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At the moment of enlightenment, the eighth consciousness ceases, replaced by the ninth, the immaculate consciousness of a buddha. +
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". . . all beings, regardless of birth, race, social status, and gender, are capable of the attainment of the state of human perfection known as enlightenment." <br>(Source: page 192, “Liberation: An Indo-Tibetan Perspective” by José Ignacio Cabezón. Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 12 (1992), pp. 191-198 Published by: University of Hawai'i Press Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1389971) +
Thought of awakening +
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"Furthermore, broadly speaking, if [we look at this] from the perspective of the use of the terms “analysis” and “resting,” meditations that involve critical investigation must be considered analytical meditation, and meditations during which we settle into the natural state and rest must be resting meditation." ([[Dakpo Tashi Namgyal]], ''[[Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā]]'', [[Elizabeth Callahan]] translation, 89) +
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"There is no higher truth to be seen. The mind that sees that reality experiences truth as it is. Thus it is called "ultimate truth," the essential mode of existence. For all other truths, their mode of appearance and their essential mode of existence are incongruent. Thus, they are called deceptive and superficial."
- The 14th Dalai Lama, ''Transcendent Wisdom'' (1988) +
Three types of wisdom (''prajñā'') are distinguished in Buddhist teachings: wisdom developed through study or learning, wisdom developed through reflection or analysis, and wisdom developed through cultivation or meditation. +
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Without a proper understanding of the vast aspects of the relative truth, meditation on Emptiness can be misleading and even dangerous.
:(Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, ''Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness'', 1988) +
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Even though defilements exist, they are adventitious [to the buddha-element, because the buddha-element] is naturally pure.
::Sangpuwa Lodrö Tsungme, Wangchuk, Tsering trans. ''The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows'' (2017), page 32. +
