Yanas are not Buddhist sects | Vividness
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Yanas are not Buddhist sects | Vividness
the view and practice of the Vajrayana,
The three new schemes are those of the five dharmas, the three modes of reality, and the eight forms of consciousness. The five dharmas divide our world into name, appearance, projection, correct knowledge, and suchness; the three modes of reality do the same with imagined reality, dependent reality, and perfected reality;
The other vehicles, such as the Mahayana, address the weakness of sentient beings by deliberately employing the dualistic concepts of right and wrong. In these other vehicles you will see safety measures, rules, clear directions, signposts, benchmarks, indicators. They are safe; they provide clear direction.
It should be clear from this and the foregoing that the teaching Ravana would hear is not that of “mind-only,” which he already understands, or thinks he understands, but that of personal realization, which distinguishes this sutra from all others.
Really, what Buddha was urging, on the basis of his own experience and with his own personal and practical insights and emphases, is his own version of the Hindu tradition of Yoga – time-tested methods of working with your body in order to work with your mind in order to deepen your awareness of yourself and your world.