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Amitabha in Sukhavati Pure Land
Vajrayana

Eden, Mind and Karma

A question asking that: Christians will get to Eden because that is what their mind knows. So does that mean that I can visit Eden too if I meditate on it? To address your question indirectly – when ***** says: Because the only world we know is what the mind knows. There’s really nothing out

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Vintage World Map, Henricus Hondius, 1663
Vajrayana

Mantras, Relative and Ultimate Truth – Emptiness of Forms

As I’m substantially in agreement with you, with only differing emphasis (due to perhaps wishing to emphasise a different aspect of view and method), then I’ll only briefly comment on a couple of points ….. So my point here was that in fact there is not much difference between saying specifically “my body” or generally

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m Mani Padme Hum mantra
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Mantras, Relative and Ultimate Truth – Appearance and Emptiness

Ah! one more reflection regarding visualisations and mantras *operating* at a relative level … something which I think if very important from a point of view of practice … In my limited understanding, both visualizations and mantras do operate on relative level. When you say ‘they operate’ it sounds like ‘they’ are doing the ‘operating’

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