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Mahāśūnya (महाशून्य) refers to the “great void”, according to Arṇasiṃha’s Mahānayaprakāśa verse 134.—Accordingly, “The Śāmbhava (state) is the one in which the power of consciousness (citi) suddenly (sahasā) dissolves away into the Great Void [i.e., mahāśūnya] called the Inactive (niḥspanda) that is ...
Satipatthana (Pali: Satipaṭṭhāna; Sanskrit: smṛtyupasthāna) is a central practice in the Buddha's teachings, meaning "the establishment of mindfulness" or "presence of mindfulness", or alternatively "foundations of mindfulness", aiding the development of a wholesome state of mind.
Then it states that if someone abides by seeing the danger (adinavanupassino) in the dharmas (the Chinese has seeing impermanence), there is no appearance of consciousness (Chinese has mind). [ 102 ] SN 12.65 and 67 (and SA 287 and 288) begin the chain with both consciousness and name and form conditioning each other in a cyclical relationship.
The main mind is like screen in a cinema, and the mental factors are like the images projected on the screen. In this analogy, we typically do not notice the screen because we are so caught up on the images. The main mind is like a king who sits passively on a throne, and the mental factors are like the king's busy ministers. [4]
In the state of no-mind (acittat), the states of existence or non-existence can be neither found nor established... What is this state of no-mind? The state of no-mind, which is immutable (avikra) and undifferentiated (avikalpa), constitutes the ultimate reality of all dharmas [phenomena]. Such is the state of no-mind. [19]
A mind which is in delusion ignores its inner consciousness . As a result, it starts believing that its ego is its only existence. Such an ego-dependent mind, soon goes into a state of arrogance . And in an arrogant mind, personal desires start flourishing.
It has the related meanings of calling to mind the wholesome dhammas such as the four establishments of mindfulness, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening-factors, the Noble Eightfold Path, and the attainment of insight, [5] and the actual practice of maintaining a lucid awareness of the dhammas [6] of bodily and mental ...
In ceremonial magic, a magical formula or a word of power is a word that is believed to have specific supernatural effects. [1] They are words whose meaning illustrates principles and degrees of understanding that are often difficult to relay using other forms of speech or writing.