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Neither can these afflictions exist in some kind of way in the intervening space between object and consciousness because that intervening space is empty. | Neither can these afflictions exist in some kind of way in the intervening space between object and consciousness because that intervening space is empty. | ||
Under this kind of ultimate analysis, we find that the afflictions have no dwelling place. And if they cannot abide in beings, nor anywhere in the outer universe, we may start to wonder where on earth they could be. These very same afflictions are the ones that have tormented us since time without beginning, and yet when we look more closely they have no true nature of their own. | Under this kind of ultimate analysis, we find that the afflictions have no dwelling place. And if they cannot abide in beings, nor anywhere in the outer universe, we may start to wonder where on earth they could be. These very same afflictions are the ones that have tormented us since time without beginning, and yet when we look more closely, they have no true nature of their own. | ||
Khenpo Kunpal [LINK to text pdf P.203] also offers us a slightly different but equally profound technique with which to look into the afflictions. | Khenpo Kunpal [LINK to text pdf P.203] also offers us a slightly different but equally profound technique with which to look into the afflictions. | ||
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