I do as well. I also think of Mara looking on the Buddha after, and wondering: has desire changed, or does this one not have a heart?https://twitter.com/lastpositivist/status/1245837701372313600 …
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At the crux of Yogācāra is a radical transmutation of the various discriminating knowledge filters/channels (vijñāna) into undifferentiated gnosis (jñāna).
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To know and see "things" as they are (yathā-bhūta-ñāna-dassana | yathā-bhūta-jñāna-darśana) is exactly this sort of knowing.
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"knowing" that transcends the empirical sphere." This is a transference of the locus of cognition, where the center of gravity of the self has shifted away from the karmic reaction to impressions, becoming an intentional response. Or not.
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This is really a interesting claim given some other stuff I’ve been trying to think through

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Buddhist Phenomenology by Dan Lusthaus (as well as practices and perspectives ranging from Dzogchen to its East Asian parallels) really shifted the gears for me. I'd imagine you've read it already, but I'd highly recommend it to any who are interested in such matters (& minds).

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