[Zen] Re: Fwd: The Awakening Of Heart

[empty0grace]

Hi Donald,

Your explanation for synching is clear to me, having experienced it with 
several teachers over the years, especially with Taunpulu Sayadaw (deceased 
years ago). He left me with what I can only describe as an inner compass that 
knows the direction in which to go, a homing signal for nibbana which has never 
failed me in my practice. This came about as the result of this quality I 
believe we are discussing. The way I describe it is that when we sit in the 
aura of a powerful yogi, or any very powerful being (he need not be awakened) 
the tendency is for our subtle body to conform to his or hers. A current is 
awakened in us, in the same way that a coil with a current running through it 
can induce an electrical current in another coil along side it. But I would say 
that synching and transmission are not sequential but develop together. This of 
course is why the Buddha told us that "holy company is the entirety of the holy 
life". Even those of us who are not so strong are constantly influencing others 
around us with our energy and we are being influenced as well. Hence the power 
of holy company. We are constantly giving and receiving transmission. For this 
reason we need to learn to give the highest energy and to keep our own inner 
connection with Dhamma strong and clear. Obviously though, this power to 
transmit to others and to synchronize them to our inner organization is 
exponentially greater in the Noble Disciple, in possession of one or another of 
the holy paths. It is one of the great gifts that they bear for us. 

As to the Chan Ding, I would say that there are two ways to understand this (if 
I have understood you) the mundane way and the "supermundane" or lokattura. In 
mundane chakra based samadhi, assuming chakras can be actually and properly 
sensed, one is fusing the mind to it as an object of attention. Wisdom is not 
very strong in this type of samadhi. This may be good samatha practice, but it 
does not penetrate reality. If you start with the premise of consciousness and 
object as separate, and then try to overcome the two-ness by concentration, the 
resultant experience of unity is conditioned and will disapear along with the 
samadhi. The second way is hard to speak of, but one discovers one's being as 
the center of the chakra. For example, one discovers oneself as the silence at 
the center of sound, the very consciousness that vibrates as hearing; 
hearing/sound is expression of the silent consciousness that we are. One abides 
as the source of feeling that is the essence of all feeling, or as the 
aliveness that is the source of prana at the root of the breath in the heart 
etc. But in my experience for this door to open, the mind must first emerge 
into emptiness; this intuition must be stabilized. Usually, in most Buddhist 
schools that do meditation, as well as in Vedanta, this comes about by tracing 
the knower, or the knowing back to its source, one experiences "consciousness 
without and object" or the voidness samadhi. I am not sure if this last part is 
the same for all, if others can trace their being back to Source by some other 
chakra. My best guess is yes, otherwise things like bhakti yoga or kundalini 
processes, or tantra would not be effective. Once this initial "penetration" is 
achieved, the tendency over time is for the remainder of the mind and subtle 
body to realign itself along the same "event horizon of consciousness." 

Sorry to go on so and tire your eyes!

Warm best wishes, Daniel


--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 
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> Hi Daniel,
> 
> Thank you for your response.  Words are difficult to communicate 
> spiritual witnesses, especially what I was taught are in Chinese.  The 
> following is my best effort for the moment for your reference. :-)
> 
> 1. sync = resonate in the macro sense, and not in the detailed meaning 
> sense.
> 2. Chan Ding is the gateway into the True Realm, some call it samadhi.  
> It is practiced by "sensing" a chakra, "focusing" on the chakra and 
> "entering" into the chakra.
> 
> I hope these words communicated.
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> On 5/15/2011 5:57 PM, empty0grace wrote:
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> > Hi Donald,
> >
> > I have tried to get this posted several times today, but keep on 
> > getting an error message. So if this message appears multiple times, 
> > in various wordings, you know why.
> >
> > _________
> >
> > Thanks for posting that piece by your teacher. I appreciate hearing 
> > language from a different tradition that is intuitively intelligible 
> > to me, especially the integration of the being in all its dimensions, 
> > within the Heart of course, which is the place of integration! How 
> > wonderful to know that we are contemplating the same reality. If I 
> > have understood correctly, heart to heart transmission is central to 
> > your tradition, is it not? I can sense the truth of it because my own 
> > reality brightens and deepens when I read the words of your teacher. I 
> > have some questions for you when you find the time….
> >
> > 1/ Could you clarify what is meant by "synching"? He places it between 
> > hearing and awakening. Perhaps he just means the intuition of the 
> > transmission?
> >
> > 2/ Chan Ding: I think I read somewhere that this is the Chinese term 
> > of samatha, or at least samadhi practice. But what is the object of 
> > this samadhi? Is it the three signs of being as in the practice of 
> > satipatthana? Or perhaps the voidness samdhi that results by and by 
> > from the contemplation of the three signs? Something else? How is it 
> > practiced?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Daniel
> >
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> >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > When our journey is entering into the state of spiritual 
> > cultivation, or
> > > in other words, returning to our self nature, keeping our heart in 
> > peace
> > > and pure at all times and all places is the practice. This does require
> > > dedication and effort. Regardless whether we are in-or-out of
> > > meditation, we need to awaken our heart, sync it with that of our
> > > Teacher's, for us to awaken and be liberated.
> > >
> > > Chan Master Wu Jue Miao-Tian
> > >
> > > In the journey of Chan, the "awakening of heart" is most important. 
> > When
> > > we were listening to the dharma talk of a Teacher, we need to sync our
> > > hearts with it and to awaken our heart, even if it is just an ordinary
> > > phrase. If you could be awakened from it, then this phrase would be
> > > transformed into wisdom. Otherwise it would be meaningless, if you just
> > > hear but don't listen. In other words, we must begin with "hearing",
> > > then "listening", then "syncing" then "awakening". Not limiting to the
> > > moment of the dharma talk, but at all times, if we could awaken
> > > ourselves to these truth, then we could applied them in ten thousand 
> > ways.
> > >
> > > Because when we are awakened, our body, mind and spirit are integrated,
> > > and guided by our self nature. Under such condition, all awakening 
> > could
> > > be flourished into ten thousand dharma by our heart. It is from here we
> > > begin our spiritual cultivation. Of course, most importantly we need to
> > > enter Chan Ding, or Jhana. Chan Ding transcends time and space. Without
> > > it, we would be bound by time and space. We are living in a sensory
> > > world through our physical organs. Sensory world is a dimension of time
> > > and space. Living in this world of time and space is like living in an
> > > egg-shell.
> > >
> > > Only through Chan Ding, could we then be able to break out of the egg
> > > shell. Could we then reach the "true world". Otherwise, as we reside in
> > > a domain of impermanence, we would be unable to know what is the truth
> > > and where to find it. The first objective for Chan practitioners is
> > > finding the home of our heart, or keeping connected with our origin.
> > > Then we could be enlightened in this life, and return to Miao-Shi 
> > Buddha
> > > Land.
> > >
> > > If you could awaken to realize your origin, keep connected with it, 
> > then
> > > you would be in sync no matter where you Teacher is. Heart Chan Dharma
> > > is a formless, yet true dharma. It is the unification of heart with
> > > heart, the transmission of heart-to-heart, the resonance of
> > > heart-to-heart, the synchronization of heart-to-heart.
> > >
> > > If you could keep your body and heart in joy at all times, you would
> > > witness the purity and wisdom of your nature. You would be enlightened
> > > in this life.
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