Pymander Aquarian

“I am a yogi beyond word, thought, and description, Who journeys on the plain of the view free from extremes. When I journey on the plain of this view, I journey while regarding appearance and existence as dharmakaya. I am a yogi of luminous appearance and emptiness, Who journeys on the plain of the meditation of empty bliss. When I journey on the plain of this meditation, I journey beyond meditation and postmeditation. I am a yogi of self-liberated perception, Who journeys on the plain of spontaneous conduct. When I journey on the plain of this conduct, I journey in equal taste, without accepting or rejecting. I am a yogi of self-existing non-fabrication, Who journeys on the plain of spontaneously accomplished fruition. When I journey on the plain of this fruition, I journey free from hope and fear. I am a yogi beyond word, thought, and description, Who journeys over the pass of the view free from extremes. When I journey over the pass of this view, I journey be...

Volume 8 of "The Sūtra on the Śūraṅgama Mantra Spoken from above the Crown of the Great Buddha's Head, and on the Hidden Basis of the Tathagata's Myriad Bodhisattva Practices Leading to Their Verification of the Ultimate Truth" (or "Shurangama Sutra" for short) (If, rather than reading this post, you would like to hear me recite it - with musical accompaniment - you can do so here: Esoterinerd #77 . It's about 2 and a half hours long.) At that time, the Tathagata was preparing to leave the Dharma-seat. From the lion throne, he extended his hand and placed it on a small table wrought of the seven precious things. But then he turned his body, which was the color of purple-golden mountains, and leaned back, saying to everyone in the assembly and to Ananda: Those of you with More to Learn, those Enlightened by Conditions, and those who are Hearers have now turned your minds to pursue the attainment of supreme Bodhi—the unsurpassed, wonderful enlightenm...