Nature, Reality, & Buddhism

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Rainbow Body: A Testament To The Formless Nature Of Form (Emptiness)
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Tibetan Buddhism and the Bon tradition have a concept called the rainbow body, which represents a high degree of spiritual realisation.  When a skilled practitioner dies, their physical body becomes a “body of light” or five-coloured rainbow, and only their hair and nails remain.  In some cases, this transformation is manifested in the body shrinking, emitting light, and even disappearing altogether.

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Having achieved this state is a demonstration of mastery over mind and matter, as well as the attainment of pure light and energy.  To be more specific, it represents the ultimate spiritual achievement, the attainment of enlightenment, and the practitioner's ascension from the physical body to a higher spiritual level.  Basically, Buddha’s nature exists within the innate faculty of all beings and things.  It’s just a matter of time before we discover such a reality through enlightenment.  

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For a general understanding, the nature of Buddha may also be recognised as the black hole of emptiness, as shown in the following illustrations:

In summary, if mental consciousness were not present, duality or multiple circumstances would be hindered.  Subsequently, all phenomena would manifest in accordance with the deepest facts, which means without any labels, boundaries, names, activities, forms, or descriptions. This implies that the ultimate truth is beyond the mind, concepts, and words, as it is beyond our standard ways of viewing things.  A clear mind is capable of discerning the most profound facts about things or matters, like a lotus flower that breaks the surface of the water and blooms without being touched by the mud or soiled water of the pond.

Form Is Emptiness