26 June 2012

Contemplation: The Practice, 3

After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation:

Seeking comprehensive wisdom, yet not seeking it when the time is not right--such is the practice of the bodhisattva.

Vimalakirti Sutra, p. 72

18 June 2012

Contemplation: The Practice, 2

After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation:

The practice that is neither that of common mortals nor that of worthies and sages--such is the practice of the bodhisattva.

Vimalakirti Sutra, p. 72

11 June 2012

Contemplation: The Practice, 1

After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation:

To be in the realm of birth and death without following its tainted ways, to dwell in nirvana while not seeking eternal extinction--such is the practice of the bodhisattva.
Vimalakirti Sutra, p.72

04 June 2012

Contemplation: Great Mirror Wisdom

After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your object of contemplation:

When delusion is overcome, understanding is there,
And store consciousness is no longer subject to afflictions.
Store consciousness becomes Great Mirror Wisdom,
Reflecting the cosmos in all directions. Its name is now Pure Consciousness.

Thich Nhat Hanh, Transformation at the Base, p. 11.