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From: japlady@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
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Subject: Re: Heart of the matter
Summary: Heart of the matter II
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Tod,
 
 Good insights.  Just a trivia comment; your description of the 'stream of
consciousness', i.e., that apart from the ripples of the stream there is no
stream, is a basic notion in early vijnapti-matra doctrine.  In fact, the
so called store-house-consciousness (the 8th and foundational
consciousness) is described as the maturation of karmic seeds, not the
foundation upon which karma manifests.  In other words, there is no final
essence, only the 'flow' of conditioned concepts.  When we realize that
there is the 'flow-only' this is liberation, not from the world but inherent
in it. Are you familiar with the vijnapti-matrata school?

							J. Cha  



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