GXE BIOSAR LEVEL X KGXE MYSTIC LEVEL

 

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Still the analytical mind. Trust and deliberately cultivate intuitive knowing which opens the door to firsthand, experiential awareness of the undifferentiated, of Indra’s net so to speak.  

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The Song of the Sannyasin. One verse ran thus:

 Strike off thy fetters! Bonds that bind thee down,

 Of shining gold, or darker, baser ore; 

Love, hate—good, bad—and all the dual throng,

 Know, slave is slave, caressed or whipped, not free; 

For fetters, though of gold, are not less strong to bind; 

Then off with them, Sannyâsin bold! Say- ‘Om Tat Sat, Om!’

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Shanti Mantra because peace will reign only when this Upanishadic truth about the essential oneness of our existence is taken in. As long as our existence is governed by the perceived apparent separateness, there will be strife, stress, and suffering. This sincere prayer about the Purnam will flood all the gaps and dents with pure existence, knowledge, and bliss (sat-cit-ananda) and grant great peace.

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This land of India, or Bharata, meaning seeker of light, of knowledge—bha, light; rata, intent upon or delighted in—has not only become enlightened itself, but has also been giving this light to the world.

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Sri Ramakrishna blew the bugle of spirituality towards the West through Swamiji—as Swamiji had also said, ‘As Buddha had a message for the East, I have a message for the West’

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GXE BIOSAR LEVEL X     KGXE  MYSTIC LEVEL 

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BHAKTI COMPASSION WISDOM  BCW 

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Taking the self to be the frail body and ever-changing body-mind complex, we suffer from desire, and fear of old age, disease, and death. We cling to what will inevitably pass and die. We try to attain fulfilment by the satisfaction of sensual desires. The wrong beliefs about self are manifested as ‘I’ and ‘mine’. The sufferings can be uprooted if this false view is corrected with the right knowledge.

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Atman theories hold the self to be permanent while the aggregates are changing, the self is indivisible while the aggregates are composite, and the self is unitary while the aggregates are multiple. The Sankhya, Yoga,Nyaya, Vaisesika, and Purva Mimamsa schools hold such views of the Atman. This distinctly metaphysical view of the self is the object of Buddhist critique. 

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Chandrakirti’s seven-fold reasoning, using the metaphor of the chariot, negates an inherently existing self in verses 120-150 of the Madhyamakavatara (but not a person; in verses 151 onwards he guards against nihilism regarding the person). The no-self doctrine holds that - 1) The existence of an eternal and independent self is an illusion 2) There is no need to posit such a self to explain our experiences. 3) Personal identity can be understood by the five aggregates; there is no self beyond these aggregates. 4) Grasping at the self is the root of samsara and suffering. 5) Negation of the self is the path to spiritual freedom (Nirvana) from suffering.3

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FREE WILL X KRMA

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Swami Vivekananda says, We find that man enjoys his intellect more than an animal enjoys its senses; and we see that man enjoys his spiritual nature even more than this rational nature. So the highest wisdom must be this spiritual knowledge. With this knowledge will come bliss. All these things of this world are but the shadows, the manifestations in the third or fourth degree of the real Knowledge and Bliss.3

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The sage Kapila, who is generally regarded as the founder of the Samkhya philosophy, is a historical figure, although many myths have gathered around him. In the Gita, Sri Krishna mentions him thus, “Of the great sages, I am Kapila”. Swami Prabhavananda mentions the following quote of Richard Garbe, a Western scholar and student of Samkhya: “In Kapila’s doctrine, for the first time in the history of the world, the complete independence and freedom of the human mind, its full confidence in its own powers, was exhibited.” Source: Spiritual heritage of India by Swami Prabhavananda, Published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.

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YOGA NIDRA 

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Sri Ramakrishna — One should adopt one particular attitude toward God. God in His incarnation as Rama demonstrated the attitudes of shanta[5], dasya[6], vatsalya[7] and sakhya[8]. In the incarnation as Krishna, you have all these attitudes, as well as madhura[9].

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𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵?

✅The most significant differences between British and American English are in their pronunciations.British English and American sound noticeably different.

📌The British actually introduced the language when they reached America by sea between the 16th and 17th centuries. At that time, spelling had not yet been standardized. In the UK, the dictionary was compiled by London-based scholars. Meanwhile, in the United States, the lexicographer was Noah Webster. Allegedly, he changed how the words were spelled to make the American version different from the British as a way of showing cultural independence from its mother country.

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Ram Dass (April 6, 1931–December 22, 2019) drew on the human-tree analogy in a soulful invitation to treat ourselves — and each other — with the same nonjudgmental spaciousness with which we regard trees. Answering a question about how we can judge ourselves less harshly, he writes:

Part of it is observing oneself more impersonally… When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree.

The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying, “You’re too this, or I’m too this.” That judging mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are

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KRMA IS CLINGING 

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A cloud never dies. I have arrived i am home TNH

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 asking if others felt Buddhism was compatible with Scientific Materialism and/or Reductionism. Since then I've really done more reading and "soul" searching and I wanted to share my thoughts with others who may have these same questions.

I just want to preface this by saying I'm not a Secular Buddhist, I am a Zen Buddhist so some of my understandings may not be in line with another Buddhist who is a Tibetan persae. I also am not trying to reify Materialism or Reductionism as ultimate truths, I personally find any dogma to be catastrophic to Scientific Inquiry and Growth.

Now that that is out of the way.

Materialism: I believe that we as Buddhists can find a certain amount of compatibility between our observations and materialism. Materialism in it's most basic level asserts that everything including our minds is physical or material in one way or another. This doesn't have to be in conflict with Buddhism. The Five aggregates are what we each are composed of and there is no doctrine or law that states any of these things are immaterial. Presently are best, though vague, understandings of consciousness, what most people would say is synonymous with Mind or the Western "Soul", is a level of organization of Energy, Energy is another form of Matter. Two highly regarded Scientific theories of conscience, GRT and IIT, are highly suggestive of something called "Panpsychism", where Consciousness or Mind is a sort of Fundamental property of Matter. While these two theories have not been fully confirmed, and Panpsychism is not the official or traditional view in Buddhism, there are striking similarities between the conclusions of Buddhism and Panpsychism. To quote the 14th Dalai Lama in a conversation with Carl Sagan "If science should prove something in Buddhism "wrong", then Buddhism will change". I put "wrong" in quotation marks for in my personal opinion for something to be considered wrong it needs to be a conviction in the first place, given Buddhist beliefs regarding Equanimity I don't feel so much as something can be proven wrong as much as it can be another notion fallen aside.

Reductionism: Reductionism is an even easier matter to tackle. We as Buddhists have practices a form, though significantly less dogmatic, of reductionism for a millennial. We are all aware of the lack of an intrinsic or permanent nature. The only thing that is true is Impermanence and Change. When we analyze not only ourselves but reality as a whole, beyond the cell, the molecule, the atom, the electron, the particle, the quark, the quantum waves, we are left with a sort of Fundamental Nothingness or Creative Void. What you might call and what Zen Philosopher Keiji Nishatani called the Source of All Creation.

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Scientism is problematic to me. Not because I think science is wrong but science is supposed to be a method of unbiased, dogma free inquisition into the nature of the world and reality, to generalize. To make a religion out of it, is to do it a disservice. And that's exactly what many scientists and scientific communicators do. This way of conducting oneself is harmful in another way I find to because it breeds fundamentalism. Not only within the scientific community but in other religious communities too.

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If we truly wish to develop samadhi, or inner collectedness, this element of restraint is quite crucial. Not pursuing every sight, not hungering for more sights, more sounds, more sensations, and more stories. We learn to put down that hunger and practice some restraint at the sense doors. 

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Seven Kinds of Karma

Two-thousand-year-old Buddhist commentaries have detailed certain classifications for karma. All seven kinds of karma may require wise counsel of others. Desires, cravings and demands reveal a lack of harmony and wellbeing. The mind is in a state of disorder, of chaos and needs the skill of others to renew order and harmony in the suffering mind. That might include medication.

1. Heavy karma. These are acts of body, speech and mind that cause immense suffering to others or oneself or both. Heavy karma often requires the wise counsel of others to resolve.
2. Obstructive karma. It is karma that gets in the way of a creative, spiritual and committed way of life that serves the welfare of one and all.
3. Habitual karma. Habits, patterns and addictions that dominate consciousness at the expense of peace of mind, happiness and love.
4. Destructive karma. There is a pattern to ruin everything that one starts – a relationship, a friendship, a job or an initiative. There are destructive ways to others to get one’s own way.
5. Past based karma. Unresolved problems and issues in the past requiring mindfulness, enquiry and insight to end any repetition or shadows in the present. 
6. Present based karma. Starting an action with body, speech or mind that is unhealthy and unwise.
7. Future based karma. The sowing of seeds in the past or present that will have future consequences, unwelcome and unwanted.

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He who knows Me as birthless and beginningless, the Bhagavan of the universe, among mortals he is not-deluded and is freed from all sins. (Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10, Verse 3)

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‘Where there is Rama there is no desire (kama); where there is desire there Rama is not’ is a Hindu saying. Where God is realized there is no desire, no sin. Where sin dwells, there God is not.

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ATTENTION AND IT'S ROLE IN OUR LIFE:-

Have you ever observed when you are totally attentive? During our full attention, there is no “I” and all the senses are fully active in this present moment. During this full attention, there is neither any thought nor any purpose. Suppose, I'm attending Java Classes. I know that I need a job that's why I'm attending Java classes but when I'm in class and totally absorb in teachings, at that time, there is no purpose. Another example is, “When a dancer dances in full absorption, at that time, there is neither any dancer nor any audience. There is only dance.” This attention doesn't always happen but sometimes happens. Thoughts distract our attention. Nonduality means not only the view is one but also all senses should be fully awakened to the present moment.

In this full attention, the view, listening, mind and breathing all are happening very actively and simultaneously in the present moment. This is also “Nonduality”. So, Everyone in their life is experiencing this Nonduality whether they know or don't know about Nonduality and for this attention only, many people achieve success in their life. Isn't it?? Look at all the famous people. You will find two things in their life i.e. Attention and Love. Without love, this attention can't happen. See, our Indian Cricketer Ms. Dhoni. He left his Railway job due to his love for Cricket. He is now famous. How did this happen?? Two things:- Love and attention. Actually, thought always has some purpose. If we look at our daily life closely, then we will find that we are doing all things having some purpose because we are doing everything according to our thought not according to our own being. This thought dominates some of our senses. If you don’t control your mind and senses and give them full freedom, then all your senses will become active in this present moment. There is no controller in this body-mind but this thought dominates our body and senses and causes damage to our soul.

When you know, “Everything is a dream”, your interest in everything decreases and you will go to lower level in your life but when you take an interest in everything and start to explore life, then you are going forward direction in Spirituality. By knowing “Everything is a dream”, If you start to sleep, then life will kick you until you wake up. All the misery is due to this sleeping. When we are aware and attendful throughout the day, all misery and sorrow automatically wash away in our life. Attention should not be only when we are happy and all things are according to us but also during our sorrow, during our misery and when life is not happening according to us. Generally, We are very sleepy when things are not happening according to us. When the mind is inattentive and you come to know that you are inattentive, suddenly pay attention to your inattentive mind, this is also attention. This attention is the mediation. People are doing meditation only for some time and spend the whole day sleeping. Look at your own mind now and let’s check what it is thinking. The moment you pay attention to your mind, you will find that it goes to silence.

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nirguna brahman 

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God alone is Real and everything else is unreal. By Real is meant unchanging, eternal, and by unreal or false is meant that which is subject to change. The Spirit is Real. Nothing, nothing can affect it, because It is beyond time, space and causation. Matter is unreal. It is subject to these: birth, existence, growth, change, decay and death.

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