No Actual Levels of Awakening

A woman, who primarily practises Tibetan Buddhism, asks how the Buddhist concept of progressive stages of awakening (bhumis) relates to Direct Path teachings. Rupert explains these aren’t actual levels of awakening but decreasing degrees of obscuration. Using the sun analogy, he notes awareness always shines with the same brightness – like the sun – but the mind turns away from it to varying degrees. What appears as progressive awakening is simply the mind’s decreasing power to conceal awareness’s ever-present light.

From event 21 March - 28 April, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Garrison Institute, 21–28 March 2025

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