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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.zen,alt.philosophy.zen From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) Subject: TSchuler: Bodhisattvas Date: 30 May 1997 10:07:20 -0700 [from Tom Schuler] >#>applied belief, eh? if one transcends even temporary belief does this >#>mean one's magical ability disappears? ># >#It ceases to have the same significance. What is a bodhisattva? > >a 'wakened one' who seeks refuge for all sentient beings in the Buddha, > Dharma and Sangha The bodhisattva has shed the illusions of day-to-day existence and yet chooses not to leave the world entirely. Instead, he or she acts as a bridge between the mundane world and that which transcends it. To a bodhisattva, the powers or abilities he or she had before awakening do not mean what they did while asleep. Yet, the bodhisattva can walk with us in our dream world and see things as we do as well. While we slumber, magical ability seems to be something that could come or go. When we awaken, what we thought of as a special power seems to be just the way things are. When we choose to return to the dream while awake, we can exercise these "powers", but we don't see them quite the same way. First, there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is. -- (emailed replies may be posted) ------- join the AMT syncretism!!! see http://www.abyss.com/tokus ---------- call: 408/2-666-SLUG!! AAK! - Authorities Against Knowledge ** Knowledge is an enslaving illusion.
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