Tuesday, March 01, 2005

going through the emotions

In the Buddhist tantric teachings, the emotions are the five aspects
of ‘primordial wisdom’, but somehow blocked...
Mental darkness, though the manifestation of its blocked aspect, is the primordial awareness of ultimate spaciousness and radiant lucidity.
Anger and hatred are the mirror-like aspect of primordial awareness, arrogance and self-sufficient pride are the primordial awareness of essential sameness, and grasping desire and greedy clinging are the aspect that knows and appreciates each thing in all its detail.
Envy-jealousy is said to be that aspect of primordial awareness that is the recognition of accompished activity and that which brings activity to final accomplishment...

It's also contended that the only ‘real’ existence these negative emotions actually have is the fact that they can be purified...