Vairocana & the Sunlight of the Enlightened Mind
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The Importance of Awareness
Buddhism says that ignorance is at the root of all suffering. We can't find sustaining deep fulfilment in any one aspect of phenomena. So because we're not aware of this, we keep trying to find satisfaction in all the various things we do. When it doesn't meet our expectations and we're not fulfilled, we don't understand why. And so Siddhartha sets out on his quest in search of the truth, in search of enlightenment. He needs the light to dispel the ignorance that he has seen and confronted. The Buddha tells you what's wrong with it because actually he has to make effort. Every time he sits to meditate, he has to made effort to
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