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Klaus-Dieter Mathes: Mahamudra and Shentong (#147)

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What Is Shantong?

Shantong means that the true nature of mind is empty of that which does not belong to it. So, like the advantageous states and that includes the whole world, by the way. All conventional stuff is. Everything conventional and just everything out there. That's all like subsumed under the advantageous states. And but Buddha nature itself is also wrong. So everything is wrong. But what is Shantong then? Like, well, when you like start to have glimpses or experiences of yourtrue nature of mind, you realize that the advantageous states don't really belong to it!

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