ratikala
Istha gosthi
namaskaram Metis ji
I hope you will enjoy it , it is a Tibetan Gelugspa text so please be sure to read a Gelugspa translation the first I read was translated by Geshe Thubten Jinpa , called 'Path to Bliss' (A Practical Guide to Stages of Meditiation ), ...published by Snow Lion , ....
this is very much the purpose of lam rim meditations to contemplate all aspects of the path , ...
lamrim discusses the defects of Cyclic existance also discusses motivation , saying that if we do not contemplate the truth of suffering and the falacy of samsara then the wish to become free would not arise so there is equal empasis on the Four Noble Truths , ....lam rim being mahayana also points out that it is considered a down fall to neglect to study and practice the Hinayana teachings , ....
what do I think ? ......
being a Mahayanaist , ....I think that it is important to cultivate the right awareness , lamrim goes through this stage by stage explaining the importance of understanding what binds us to Samsara and what releases us from the cycle of birth and death , ...in Mahayana more empasis is put upon attaining enlightenment for the benifit of all sentient beings , and less on personal attainment ...karma acts as an obstical to liberation so it is important to understand cause and effect , .... Nirvana is simply a state of mind attained by an enlightened being , ...personaly I do think that it is important to contemplate this as nirvana it self is the state in which pure compassion arrises , ..it is the pure compassion that is of more importance than the personal attainment of Nirvana , ....
I'm not familiar with the Lam rim, but I plan on looking it up.
I hope you will enjoy it , it is a Tibetan Gelugspa text so please be sure to read a Gelugspa translation the first I read was translated by Geshe Thubten Jinpa , called 'Path to Bliss' (A Practical Guide to Stages of Meditiation ), ...published by Snow Lion , ....
I think concepts like nirvana and karma can be, and probably should be, questioned versus being blindly swallowed. However, coming up with answers is gonna be pretty difficult if we try to deal with this objectively, but I personally don't have a problem with saying "I don't know".
this is very much the purpose of lam rim meditations to contemplate all aspects of the path , ...
To me, it's more the FNT and EP as their dealing with the issue of suffering that's more at the core of Buddhism, so I think it can well survive even if one or most do seriously question nirvana and karma.
What do you think?
lamrim discusses the defects of Cyclic existance also discusses motivation , saying that if we do not contemplate the truth of suffering and the falacy of samsara then the wish to become free would not arise so there is equal empasis on the Four Noble Truths , ....lam rim being mahayana also points out that it is considered a down fall to neglect to study and practice the Hinayana teachings , ....
what do I think ? ......
being a Mahayanaist , ....I think that it is important to cultivate the right awareness , lamrim goes through this stage by stage explaining the importance of understanding what binds us to Samsara and what releases us from the cycle of birth and death , ...in Mahayana more empasis is put upon attaining enlightenment for the benifit of all sentient beings , and less on personal attainment ...karma acts as an obstical to liberation so it is important to understand cause and effect , .... Nirvana is simply a state of mind attained by an enlightened being , ...personaly I do think that it is important to contemplate this as nirvana it self is the state in which pure compassion arrises , ..it is the pure compassion that is of more importance than the personal attainment of Nirvana , ....