[MD] Pinhead with dancing angels

MarshaV marshalz at charter.net
Sat Mar 14 00:33:39 PDT 2009


 From 'Introduction to the Middle Way: 
Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara with Commentary 
by Jamgön Mipham' by Chandrakirti (Author), 
Jamgön Mipham (Author), Padmakara Translation Group (Translator), p.302:

     b.  If one understands that the self is a mere
          imputation, one will easily gain an
          understanding of ultimate reality
      i.  The actual benefit of such an understanding
           --- an easy grasp of the ultimate

160  How can a chariot, shown by the sevenfold 
analysis to be completely unreal, be said to 
exist?  The yogi finds no trace of it.  For if it 
did exist, it would necessarily exist in one of 
the seven ways (that the analysis has 
disproved).  And one who realizes that the 
chariot has not existence will gain an easy 
understanding of ultimate reality.  Still, it is 
important to understand that in the Madhyamika 
tradition, it is also said that as long as the 
chariot's existence is not subjected to investigation, it exists.









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