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To all or none

Thich Nhat Hanh published this book . It is a book on the Buddhist phylosophy and psychology.

To my level of knowledge ,it is a pretty hard book to assimilate,and could not be put with Mindfulness Trainings.


Loong

To all or none,

To know if someone is happy,you only have to look at the seeds
in his store consciousness(subconscious).If there are strong seeds of unhappiness ,anger,discrimination,and delusion,he will suffer greatly,and it is likely that through his actions he will water these unwholesome seeds in others.If his seeds of understanding,compassion,forgiveness,and Joy are strong ,not only is he capable of true happiness but he will be able to water the seeds of happiness in others.Our daily practice is to recognize and water the wholesome seeds in ourselves and others.Our happinessand the happiness of others depend on it.

TNH

loong

To all or none,

From what I have read so far,I'll have lots of work to do.

loong

To all or none,

Taken from the Mind Consciousness section

Mind Consciousness is always functionning
except in states of non-perception,
the two attainments,
deep sleep,fainting or coma

text from Thich Nhat Hanh


loong

p.s two attainments are described as ,a meditive state of non
thinking and the state of no perception

To all or none.

Few of the postings ,I have made in this thread are from a 50
lessons ,by VASUBANDA,a sage that was at the beginning of pschy-
cology ,and phylosophy of the Buddhist movement.

Thich Nhat Hanh ,when as young 16 year old monk,could not comprehend fully these 50 verses on the Nature of Consciousness
and had to come back often to fully understand,their true meanings.
So will I.

loong

To all or none,

So let us us start on Consciousnesses.
The first one we will deal with is STORE CONSCIOUSNESS.
To Those whom are new to consciousness ,Store consciousness,in every day world is called Subconscious.These 2 last lines were added by myself to render the texts,easier as possible as recommanded by my Teacher Lisa.
According to the teachings Of Manifestation Only Buddhism.our
Mind has eight "consciousnesses".The first five are based in our physical senses. They are the consciousnesses that arise when our eyes see form,our ears hear sounds,our nose smells an odor, our tongue tastes something,or our skin touches an object.The sixth ,mind consciousness (manovijnana),arises when our Mind contacts an objet of perception.The seventh ,manas, is the part of of consciousness that give rise to and is the support of Mind consciousness.The eight ,Store consciousness
(alayavijnana),is the ground ,or base,of the other seven consciousnesses

Enough for now .
Master Thich Nhat Hanh

To all or none,
Text from Wutai Mountain,China

The store consciousness is clear and undefinable.
Like a great river, it is always changing.
Neither pleasant nor unpleasant, when one becomes fully realized, it ceases to exist.

to all or none,

The Mind is a field.

Mind is a field
in which every kind of seed is sown.
This mind-field can also be called
"all the seeds"

Thich Nhat Hanh

To all or none,

Store consciousness is neither the same nor different,
individual or collective,
Same and different inter-are.Collective and individual give rise to each other.

From ;Chapter True or not True.

Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

To all or none,

The quality of our life
depends on the quality
of the seeds
that lie deep in our consciousness.

Master Thich Nhat Hanh