It is difficult to fully and deeply understand the world through technology
Due to the limitations of the cognitive tools and the incomplete logical parameters, we are limited in our ability to draw comprehensive conclusions about the material world.
No matter how advanced the tools are, they can never replace the humans
Because the essence of cognition still falls within the domain of the human six-sense organs, it is difficult to bring about a fundamental shift in the results of human cognition.
Why We Fail To Cultivate Forbearance?
As Master Hanshan observed, practice requires great resolve, great diligence, and great forbearance. This, and this alone, is what genuine “mind cultivation” truly means.
Why an Arhat’s Four Immeasurables Are Not Bodhicitta?
As for the Arhat, since the Four Immeasurables are not equivalent to the Bodhisattva’s conventional bodhicitta, Arhats lack the intense aspiration and clear vision to lead all beings to Buddhahood.
The True“Lying Flat” Turns Out to Be a Dzogchen Pith Instruction？
In fact, the practice of Dzogchen is exactly like this: when the nature of non-doing is recognized, although nothing is done, nothing can go wrong.
Why are humans the ruler of the Earth?
Faith-based cognition, thinking-based cognition, and logical cognition are prerequisites for human beings to pursue the truth.
What is Thinking-based cognition？
Thinking-based cognition is the conclusion that humans draw from their sense organs and mental consciousness through coarse thinking.
What is logical cognition?
To deny that mathematics is the foundation of science is to deny all of the existing cognitive methods of mankind.
What is faith-based cognition?
Grounded in cultural traditions or religious doctrines, faith-based cognitions offer personal lenses through which humans interpret reality.
The key to Dzogchen practice is “doing nothing”
The practice of Dzogchen is like this. You do nothing, but you will never make any mistakes. This is called "effortless enlightenment."
Do we really share a common world?
Yogacara does not acknowledge the inherent existence of matter, but we do the opposite way.Spiritual practice aims to change these misconceptions.
Why is Buddhism the only Philosophical System that is Logically Self-Consistent?
therefore, once these two forms of grasping are removed, cognition naturally becomes complete—resulting in the omniscience of a Buddha
Three Essential Qualities for a Buddhist Practitioner
A Buddhist practitioner should have three qualities: A broad-minded disposition,A spirit of self-sacrifice and Perseverance—the resolve to carry through to the end.
Manipulating Others like Zhen Huan, or Mastering Yourself like a Bodhisattva?
What, then, occupies the mind of a Bodhisattva? Their victory lies solely in the awakening and realization of sentient beings.
What is direct valid cognition？
The objects of the first five-sense consciousnesses all belong to the nature realm. If the organs are healthy, the results of perception are direct and valid.
What are the cognitive objects and results of mental consciousness ?
The results of cognition fall into three categories: direct valid perception (what you perceive is what it is), inferential valid perception (derived from logical reasoning), and non-valid perception (arising from logical fallacies or mental constructs).
The fundamental cognitive approaches that humans use to perceive the world
Beneath every human action, cognition reigns as the hidden king. By learning to navigate this inner landscape, we can attain liberation and uncover the ultimate truth.
Why Do We Feel a Sense of Scarcity?
If one can relinquish the dualistic cognitive habit dominated by grasping at a personal self, the mind will naturally abide in non-attached joy and effortless freedom
Does cognition itself have essence?
If Materialism were to acknowledge that cognition itself has an essence, in that curious scenario, then Buddhist practice methods and principles in physics would even start echoing each other.
The different cognitive approaches of Mere Emptiness and Dzogchen
It is clear that the cognitive approach is extremely important. Our spiritual practice lies in honing our cognition.