V (a) Analysis of States of Consciousness in the Tradition of Zen
7:29 AM Posted In Yogic Experience of States of Consciousness Edit ThisBoddhidhrma in his Lankavatara Sutra, in the dialogue between Buddha and Mahamati, says that everything is Mind only. When Mahamati asks about the nature of existence, Buddha says again and again to his disciple Mahamati, “Mahamati, this is only Mind. Hell is Mind. Heaven is Mind. The world is Mind. Enlightenment is Mind.”
Mahamati asks again and again, “Just Mind? Just Mind? Even nirvana or enlightenment is just Mind?”
And Buddha says, “Just Mind, Mahamati.”
Here mind stands for that state of consciousness which is beyond all opposites and is the cause of the entire manifestation. This could only be the fourth state of consciousness. In it there is no desire and the whole world which was seen earlier in pair of opposites is like a magical world, a city of Gandharva. As if a magician has created it, everything appears to be there, but it is there only because of the thought form.
Mahamati asks again and again, “Just Mind? Just Mind? Even nirvana or enlightenment is just Mind?”
And Buddha says, “Just Mind, Mahamati.”
Here mind stands for that state of consciousness which is beyond all opposites and is the cause of the entire manifestation. This could only be the fourth state of consciousness. In it there is no desire and the whole world which was seen earlier in pair of opposites is like a magical world, a city of Gandharva. As if a magician has created it, everything appears to be there, but it is there only because of the thought form.
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