How is Consciousness (rnam shes) Related to Wisdom (ye shes)? The Eighth Karma pa on Buddhist Differentiation and Unity Models of Reality
Studia Religiologica April 19, 2016 D. Higgins 1 citation
The Eighth Karma pa, Mi bskyod rdo rje (1507–1554), argues that human beings possess two concurrent but nonconvergent modes of awareness: conditioned consciousness (rnam shes) and unconditioned wisdom (ye shes). Recognizing their difference is key to realizing their underlying unity, which resolves a Buddhist philosophical tension between a model that sharply differentiates conventional and ultimate truths and a model that identifies them as one. The article includes a translation and critical edition of the Karma pa's short text replying to Bla ma Khams pa's queries on whether two minds can exist in one person.