"Actually, there is one aspect of the awakened state that is truly amazing - the fact that conceptual thinking and the three poisons (negative emotions) are totally absent. If we look around, apart from rigpa (pure awareness), what can really bring an end to thought, the very creator of samsara (suffering)? Sentient beings are never apart from thisunchanging, innate nature of mind for even an instant, yet they do not see it. Just as the nature of fire is heat and the nature of water is moisture, the nature of our mind is rigpa, nondual awareness.
The naked state of awareness has been clouded over by the dualistic frame of mind, as expressed in thoughts of the past, present and future. When awareness is free of thoughts of the three times, it is like being naked.
To repeat an important point: What is recognized is that there is no 'thing' to recognize. Nondual awareness is not a thing that can be identified or pinpointed.
This is most essential because without recognizing that there is no thing to recognize, you will always hold onto some idea about the awakened state. Clinging to subject and object in the recognition is none other than a dualistic frame of mind.
Recognize that there is no thing to recognize (grasp, know or understand), then totally let go of clinging to a "thing" and relax deeply into the open spaciousness. Remain without observer and observed. As long as there is something to identify or think about there is still concept. It is this dualistic mind of continually affirming or denying that is exhausting."
- Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
To repeat an important point: What is recognized is that there is no 'thing' to recognize. Nondual awareness is not a thing that can be identified or pinpointed.
This is most essential because without recognizing that there is no thing to recognize, you will always hold onto some idea about the awakened state. Clinging to subject and object in the recognition is none other than a dualistic frame of mind.
Recognize that there is no thing to recognize (grasp, know or understand), then totally let go of clinging to a "thing" and relax deeply into the open spaciousness. Remain without observer and observed. As long as there is something to identify or think about there is still concept. It is this dualistic mind of continually affirming or denying that is exhausting."
- Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
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