on the paths of accumulation (one the [[accumulation of merit]], the other is nonconceptually transformative as the [[accumulation of wisdom]], [[tshogs gnyis]] ) and joining.
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| *'''2''') The ''[[bodhichitta of pure superior intention]]'' on the seven impure bhumis (1 through 7 of the [[ten bhumis]] which are reflective of the last three pure bhumis, 8 through 10). Then,
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| *'''3''') The ''[[bodhichitta of maturation]]'' on the three pure [[bhumis]]. and
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| *'''4''') The ''[[bodhichitta of abandoning all obscuration]]'' comes about as a profound aspiration in relinquishing any [[obscuration]]s ([[sgrib pa spang ba'i sems bskyed]]) to [[sangs rgyas kyi sa]]).
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| The twenty-two analogies ([[twenty-two types of bodhichitta]]) given in the ''Ornament of Realization'' (''Abhisamayalamkara'') are:<br>
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| *These are like the earth, gold, the moon, and fire.
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| *Like a treasure, a jewel mine, and the ocean,
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| *Like a diamond, a mountain, medicine, and a teacher,
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| *Like a wish-fulfilling jewel, the sun, and a song,
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| *Like a king, a treasury, and a highway,
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| *Like a carriage and a fountain,
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| *Like a lute, a river, and a cloud--<br>
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| Thus here we have twenty-two kinds.
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| These twenty-two are examples for pursuing the aim and so forth through [[dharmakaya]]. As these are combined with the five paths: pursuance, intention, and superior intention ''are'' the path of accumulation; hence application is the path of joining; the paramita of [[generosity]] ''is'' the path of seeing; and [[discipline]], [[patience]], [[diligence]], [[concentration]], [[discriminating knowledge]], [[means]], [[strength]], [[aspiration]], and [[wisdom]] are the nine stages of the [[path of cultivation]]; [[superknowledges]], [the accumulations of] merit and wisdom (see above), the thirty-seven factors conducive to enlightenment ([[byang chub kyi chos sum bcu rtsa bdun]]), shamatha and vipashyana. recall and courageous eloquence--five altogether--comprise the special path of three pure [[bhumis]] together; and the banquet of [[Dharma]], the singular journeyed path (see [[singularity]]), and the possession of [[dharmakaya]] comprise the three aspects of preparation, main part, and conclusion of the stage of buddhahood. You should know this: all of these can be combined with three more aspects: analogy, helper, and quality; for instance, the helper is the subject, the bodhichitta concurrent with pursuing the aim of enlightenment. The analogy is that this is like the earth, because it serves as basis for all virtuous qualities. [JOKYAB]
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| These are the two types defined according to their characteristics; aspiration, and application: the ''[[bodhichitta of aspiration]]'' is the [[four immeasurables]], and the ''[[bodhichitta of application]]'' is the six paramitas. According to the system of [[Nagarjuna]], the bodhichitta of aspiration is to pledge the effect and the bodhichitta of application is to pledge the cause. According to the system of [[Asanga]], the intention is the bodhichitta of aspiration, and engagement is the [[bodhichitta of application]]. The [[bodhichitta of aspiration]] is the wish to attain [[buddhahood]], like intending to travel. The [[bodhichitta of application]] is to train in bodhichitta in and as all actions and experience, the means for attaining/revealing buddhahood, like traveling.
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