Sunday, May 8, 2011

Prajnaparamita


Subhuti asked: "Is perfect wisdom beyond thinking? 
Is it unimaginable and totally unique but nevertheless
Reaching the unreachable
And attaining the unattainable?"

The Buddha replied: "Yes, Subhuti, it is exactly so.
And why is perfect wisdom beyond thinking?
It is because all its points of reference
Cannot be thought about but can be apprehended.
One is the disappearance of the self-conscious person
Into pure presence.
Another is the knowing of the essenceless essence
Of all things in the world.
And another is luminous knowledge

None of these points can sustain ordinary thought
Because they are not objects or subjects.
They can't be imagined or touched
Or approached in any way
By any ordinary mode of consciousness,
Therefore they are beyond thinking."
- Prajnaparamita

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