Everyday Consciousness and Primordial Awareness by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Susanne Schefczyk

Author:Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Susanne Schefczyk
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Body, Meditations, Philosophy, Mind & Body, General, Religion, Buddhism, Rituals & Practice, Mind & Spirit, Meditation, Tibetan Buddhism
ISBN: 9781559392723
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
Published: 2007-04-26T02:06:50+00:00

THE PRIMORDIAL AWARENESS THAT ACCOMPLISHES ALL ACTIONS

Again, doubts may arise that, should the discriminating primordial awareness realize appearances specifically, it will in all probability be impossible for it to act or behave accordingly. This would mean that a Buddha would not be capable of performing enlightened activity in a perfect way. It could be argued that a Buddha’s realization of both equality and of the dharmadhatu that is free from all delusion is so extremely enhanced as for it not to be possible to perform actions or enlightened activity within the sphere of heavily deluded sentient beings. However, this mistake does not occur, because the fifth of the primordial awarenesses is the primordial awareness that accomplishes all actions. This awareness perfects the enlightened activity of a Buddha. It is precisely because he realizes things specifically and seamlessly that a Buddha performs enlightened activity. He knows the specific sufferings of sentient beings—just what kind of physical or mental sufferings they have. He even knows what kind of dreaded events are likely to happen. At the same time he is acting and applying methods to liberate them from their sufferings.

This awareness is called the ‘primordial awareness that accomplishes all actions’ because it is able to perfectly accomplish activities. It is the simultaneous transformation of all the five sense consciousnesses, the eye, ear, nose, tongue, and body consciousnesses. In general, the five sense consciousnesses make a connection between the inner consciousness and the outer objects. And it is because the eye perceives form, the ears perceive sounds, and the nose experiences smells that we are able to perform activities. Due to the function of all the five sense consciousnesses we direct our activities outwards. In the same way a perfect Buddha is able to perform enlightened activity with all five primordial awarenesses after the five sense consciousnesses have been transformed.

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