Aspire to the pure vision: the result as the aim of the path
Let the aim of the path, complete awakening, become a felt aspiration rather than a concept, and point the day toward it.
Por que funciona
Reading of this page, not a quotation from the Sakya text: the sakya.org course page names the pure vision as the third of the three visions, and this page takes it as the result the path is oriented toward. The practice is aspiration: a wish toward that result, set after the two earlier reflections so that it is not a fantasy about a future state. This page does not reproduce the Sakya presentation of the pure vision.
Como fazer
- Begin with the two earlier reflections: a brief look at one cycle of clinging, and a plain note of what your last sitting actually was.
- Then consider what complete awakening would mean to you, described in the terms the Sakya course page uses for the pure vision.
- Make one aspiration in your own words, short enough to recall during the day. Keep it as a wish, not as a claim that the result is already yours.
- Recall the aspiration at one transition in the day, such as before a meal or a meeting.
- Each week, notice whether the aspiration has changed. Let it change; do not argue yourself into a wish you do not feel.
Evidência
The pure vision is taught within the Lamdré path and is not a separate method here. No study has tested aspiration practices of this form. (anecdotal)
The fuller presentation of the pure vision belongs to the lineage and to the commentary on the Three Visions, which this page has not read.
Fontes
- Sakya.org. “Dharma Discussion Series: Three Visions” — course page announcing a teaching on the Three Visions by Ngorchen Kunchog Lhundrub, with the impure vision, the vision of experience and the pure vision listed as topics.
- Lotsawa House. Lamdré Series — texts on the theory and practice of Lamdré (lam ’bras), or Path with Its Fruit. lotsawahouse.org.
Erro comum
Turning aspiration into affirmation: declaring that you already are awakened, or repeating a statement about your present self. This page’s guidance is to keep it a wish toward the result.
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Mais práticas para Lamdré: The Path with Its Result in the Sakya Tradition
- Reflect on the impure vision: the ordinary cycle, seen in one episode
Take one ordinary cycle of wanting and disappointment from your own week and look at it as the impure vision, the first of the three visions the Sakya course page names.
- Know what meditation experiences are and are not: the experiential vision
Notice a vivid meditation experience, such as warmth, light or stillness, and hold it as an appearance that arises and passes rather than as an attainment.
- Parting from the four attachments: a daily review from the short Sakya teaching
Once a day, check the day against four attachments, to this life, to saṃsāra, to your own interest, and to grasping, in the words of the teaching Sachen Kunga Nyingpo received.
- Approach a Lamdré teaching: what to ask before joining the tantric parts
Before you engage Lamdré’s tantric parts, learn the Sakya structure, ask how a teacher received the teaching, and check with a qualified lineage-holder what you are ready for.
- When a meditation experience unsettles you: ground first, shorten, and reach a teacher or clinician
If a reflection or a sitting leaves you shaky, unreal or frightened, stop the practice, ground yourself in ordinary contact, and bring it to a teacher or clinician.
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