Myriad Worlds Quotes

“The various worlds were produced by evolutionary actions. Thus, the Buddha taught that all worlds and living beings were created by collective and personal evolutionary actions influenced by subtle and proliferating obscuring emotions.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds

“The Victorious One did not base his teachings on the belief that a single system is the only valid one, [But taught] in response to the interests and abilities of those he guided.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds

“It is easy for a small intellect that knows only a single philosophical presentation, only one secret oral instruction, or only one system of practice, to fall prey to the idea that that is the only correct way. Being open to various traditions can free the mind from bias and partiality, bestowing the insight that perceives the interconnectedness of the various teachings and traditions, their scope, and their particular qualities: this benefit alone outweighs the danger of becoming confused when confronted by different and sometimes apparently divergent Buddhist teachings and traditions.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds

“Liberation as Ever-Perfect does not refer to the liberation of a buddha that has occurred in the past, such as that of Buddha Sakyamuni, but to the way in which countless beings are liberated right now and will continue to be liberated in the future simply by realizing their primordial purity. The basis, the path, and the ultimate result in this system are all of a singular, undifferentiated nature: total, pure awareness. Thus, the primordial freedom that one seeks to attain by practicing the spiritual path is something that one already possesses. Intrinsic freedom is itself the path that leads to the actualization of the goal.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, Myriad Worlds

“The Analysts and Traditionists state that the environment is created from the wind at the peak [of existence] which remains from the time of destruction, Or from five types of seeds carried from other worlds. The stream [of phenomena] is undispersed and coheres through [the effect] of concordant actions. Lasting form and time are deceptive impressions within naive minds; It is taught that the exalted ones comprehend the cessation of particles and moments.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds

“Although an act ceases as soon as it has been done, it will inevitably produce its effect, even after a hundred eons have passed. What is the factor that makes inevitable the causal process through which cause and result are connected? Some philosophers who have examined this subject assert that the supporting factor is something acquired or possessed. Others maintain that it is an inevitable phenomenon separate [from the cause or its result]. In either case, some sub-schools of the Analysts maintain that this supporting factor is substantially existent while others [maintain that it is] designatively existent. The Idealists assert that fundamental consciousness functions [as the support] upon which the instincts of evolutionary actions are imprinted, after which one experiences their ripening. Those who postulate the six groups of consciousness6 but not a fundamental consciousness state that [the support] is the continuum of mental consciousness, [itself only] a designation. Some Centrists assert that the supporting factor is designatively existent, [being the] designation of mere “I” or mere “person.” However many similar philosophical views on this subject there are, all are simply reifications based on partial understanding; they do not reflect the truth. At this point, however, we will not refute or confirm any of these theses.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds

“The Factor Ensuring Actions’ Results The factor ensuring actions’ results is said to be acquired or inevitable, The stream of mental consciousness, the fundamental consciousness, The mere individual, clear light, and so forth.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds

“The sphere of reality never changes into something else; Yet blessings, vows, actions, and natural laws Cause oceans of realms to appear.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds

“The Holy Teachings of Vimalakīrti (expertly translated into English by Robert Thurman). In that scripture, the Buddha states that the buddha-fields in which the bodhisattvas practice are fields of living beings. This would seem to indicate that the buddha-fields are the living beings themselves, as well as the environments that they inhabit. In the course of their practice of the ten perfections, the bodhisattvas work to lead others to spiritual maturity by various means. Consequently, the bodhisattvas’ aspirations to lead all others to complete awakening constitute an important condition in the process of the formation of world-systems.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds

“The Encompassment of All Knowledge, together with the commentary The Infinite Ocean of Knowledge, is often referred to as The Treasury of Knowledge, the first of Kongtrul’s five treasuries.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds

“In his different discourses, even the Buddha gave contradictory explanations. The context of the explanation and the audience for whom it was intended must be considered if one is to understand the explanation fully.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds

“It is worth noting here that to be “sectarian” in the sense of exclusively dedicating yourself to the study and practice of one particular school is not necessarily a negative thing. Most Tibetan lamas train in this way. This is positive sectarianism. Negative sectarianism is to follow one tradition exclusively, while looking down on other traditions.”
― Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One: Myriad Worlds