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**PekHyvac** · 07-01-2010, 11:49 AM

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I think that for the ordinary person, the mind is usually clouded with thoughts and emotional defilements which they barely even notice are continually present. When practising meditation however, the mind eventually settles into a peaceful state of non-thought, clarity, emptiness and awareness, where thoughts and emotions are absent.

However I don't see how that state or its further development could be described as 'bodhiccita' (#1) which in a relative sense is usually described as 'compassion characterised by the the aspiration to liberate all sentient beings from suffering'.

An enlightened mind would automatically have compassion otherwise the Buddha wouldn't have bothered to teach others after his enlightenment.

Just some thoughts....

07-01-2010, 11:49 AM	#3
PekHyvac Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 500 Senior Member	. I think that for the ordinary person, the mind is usually clouded with thoughts and emotional defilements which they barely even notice are continually present. When practising meditation however, the mind eventually settles into a peaceful state of non-thought, clarity, emptiness and awareness, where thoughts and emotions are absent. However I don't see how that state or its further development could be described as 'bodhiccita' (#1) which in a relative sense is usually described as 'compassion characterised by the the aspiration to liberate all sentient beings from suffering'. An enlightened mind would automatically have compassion otherwise the Buddha wouldn't have bothered to teach others after his enlightenment. Just some thoughts....
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