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The Sutras of Awakening

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(A dialogue between a seeker and the

awakened one) 2012, Taoshobuddha

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Photography: TaoshobuddhaSanskrit text with English Transliteration & ShortExplanation


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TAOSHOBUDDHA

he word Taoshobuddha comes from three words, tao, sho, and Buddha. The word Tao was coined

by the Chinese master, Lau Tzu. It means that whichis and cannot be put into words. It is unknown andunknowable. It can only be experienced and not

expressed in words. Its magnanimity cannot becondensed into finiteness. The word Sho implies,that which is vast like the sky and deep like an oceanand carries within its womb a treasure. It also meansone on whom the existence showers its blessings.And lastly the word Buddha implies the EnlightenedOne; one who has arrived home.

Thus, Taoshobuddha implies one who is existential,on whom the existence showers its blessings and

one who has arrived home. The Enlightened One!

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Contents

This is the upcoming work of Taoshobuddha. Iam sharing with you this first chapter

AWARENESS.


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Preface

Indeed the title of this work is unique The

Sutras of Awareness. Its uniqueness lies in the

fact that I have presented these Sutras as a

dialogue between a seeker and the enlightened

one. This is the nature of Upanishad.


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The Enlightened one thus spoke out ofcompassion. It is always when there is a

seeker indeed he wells up from the deepestcore of the awakened one. Thus the

compassion of the awakened oneoverflowed as:

If you really seek liberation, my friend,then not only shun the objects of the five

senses as poison. Instead try to understandtheir nature. Just as poison kills a person

so too the constant use of sense objectsdestroys the consciousness. Practice

tolerance, sincerity, compassion,contentment and truthfulness like nectar.

Understand that you are not body. You are

consciousness. You do not consist of the

elements - earth, water, fire, air or evenether. It is your body that is composed ofthese five elements. Therefore to be

liberated, know yourself as consisting of

consciousness alone. Remember thatconsciousness alone is the witness of these

five elements as these constitute theephemeral body.

Dwell and rest deep within at the center.

This is your consciousness. Remember you


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are separate from the body. When you are

a witness to your body and its senses theneven now you will attain to happiness and

peace. And in the end you will attainfreedom from bonds.

You do not belong to any cast, creed, or

religion! Also you do not belong to any

name of form. Neither you are not at anystage, nor anything that the eye can see.

You are unattached and formless. Indeedyou are the witness of everything. And

witness is the essence of bliss.

Righteousness and unrighteousness,pleasure and pain are purely of the mind.

These exist as two sides of the same coin.Know this as duality. These are no concern

of yours. You are neither the doer nor the

reaper of the consequences. Witness isyour nature and bliss is the essence.Remember therefore, you are always free.

You are the one indeed witness ofeverything. Indeed freedom is the essence

of witnessing. This is your nature. Howeveryou do not live in your nature. Thus the

cause of your bondage is that you see thewitness as something other than this.


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Since you have been bitten by the black

snake the ego you are in bondage. You liveby fear. Fear is the outcome of ignorance.

And ignorance is the ornament of the EGO.Without ignorance, Ego ceases to exist. And

without Ego ignorance has no value, no useFor when the light absolute descends

Ignorance disappears into oblivion. And

thus vanishes the EGO Thereafter, whatremains is the LIGHT OF TRUTH the

Ultimate!!! But in the absence,despondency and agitation breeds in the

human mind. And you consider yourselfthedoer, drink the antidote ofawakening

that I am not the doer, instead I am thewitness. Certainly you will be happy.

Since fear is the outcome of ignorance and

ignorance is the ornament of the EGO.

Without ignorance, Ego ceases to exist. Andwithout Ego ignorance has no value, nouse. Therefore burn down the forest of

ignorance with the fire of the

understanding. And what is theunderstanding - I am the one pure

awareness and not the doer. Awarenessbrings freedom from distress and agony.

Witness is that in which all this appears -

imagined like the snake in a rope, that joy,


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supreme joy and awareness is what you

are. Therefore be blissful and happy.

You are free indeed. This freedom is yournature. And if you think of oneself as

bound, you certainly remain in bondage.Here this saying is true, Thinking makes it

so.

Your real nature is as the one Total, free,

and actionless consciousness. This state isall-pervading witness - unattached to

everything, desireless and at peace. It isfrom illusion that you seem to be involved

in samsara your world and its duality.

Meditate on yourself as motionlessawareness ever fixed. Awareness is the

axle that is indeed the cause of everything.

On the ever unmoving axle all changes takeplace continuously free from any dualism.Certainly it gives the mistaken idea that

you are just a derivative consciousness, or

anything external or internal.

However you have long been trapped in thesnare of identification with the body and its

myriad attributes. Sever it with the knife ofunderstanding that I am awareness.


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Certainly you will attain to harmony and

inner serenity.

You are really unbound and actionless, self-illuminating and spotless already. This is

Buddhahood or enlightenment. This iscertainly your essential nature. Remember

the cause of your bondage is that you are

still resorting to stilling the mind.

Indeed all of this is really yourunderstanding and filled by you and strung

out in you. However you consist of pureawareness - so do not be small minded.

You are unconditioned and changeless.

This formless and immovable, yetunfathomable awareness is indeed your

nature. Therefore unperturbed you hold to

nothing but consciousness that is youressence.

Recognize that the apparent that which

appears is unreal. And the unmanifest isabiding. Through this initiation into truth

you will escape from illusion and fallinginto unreality again.

Mirror exists everywhere. Each action and

everything in life mirrors both within yet


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apart from its reflected images. So too that

which is exists everywhere within yet apartfrom this body.

Just as one and the same all-pervading

space exists both within and without acontainer, so too the eternal, everlasting

all-pervading God exists all around in the

totality of things as consciousness. Thisconsciousness is your essential nature.

Also know this as awareness that you seekin the outer world and miss because it is

embedded in the entire existence bothvisible and invisible. Just as you cannot

search your heart beat because it is you sotoo you cannot search your awareness

because it is you.

CONTINUING..

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