Who wants to help me make sense of the idea of karmic seeds, which only fruit at a later time, in the context of an ontology of momentary events...this is what I’m currently banging my head against...
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The concept of karmic imprints on the alaya-vijnana, from a yogacara perspective, depends on misperception (ie: parikalpita). If the meditator experiences a dependent mind moment’ (ie: paratantra) as being empty of perceived/perceiver, then no karmic trace is left (parinispanna).
I’m notoriously bad at this stuff and mix up the various views according to my heretic freewheeling chaos and to the annoyance of sincere students of madhyamaka philosophy - but perhaps that gives some ideas for where to look for clarification.
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I’m working through Vasubandhu on these issues, and commentaries on Vasubandhu...things are starting to get a bit clearer...but only a bit clearer...
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