"Layman Li Tongxuan developed a unique meditative practice based on the 9th chapter of the Avatamsaka sutra. The practice, named 'the contemplation of Buddhalight' (foguang guan)" Does anybody here know about this?
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Replying to @ericlinuskaplan
Li Tongxuan's 佛光觀 is based on Ch. 9 of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra and entails a dissolving of "self" into the light emanating from the Buddha. This was a practice utilized at several of the monasteries where I trained in Taiwan and Japan where it influenced Shingon. I still use it!
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Replying to @ericlinuskaplan
Have you done visualization-based meditation? Simplest approach: invoke the imagery of light-beams emanating from the Buddha, illuminating the cosmos (described in detail in Avataṃsaka Sūtra Ch. 9) and let your"self," empty of substance, porous, merge/dissolve into the light.
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Replying to @NoaidiX
I took a quick look at chapter 9. It mentions billions of billions of Buddhas. I don't think I could even visualize 200 Buddhas, much less a billion, much less a billion billion. How do you do a visualization based on this chapter?
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One Buddha is enough to start. Billions and billions are invoked to express the inconceivably infinite manifestations which are all ultimately empty of self/substance/solidity and thus completely malleable. The 3 most important ingredients in the visualization: buddha/light/self.
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