The following is an excerpt from a Dharma talk that I offered on Saturday 28 October, during the O-Bon Sesshin at O-An Zendo. You can listen to that Dharma talk in full here. The excerpt has been edited for this venue.
In somewhat sister Samkhya philosophy as foundational to "yoga", the pure self (Puruṣa) looks out on everything else (Prakṛti). There's an innate purity and beauty to that; those oceans and universe(s) are witnessed, whether they are of our own making or others. Our essence will never change, even if we drown or become lost in them.
In somewhat sister Samkhya philosophy as foundational to "yoga", the pure self (Puruṣa) looks out on everything else (Prakṛti). There's an innate purity and beauty to that; those oceans and universe(s) are witnessed, whether they are of our own making or others. Our essence will never change, even if we drown or become lost in them.
I am reminded of something we sometimes say, that our true self (or: true nature) cannot be stained or defiled. It always shines bright.