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To all or none,
In another of my threads ,I spoke of the 8forms of Consciousness. I also spoke of seeds ,that ,I would explain what they meant. Starting tonite,we will look at the Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness written by a Master named VASUBANDU. This data comes from the book written by Master THICH NHAT HANH.
PART ONE .STORE CONSIOUSNESS.
ONE AMind is a field In which every kind of seed is sown. This mind-field can also be called :all the seeds:
Two In us are infinite varieties of seeds- Seeds of Samsara,Nirvana,delusion,and Enlightenment, Seeds of suffering and happiness,seeds of perceptions,names,and words.
This is all for now. Imagine Buddha Gautama,knew of the subconscious as it is called today.This is a comment that I added to help in comprehending Store Consciousness Loong Part of the Oneness.
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To all or none,
Today ,we will look at verses 3-4-5.
Three Seeds that manifest as body and Mind, as realms of being,stages, and worlds, Are ALL stored in our consciousness. That is why it is called "store"
Four Some seeds are innate, handed down by our ancestors. Some were sown while we were still in the womb, others were sown when we were children.
Five Wether transmitted by family,friends, society,or education, all our seeds are,by nature, both individual and collective.
Loong's comment: Like TNH ,I had to reread,reread to understand the meaning of certain verses.Food for your Meditation
loong In Harmony with the Universe.
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To all or none, Tonite ,Verses 6-7-8-
Six The quality of our life dépends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness(store)
Seven The function of store consciousness is to receive and maintain their habit énergies, so they can manifest in the world ,or remain dormant.
Eight Manifestations from store consciousness can be perceived directly in the mode of things-in-themselves,as représentations,or as mere images, All are included in the Eighteen elements of being.
Enjoy ,the next post shall list the 18 elements .
loong one with all.
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To all or none, As promised here is the definition of the Eighteen elements of being. Source:
Ayatana
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Part of a series on
Buddhism
Ä€yatana (PÄli; Sanskrit) is a Buddhist term that has been translated as "sense base", "sense-media" or "sense sphere."[1] In Buddhism, there are six internal sense bases (Pali: ajjhattikÄni ÄyatanÄni; also known as, "organs", "gates", "doors", "powers" or "roots"[2]) and six external sense bases (bÄhirÄni ÄyatanÄni or "sense objects"; also known as vishaya or "domains"[3]). Thus, there are six internal-external (organ-object) pairs of sense bases:[4] eye and visible objects[5] ear and sound nose and odor tongue and taste body and touch mind[6] and mental objects[7]
Buddhism and other Indian epistemologies[8][9] identify six "senses" as opposed to the Western identification of five. In Buddhism, "mind" denotes an internal sense organ which interacts with sense objects that include sense impressions, feelings, perceptions and volition.[6][10]
SaḷÄyatana (PÄli; Skt. á¹£aá¸Äyatana) refers to all six sense objects and six sense organs and is generally used in the context of the Twelve Causes (nidÄna) of the chain of Dependent Origination.[11]
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To all or none, Tonite, we shall look at verses,9-10-11
Nine All manifestations bear the marks of both the individual and the collective. The maturation of store consciousness functions in the same way, in its participation in the different stages and realms of being.
Realm is in my definition a parallel world.
Ten Unobstructed and indeterminate , store cosciousness is continuasly flowing and changing. At the same time ,it is endowed with all five universal mental formations.
Below ,I will give the definition of the Five Universal mental formations. Eleven Although impermanent and without a seperate self, store consciousnous contains all phenomena in the cosmos,both conditioned and unconditioned, in the form of SEEDS.
Loong sharing and Learning.
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To all or none, As promised ,the definition of the 5 mental formations Source:Wikipedia
Five universal mental factors
The five universal mental factors (sarvatraga) are: 1.sparÅ›a - contact, contacting awareness, sense impression, touch 2.vedanÄ - feeling, sensation 3.saṃjÃ±Ä - perception 4.cetanÄ - volition 5.manasikara - attention
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To all or none
Eleven Although impermanent and without a separate self, store consciousness contains all phenomena in the cosmos, both conditionned and unconditionned,in the form of seeds.
Twelve Seeds can produce seeds. Seeds can produce formations. Formations can produce seeds. Formations can produce formations.
Thirteen Seeds and formations both have the nature of interbeing and interpenetration. The one is produced by the all. The all is dependant on the one.
loong's comment;These writings have to be read and reread to be be understood.If you have studyed the sub-conscious as I have ,it will be easyer to comprehend.
Good reflexions!
Loong part of the Oneness.
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To all , Fourteen Store consciousness is neither the same nor different, Individual or collective. Same and different inter-are. Collective and individual give rise to each other.
Fifteen When delusion(ignorance)is overcome ,understanding is there, And store consciousness is no longer subject to afflictions, Store consciousness becomes à GREAT MIRROR WISDOM,reflecting the cosmos in all directions.Its name is now PURE CONSCIOUSNESS.
This is the end of the first part of the Fifty verses.
Loong Small part of the Oneness.
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To all or none
Part II Manas. little note here.Wiki,defines Manas as follows:Manas often indicates the general thinking faculty.[3] Thinking is closely associated with volitions, because mental activity is one of the ways that volitions manifest themselves: "Having willed, one acts through body, speech, and thoughts."[4] Furthermore, willing is described in terms of deliberate thinking.[5]
Sixteen Seeds of delusion(ignorance) give rise to the internal formations of craving and afflictions. These forces animate our consciousness as Mind and body manifest themselves.
Seventeen
With store Consciousness as its support, manas arises, its function is mentation , grasping the seeds it considers to be a "self".
Mentation as per wiki is:Mental or psyche energy or activity is the concept of a principle of activity powering the operation of the mind or psyche.Lisa Erickson ,Shall comment on this definition.
Enough for Today,
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To all or none, Eighteen
The object of manas is the mark of a self found in the field of representations at the point where manas And store consciousness touch Nineteen
When I started this section ,,I revealed that the author TNH, had a hard time comprehending some of the verses!at the age of 16 as a young monk.Being modest as possible ,I neither comprehend ,19 and20.So I shall,write them in case someone more advanced that I am could shed light upon this incomprehension As the ground of wholesome and unwholesome Of the other six manifestating consciousness es,manas continues discriminating. Its nature is both indeterminate and obscured.
Twenty Manas goes with the five universals, with mati of the five particulars, And with the four major and eight secondary afflictions. All are indeterminate and obscured.
Loong I shall do research on the meaning of 19-20
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