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fatherjhon
post Mar 29 2011, 05:06 PM
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I have a small question on a very minor point of Buddhist philosophical minutia.

When one is able to attain the last of the 9 refuges (abodes?) of the mind it is said the person is able to maintain calm abiding spontaneously. When that happens the emotions – and a lot else besides – are “ruled” by the true mind. This is supposed to also retroactively effect the emotions so that all emotions where always seen in a state of calm abiding. I take that to mean memories no longer have the emotions attached to them. My question is: will achieving Spontaneous Calm Abiding prevent the experience of emotions both past and future or merely the tendency for the emotions to rule the mind?

By the way I keep hearing people talk about this part of enlightenment, practicably the beings of the higher realms you’re emulating, emotions of any kind are lost as one ascends further towards enlightenment.


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Cosmic consciousness is devoid of diversity; yet the universe of diversity exists in notion....
We contemplate that reality in which everything exists, to which everything belongs,
from which everything has emerged, which is the cause of everything and which is everything....
The light of [this] self-knowledge alone illumines all experiences. It shines by its own light.
This inner light appears to be outside and to illumine external objects.

-Sage Vasishtha

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