Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

Two explanations of the same innate view Classic Buddhism describes the innate view as the error of taking what is transitory and impermanent as permanent. All suffering arises from this misknowledge. However, I have expanded this description to understand that the innate view also bestows a full but minimum set of perceptions that are needed to allow the transmigrating consciousness of a to-be-hu man to participate within the human realm. After the breakthrough of enlightenment, aware practitioners will not discard the minimal basic and now purified innate view but will mold it skillfully into a correct conventional view. Same innate view but a non-Buddhist explanation-- Within the deeper mind of every individual person are several carefully constructed base perceptions that must be present in order for them to participate in their human potential development within the human realm. We cannot damage our perceptions by pretending the world is not there, or that we are not here, in ord...

In its harmful form, memory is the mental/metabolic waste product of a distressing experience. It is an irritant, a knot of of anger energy within the potential smoothness of the continuum that will continue to accumulate mental clutter, adding further stress. In its positive form, memory is still a mental/metabolic waste product, but this knot acts to excite pleasure. Both forms function to energetically re-live pleasure and pain, the dichotomy supporting the grasping mind. However, when the mind is well balanced, free from neurosis and over-excitement, the advanced trainings toward awakening will teach that the pleasant and unpleasant re-livings are equally illusory. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "In ihrer schädlichen Form ist die Erinnerung ein Abfallprodukt des Geistes oder Stoffwechsels, das durch eine leidvolle Erfahrung erzeugt wird. Es verusacht Irritation und ist ein Knoten aus wütender Energie innerhalb der potentiellen Weichheit des Kontinuums, welcher stän...

Memory is a not very useful fiction because at best it is a fuzzy photo of an event, and at worst, a fantasy that does not touch the experience of the past. That is what we want, an authentic connection to our past. Memory does not offer this and in addition, robs us of the opportunity to experience the present. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~ ""Die Erinnerung ist eine nicht sehr nützliche Fiktion, weil sie bestenfalls ein unscharfes Foto eines Ereignisses ist und schlimmstenfalls eine Phantasievorstellung, die das vergangene Erlebnis nicht einmal berührt. Aber was wir wollen ist eine authentische Verbindung mit der Vergangenheit. Die Erinnerung bietet uns das nicht und beraubt uns außerdem der Möglichkeit die Gegenwart zu erleben." - Domo Geshe Rinpoche ---"