«JI'\ THE ELEVENTH CENTURY, A RENOWNED BuDDHIST scholar named Naropa was sitting in the sun at the famed Nalanda monastic university in northeast India, studying his texts. Suddenly, in a revelation that broke open his life, an old hag appeared out of empty space and confronted him with the truth that in spite of his surpassing intellectual knowledge of the dharma, he had no idea of what it actually meant on a human level.» — el relato con que Ray abre el libro: Naropa, erudito de Nalanda, confrontado por una vieja que le dice que su conocimiento intelectual del dharma no le da idea de lo que significa; el troceo imprime *JI'\* por *IN*
Vajrayana
What does this tradition say about experience, knowledge and transformation? We approach these questions with consciousness as our centre, listening to the language of each source.
Gonzalo Olivares Velázquez · Spiritus Mundi
1 · Listen to the sources
How these passages were chosen: from the works assigned to this tradition, in alphabetical order, the first passage of each whose quoted words name consciousness, awareness, soul, spirit or knowledge (in English or Spanish); one per work, up to four. The choice is by vocabulary only: a passage may agree with our reading, disagree with it, or leave the question open.
«0 Wise One, you should conceive of existence in knowledge of its non-existence, and likewise you should conceive of Heruka in knowledge of his non-existence.» — la instrucción que el tantra da en el capítulo i de la parte I: concebir la existencia sabiéndola inexistente, y del mismo modo concebir a Heruka sabiéndolo inexistente. El troceo imprime la O de la invocación como cifra
2 · Ask what each source declares
Who knows, and what is transformed? Is the relationship between inner experience and the world declared, disputed, or left open? Let the passage determine the answer before bringing it into dialogue with our reading.
Explore documented argument maps →3 · Return to the centre
For us, these paths meet in consciousness. Which passage converses with that reading, and which qualifies or contradicts it? Save it with your own note.
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