Ep. 150 – Nature of Mind
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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What Is Sudden Awakening?
A great 12th century Korean son master, his name was Chanul, had quite an unusual framework for understanding spiritual practice. He described the path as sudden awakening, gradual cultivation. So what did he mean by sudden awakening? It's the recognition of the fundamentally empty, clear, open nature of awareness. This is not a state of mind that is developed. It's the innate wakefulness of mind. it's always an already present in every moment that's free of delusion.
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