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HOME BLOG AJAHN SUMANO BHKKHU'S THE BRGHTENED MND
AjuIn Sumuno BIIkkIu's TIe BrIgILened MInd
Posted by Philip Ryan on 20 Apr 2011 in Books Buddhism Thailand Theravada
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wIuL vou wIII guIn Irom reudIng LIe book: "You wIII be ubIe Lo
recognIze concenLruLIon (VDPDGKL) Irom InsIgIL (YLSDVVDQD)
und LIe dIIIerence beLween sIuIIow (mundune) IuppIness und unIeLLered (proIound)
IuppIness." TIIs Iuppens Lo be one oI LIe verv Iew pIuces In LIe book LIe uuLIor resorLs Lo
BuddIIsL Lerms, probubIv becuuse LIese ure oILem LIougIL (bv pubIIsIers und edILors) Lo be
oII-puLLIng Lo LIe generuI reuder. BuddIIsL concepLs, Iowever, ure empIoved LIrougIouL.
One secLIon udmIred verv mucI wus LIe secLIon on good IrIends, us LIe Ideu oI IrIendsIIp, In
purLIcuIur spIrILuuI IrIendsIIp, Is one LIuL LIInk someLImes geLs sIorL sIrIIL.
wus noL so enumored oI LIe Ideu oI UnIversuI MInd, wIIcI Is gIven u Iurge secLIon In LIe
begInnIng und Is someLIIng we ure supposed Lo "uccess" LIrougI medILuLIon:
TrvIng Lo descrIbe LIe UnIversuI MInd Is IIke uskIng LIe eve Lo descrIbe ILseII. TIere
Is un InIerenL dIIIIcuILv becuuse LIere Is noLIIng beIInd LIIs mInd LIuL couId
observe IL Irom unv dIsLunce. L Is unobservubIe becuuse IL Is LIe observer ILseII. L
Is sImuILuneousIv boLI evervLIIng und noLIIng. n LIe end uII we cun suv Is LIuL LIe
proIound UnIversuI MInd Is sLuLeIess, us IL conLuIns und IncorporuLes uII possIbIe
sLuLes. L Is LIe IounLuInIeud oI IIIe, LIe source oI reuIILv.
SuzukI RosII LuIked ubouL BIg MInd und so, IuLer, dId Genpo RosII. UnIversuI MInd sounds IIke
AbsoIuLe reuIILv, LIe uILImuLe, LIe Tuo. L Is uIso reIerred Lo us LIe "power source," LIe
"uILImuLe observer,"und un "energv IIeId." WIkIpedIu LeIIs us LIuL UnIversuI MInd muv Iuve
orIgInuLed wILI HegeI, wIIcI wouId be someLIIng IIke GHUDEVROXWH*HLVW. HumunILv's IInk Lo
LIe UnIversuI MInd Is "our prImurv usseL us Iumun beIngs." n oLIer words, AjuIn Sumuno
BIIkkIu seems Lo Iuve moved Lowurd u more MuIuvunu undersLundIng oI medILuLIon. Iope
LIuL doesn'L come ucross us pejoruLIve, becuuse IL Isn'L meunL Lo be.
TIe medILuLIon exercIses In LIe second IuII oI LIe buck ure verv cIeur und IIrmIv grounded In
BuddIIsL Iorms reuders wIII recognIze: breuLIIng exercIses, IovIngkIndness, und so on. LIInk
LIIs sIIm voIume cun serve us u verv nIce InLorducLIon Lo BuddIIsL medILuLIon, wILIouL u IoL
oI jurgon. TIe concepL oI UnIversuI MInd muv muke some reuders IesILuLe, becuuse LIIs MInd
seems someLIIng we cun uccess wILIouL u Iuge umounL oI eIIorL und once uccessed, we don'L
need unvLIIng more Lo Ieud IuII IIves, und LIIs oI course wus one sLrong und recurrIng
crILIcIsm oI BIg MInd. BuL II IL geLs peopIe sLurLed on LIe puLI,on LIe cusIIon, und more
ImporLunLIv, us AjuIun Sumunuo BIIkkIu suvs, LIInkIng und IeurnIng und creuLIveIv engugIng
wILI our IIves, IL wIII be worLIwIIIe.
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