On the subject of conventional bodhicitta and ultimate bodhicitta, do you see a difference among traditions?
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Conventional bodhicitta and ultimate bodhicitta
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Re: Conventional bodhicitta and ultimate bodhicitta
The bodhicittas should be the same, the difference would be in what you think you are applying the bodhicitta to. Hardly worth bothering about, compared to the importance of practicing, either way.
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Re: Conventional bodhicitta and ultimate bodhicitta
It pay to first establish clearly what traditions say these things are, before asking about a difference.LauraJ wrote:On the subject of conventional bodhicitta and ultimate bodhicitta, do you see a difference among traditions?
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For instance, does every school actually make a distinction that there are two types of bodhicitta in the first place?
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Very good question, I'll think on it.Huifeng wrote:It pay to first establish clearly what traditions say these things are, before asking about a difference.LauraJ wrote:On the subject of conventional bodhicitta and ultimate bodhicitta, do you see a difference among traditions?
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For instance, does every school actually make a distinction that there are two types of bodhicitta in the first place?
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Laura
Re: Conventional bodhicitta and ultimate bodhicitta
Indeed. Convention is the basis of all traditions and every tradition has its own conventionNgawang Drolma wrote:Very good question, ...Huifeng wrote:It pay to first establish clearly what traditions say these things are, before asking about a difference.LauraJ wrote:On the subject of conventional bodhicitta and ultimate bodhicitta, do you see a difference among traditions?
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Laura
For instance, does every school actually make a distinction that there are two types of bodhicitta in the first place?
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Example (hypothesis):TMingyur wrote:Convention is the basis of all traditions and every tradition has its own convention
The "ultimate bodhicitta" of madhyamaka is the only "bodhicitta" that is "known" in the context of Dzogchen.
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