[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Freedom from Imprisonment

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

July 4, 2008 (Independence Day in the United States)

FREEDOM FROM IMPRISONMENT

The experience of mahamudra is the pinnacle of the tradition of 
tantra. Maha means "great," and mudra means "sign" or "gesture." To 
experience mahamudra is to realize that the literal truth, the 
symbolic truth, and the absolute truth are actually one thing, that 
they take place on one dot, one spot. One experiences reality as the 
great symbol that stands for itself. The bliss of mahamudra is not so 
much great pleasure , but it is the experience of tremendous 
spaciousness, freedom from imprisonment, which comes from seeing 
through the duality of existence and realizing that the essence of 
truth, the essence of space, is available on this very spot. The 
freedom of mahamudra is measureless, unspeakable, fathomless. Such 
fathomless space and complete freedom produce tremendous joy. This 
type of joy is not conditioned by even the experience of freedom 
itself; it is self-born, innate.

 From "Sacred Outlook," in THE HEART OF THE BUDDHA, pages 168 to 169.

All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
by permission.

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