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Re: Nagarjuna an AlchemistFrom: rex
Subject: General
Date/Time 2006-06-15 16:49:05
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Hi Simon,
You're welcome! I do hope there's some good translations around like those done by people connected with the living tradition instead of those done by linguists only. Sadly though I think you'll be lucky to find any. It's only a hunch but I reckon these alchemical texts will be even more restricted than the tantric material (btw there's a translation of the Guhyagarbha Tanta coming out soon by a scholar practitioner, Gyurme Dorje). You never know though, Dzogchen was considered super secret until only a few years ago.
Sunyata as an ontological premise as opposed to a dialetic strategy is only half the story. Tibetans talk of the fruit of various practices in phrases like 'the union of bliss and emptiness', 'the union of clarity and emptiness', 'the unity of emptiness and appearance'. These are quite distinct states of mind. When the experience of the unity of emptiness and clarity is mentioned this is beyond mind altogether. Mind blowing? It's meant to be!
Thanks for the book recommendation, I'll check it out.
Best regards,
Rex
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