Sooner or later, though, this new state loses its magic. Bad days still happen. We still get a little annoyed when other people don't agree with our divinely-received Truth. Suddenly, the comfort of oneness, non-duality, or emptiness of all phenomena is no longer enough.
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Curious if you’ve checked out this
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http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/dongshan%E2%80%99s-five-ranks …
It’s one of the better takes I’ve seen on this territory. A lot of what you’re describing is discussed as part of the 3rd - 5th ranks.
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I have not, thanks! I'll definitely check it out. Few things are more entertaining than the image of the archetypal Zen master hitting the student over the head for taking his realizations too seriously. "Waking down is the hard work"; I love that.
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“Experiencing emptiness is not enough. Stepping clear of emptiness is not enough. The Five Ranks show us that—regardless of what we think we may have realized—there are yet unrealized modes of awakening in which the world and our selves move into ever-deeper intimacy.”
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Interesting. I've found that after emptiness, it's extremely easy to fall into nihilism. So the most common move is to then try to avoid that nihilism by secretly inventing another form of eternalism through a reinterpretation or misunderstanding of emptiness.
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It's incredibly difficult to hold both emptiness and form without turning them into extremes to fall back on. Indeed, waking down without falling asleep makes for a tough balancing act. I'm still figuring it out.
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Likewise.
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Thx, really appreciate your thoughts here. Also, reminds me of the Mike Tyson line: Everyone’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
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Bravo! I’ve embraced the notion of not worrying about obtaining or purify anything. It’s liberating to just be. But this just opens up new possibilities. Seeing more clearly means ‘traction’ becomes possible. We dream but in that dream we work diligently.
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Fair enough. But would a successful Buddhist have anything to add to this?
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