The Middle Way - H.H. the Dalai Lama
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:02 pm
The Middle Way
Faith Grounded on Reason
http://www.dalailama.com/biography/books
The Middle Way - Faith Grounded in Reason
by H.H. the Dalai Lama, translated by Thubten Jinpa
In this book the Dalai Lama presents a brief, brilliant presentation of the view of reality in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism.
Published by Wisdom Publications, London, 2009
excerpt:
"The essential point is this: The luminous and knowing aspect of a given state of consciousness must come from a prior moment of that consciousness. It follows, therefore, that it must also beginningless. For were a beginning to the continuum of the luminous and knowing aspect of consciousness posited, we would then have to concede that consciousness arose from a cause that is not commensurate with it, which is untenable. "
Faith Grounded on Reason
http://www.dalailama.com/biography/books
The Middle Way - Faith Grounded in Reason
by H.H. the Dalai Lama, translated by Thubten Jinpa
In this book the Dalai Lama presents a brief, brilliant presentation of the view of reality in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism.
Published by Wisdom Publications, London, 2009
excerpt:
"The essential point is this: The luminous and knowing aspect of a given state of consciousness must come from a prior moment of that consciousness. It follows, therefore, that it must also beginningless. For were a beginning to the continuum of the luminous and knowing aspect of consciousness posited, we would then have to concede that consciousness arose from a cause that is not commensurate with it, which is untenable. "