The Mind and the Nature of Mind

Sogyal Rinpoche explains the appearance and the essence of mind in an extract from a public talk in Vancouver, 15 December 2009. Find out more at http://whatmeditationreallyis.com/

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[HinduismIsHeretical]

@flashproadobe Yeah but you can eat meat in Buddhism. In fact it is required in ganachakra.

[kamalawhite]

@flashproadobe That's a strange statement, you dpn't have to eat meat to be a buddhist ... ! ? HH 17th Karmapa & 12 th Gyalwang Drukpa are vegetarians and many more ...

[mujaku]

In real Tibetan Buddhism the higher goal is to realize the "nature of Mind". This nature is pure and space-like or clear light. We are this Mind but don't recognize this because Mind is so utterly pure without any marks. Instead we chase after Mind that is phenomenalized which is samsara.

[flashproadobe]

I a Hindu by birth. I studied Islam and Christianity. Finally, I found peace by teachings of Buddhism. I left eating non vegetarian food only because of Buddhism.

[Rijogs]

Love this man more then anyone else!

[empty0grace]

Nirvana is mind turned inward, samsara mind turned outward...this is exactly the definition of World/Self that Ramana Maharshi gave. And yet, once the radiant transparency is realized, thoughts cannot obstruct its intuition (though they get very faded out). So it cannot be simple a question of introversion/extroversion. It is this hypnotic quality that the mind has entrances the intelligence with its imgages. And this it seems to me is what needs to be broken. Best wishes to all! Daniel

[KaoS99SmarT]

Representations can only represent, but they are presented, and present. That’s all you need to know. It takes a miracle to really understand this.

[IceBogdan20]

if u need more explanations i`m more than glad to offer them to u but that i will do in private messages so who is interested please contact me ..

[IceBogdan20]

@denzelonline

to assume that god made everything is good and i think that in this case christianity is right but , the buddha teaches us the truth , namely be the four noble truths ... he teaches us that nothing is permanent in this world , christianity has a similar idea , i think is something like this :do not gather wealth on this world because in the world of the father you will not need them they are of this world and this world alone . so you see actually the essence is the same . Peace

[IceBogdan20]

@Katmido302

yes you are perfectly wright the buddhist philosophy is great , christianity is also very god but it has some minor problems and contradictions , it is very simple , by my belief all is simple ... we are all the same actually  everything has the same essence ...