The Nature of Mind

19 Aug 2025 - 19 Aug 2025
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    • book The Dzogchen Instructions of Aro Yeshe Jungne by Patrul Rinpoche.
    • Dzogchen Mind is boundless, and distinct from the material. You must investigate this yourself. There are no answers, the act of questioning dissolves the questions and questioner both (ok now I'm riffing)
    • Any and all of the questions you pose to your mind regarding its nature do not yield answers. There are no answers. The questions themselves dissolve. There is nothing to seek and find, nothing to grasp, there ius nothing solid at all. Everything opens to the boundless state. This is the true nature; in Buddhism is called emptiness. (p55)
    • I was having trouble with the mind/body dualism aspects of this, wondered what Chapman would say, answered here A non-statement ain't-framework | Vividness
      • If you think it’s frustrating to try learning Dzogchen, you should try teaching it… there’s nothing sensible to say. We try to be helpful, but we haven’t got anything. Just “Hey, wow, LOOK AT THAT!