Path of seeing: Difference between revisions

From Rigpa Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
mNo edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
The '''path of seeing''' (Skt. ''darśanamārga''; Tib. ''tonglam''; [[Wyl.]] ''mthong lam'') is the third of the [[five paths]]. It is divided into [[sixteen moments]].
The '''path of seeing''' (Skt. ''darśanamārga''; Tib. ''tonglam''; [[Wyl.]] ''mthong lam'') is the third of the [[five paths]]. According to [[Patrul Rinpoche]], “It is called the path of seeing because it is here that one first sees the supermundane wisdom of the noble ones.”<ref>http://www.lotsawahouse.org/patrul/stages_and_paths.html</ref> The path of seeing is said to mark the point at which one becomes an [[Arya]], or a sublime one, and the entrance to the the first [[bhumi]], known as The Joyous. The first bhumi also includes post-meditation, but while some scholars such as [[Gyaltsab Darma Rinchen]] have claimed that there is [[post-meditation]] on the path of seeing, other scholars, including [[Gorampa]], assert that it is taken up entirely with [[meditative equipoise]].


[[Patrul Rinpoche]]:
==Subdivisions==
 
It is divided into [[sixteen moments]].
:“It is called the path of seeing because it is here that one first sees the supermundane wisdom of the noble ones.”
 
*The path of seeing is the point of full realization of the [[Four Noble Truths]].
 
*At the path of seeing one becomes an [[Arya]], or a sublime one. Arya literally means noble or sublime. The Tibetan word for Arya (''pakpa''; ''‘phags pa'') means elevated or exalted, as in elevated above the level of an ordinary, samsaric being. 
 
*The path of seeing marks the point of the first [[bhumi]]. The first bhumi also includes post-meditation. [[Gyaltsab Darma Rinchen]] claimed that there is [[post-meditation]] on the path of seeing, but other scholars, such as [[Gorampa]], claim that it is taken up entirely with [[meditative equipoise]].


==Notes==
<small><references/></small>


[[Category:Key Terms]]
[[Category:Key Terms]]
[[Category:Paths and Stages]]
[[Category:Paths and Stages]]

Revision as of 14:17, 26 November 2010

The path of seeing (Skt. darśanamārga; Tib. tonglam; Wyl. mthong lam) is the third of the five paths. According to Patrul Rinpoche, “It is called the path of seeing because it is here that one first sees the supermundane wisdom of the noble ones.”[1] The path of seeing is said to mark the point at which one becomes an Arya, or a sublime one, and the entrance to the the first bhumi, known as The Joyous. The first bhumi also includes post-meditation, but while some scholars such as Gyaltsab Darma Rinchen have claimed that there is post-meditation on the path of seeing, other scholars, including Gorampa, assert that it is taken up entirely with meditative equipoise.

Subdivisions

It is divided into sixteen moments.

Notes