[Buddha-l] Re: Deep sleep

[Steven Rhodes]

Dear Benito,

You might want to look at the revised and enlarged edition of Chogyal 
Namkhai Norbu's Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light (Snow Lion 
Publications, 2002).

Best wishes,

Steven Rhodes


Benito Carral wrote:

>On Sunday, November 6, 2005, Rahula wrote:
>
>   Thank you very much for the references.
>
>  
>
>>1. Sleeping, Dreaming an Dying (Dalai Lama etc)
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>
>   I  have this book and have read it some years ago. I
>don't  remember  that it contains a clear discussion of
>the  deep  sleep  state,  but  maybe  my  memory is not
>working well here.
>
>  
>
>>2. The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep
>>    
>>
>
>   I have this book and I'm going to quote the relevant
>passages because maybe someone could be interested:
>
>       The   normal   process   of   sleep   occurs  as
>       consciousness  withdraws from the senses and the
>       mind  loses  itself in distraction, thinning out
>       in mental images and thoughts until it dissolves
>       in  darkness.  Unconsciousness  then lasts until
>       dreams arise. [...]
>
>          Sleep  is  dark because we lose consciousness
>       in  it.  It  seems  to  be  empty  of experience
>       because  we  identify with the gross mind, which
>       ceases to function during sleep. [...]
>
>          Although  we define sleep as unconsciousness,
>       the  darkness  and experiental blankness are not
>       the essence of sleep. For pure awareness that is
>       our  basis there is no sleep. When not afflicted
>       with  obscurations,  dreams,  or  thoughts,  the
>       moving  mind  dissolves into the nature of mind;
>       then,   rather  than  the  sleep  of  ignorance,
>       clarity, peacefulness, and bliss arise.
>
>                 Tenzin Wangyal Rimpoche, 1998, p. 143.
>
>   This view is in harmony with what Ven. Jing-hui told
>me  in  a  personal  meeting  in  2002  at  the abbot's
>quarters of Bailin-si (Hebei, China). I wonder if there
>are more textual references of this state.
>
>   It  is  also  interesting to contrast this view with
>the  one  expressed by Ramesh S. Balsekar (Advaita):
>
>       In  deep sleep the sentient being himself is not
>       there.  So  the  Consciousness in deep sleep not
>       aware  of itself, is the original state. Then in
>       the  waking state, the first moment of awakening
>       is  Consciousness  becoming aware of itself. And
>       if   there   are  other  sentient  beings,  then
>       inter-human  relationships  arise.  But if there
>       are no other sentient beings, then there is only
>       Consciousness  observing  the manifestation, and
>       there  is  no  sense of '"me." There is merely a
>       sense of awareness of the manifestation. No "me"
>       and no "other" exist.
>
>                     Consciousness Speaks, 1992, p. 77.
>
>   Best wishes,
>
>   Beni
>
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