The watcher
Noel
The Aspriration of Samantabhadra (which was mentioned by Khyentse Rinpoche at the seminar) talks about the realms (and klesha associated with them), i.e. "...may desirous beings not reject the longing of desire, nor accept the clinging of attachment. By relaxing cognition as it is, may their awareness take its seat. May they attain the wisdom of discrimination." --quote from Penetrating Wisdom
I guess the question is how does the watcher correspond to the 7th consciousness. I imagine that prajna, which is one of the 51 mental factors, has something to do with awareness taking its seat when the "watcher" relaxes for a moment. I think prajna sees the vastness.
Thrangu Rinpoche's book titled "Distinguishing Consciousness from Wisdom" has a section on the 7th consciousness that gives a different view of how the 7th works, you might find it interesting. One aspect of the 7th seems to be the energy or movement of mind and not just klesha activity.
June
The Aspriration of Samantabhadra (which was mentioned by Khyentse Rinpoche at the seminar) talks about the realms (and klesha associated with them), i.e. "...may desirous beings not reject the longing of desire, nor accept the clinging of attachment. By relaxing cognition as it is, may their awareness take its seat. May they attain the wisdom of discrimination." --quote from Penetrating Wisdom
I guess the question is how does the watcher correspond to the 7th consciousness. I imagine that prajna, which is one of the 51 mental factors, has something to do with awareness taking its seat when the "watcher" relaxes for a moment. I think prajna sees the vastness.
Thrangu Rinpoche's book titled "Distinguishing Consciousness from Wisdom" has a section on the 7th consciousness that gives a different view of how the 7th works, you might find it interesting. One aspect of the 7th seems to be the energy or movement of mind and not just klesha activity.
June
posted by Chronicles of CTR at 5:04 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks June,
that gives me some bones to chew for a while.
Warmly,
Noel
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