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Talk titled: "The Nature of Awareness", given during the event "November Solitary". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2006-11-22.
Topics covered: emptiness/insight: the nature of mind or awareness, emptiness/insight: fading, unfabricating, emptiness: dependence on mind, mind's dependence, mind as a mirror metaphor, beyond spaciousness/the vastness of awareness, three characteristics, not-self (anatta), the unfabricated, practice: same substance as awareness, emptiness of time, emptiness/insight: dependent arising, mutual dependence, practice: mutual emptiness of consciousness and perception, non-doing, reluctance to 'do' in practice
Teacher's note on suitability: realising the nature of mind, of consciousness, of 'that which knows', brings a profound liberation to life. this talk explores an investigation into awareness itself.
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Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/12484
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/2a80f0f56152e97392d47aa458788f78/d58cfc9a/2006_1122TheNatureofAwareness.pdf
Talk titled: "The Nature of Awareness", given during the event "November Solitary". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2006-11-22.
Topics covered: emptiness/insight: the nature of mind or awareness, emptiness/insight: fading, unfabricating, emptiness: dependence on mind, mind's dependence, mind as a mirror metaphor, beyond spaciousness/the vastness of awareness, three characteristics, not-self (anatta), the unfabricated, practice: same substance as awareness, emptiness of time, emptiness/insight: dependent arising, mutual dependence, practice: mutual emptiness of consciousness and perception, non-doing, reluctance to 'do' in practice
Teacher's note on suitability: realising the nature of mind, of consciousness, of 'that which knows', brings a profound liberation to life. this talk explores an investigation into awareness itself.
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To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it.
Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/12484
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/2a80f0f56152e97392d47aa458788f78/d58cfc9a/2006_1122TheNatureofAwareness.pdf
