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Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 139
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Bliss and Openness pt. 21
What is Bodhichitta?
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Happy Compassion-Thursday!<o:p></o:p><o:p>
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Again, we read from the passage: <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p>
</o:p> “…one Dhar-ma, Bo-dhi-chit-ta, embodies all practices
of the development and completion stages...” <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p>
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The four syllable word, “Bo-dhi-chit-ta” is more than just a good answer in <o:p></o:p>Scrabble. It is also a Sanskrit word that could be translated as “the <o:p></o:p>Mind-set of Enlightenment.” But that’s vague, isn’t it? Perhaps we should <o:p></o:p>put a finer point on it? <o:p></o:p><o:p>
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This is where it gets fun. You see in Buddhism we tend to look at things <o:p></o:p>from two perspectives, the Conventional and the Ultimate. Is one <o:p></o:p>perspective better then the other? Nope! It’s just like the phrase, “on one <o:p></o:p>hand it’s this way but on the other hand it’s that way.” <o:p></o:p><o:p>
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I don’t know if you’re like me. But I’m right handed. And you know, if an <o:p></o:p>angry Ninja ran up to me and whacked off my left arm; I sure would miss <o:p></o:p>it. And by the way, I strongly feel that whacking off peoples limbs is very <o:p></o:p>impolite and should be avoided. <o:p></o:p><o:p>
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Even though I tend to favor my right hand, I sure am glad I have two. After <o:p></o:p>all it makes it much easier to eat a ripe, juicy papaya, if you’ve got one <o:p></o:p>hand to hold the fruit and another to work the spoon. Likewise, Buddha <o:p></o:p>taught us to explore reality from both the conventional and the ultimate <o:p></o:p>perspectives. <o:p></o:p><o:p>
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Well then, what is Conventional Bodhichitta? We’ll explore that on Monday. <o:p></o:p>Why not tomorrow? Because tomorrow is the big release of February’s <o:p></o:p>instructional CD. It’s a special CD for a reduced price, but only for one <o:p></o:p>month. <o:p></o:p><o:p>
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