Continuum of mind in Buddhism

[Vimalakirti]

Originally Posted by Vajradhara

Namaste Vimalakirti,

thank you for the post.



in the Sutta, the Mulapariyaya Sutta, the Budda explains that there is nothing which can be regarded as the "root sequence" of experience, not even Nirvana.



http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon...mn001-tb0.html

Cheers. I have read this before, but will take another look.

bear in mind that when the Buddha taught, the teachings were appropriate for the beings present during the teaching. thus, if you or i are not in the same relative state as a being in the teaching, this teaching is not really for us.

have you had a chance to read about what Nirvana is and what it is not? if you haven't, i would heartily suggest the Mind Like Unbound Fire, which you can read here:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/a...ire/index.html

Cheers again. Will check it out.

[b]i would suggest that once you have a firm understanding of Shunyata, most of these questions will resolve themselves... at least this as been my experience.

however... let me say this about that... liberation is not something that we attain or find or something like this... to think of it in this manner is to place it outside of your essential nature, which is incorrect. some of this gets back to Buddha Nature and there are some beings that intepet Buddha Nature as something like the Atman. this, i feel, is incorrect when understood through the lens of the Buddhist teachings regarding impermenance and selflessness.

Agreed. Thanks again for your response. Obviously-not-Vimalakirti.

[Vajradhara]

as an aside...


i was reading the Bardo Thodol (Natural Liberation by Understanding the Between) last night and i came across some information that may be very appropos for this thread.

unfortunately, i will have to wait until later this evening or this week to post the information...

i may help answer your query a bit more directly than it has been thus far...