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your consciousness comes with an upgrade function

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but you have never turned it on

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have you ever thought about this

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your phone pushes a system update every few months

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your computer keeps popping up upgrade reminders

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every piece of software you use keeps iterating

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but what about you

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that consciousness of yours that has run since birth

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used for decades

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has it ever been upgraded even once

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you might say

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I have been learning all along

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I read books take classes watch videos listen to podcasts

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my understanding keeps upgrading

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sorry

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that is not an upgrade

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that is just installing more software onto the same operating system

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the operating system itself

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has not changed for a single day

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hello

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everyone

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I am Leo Wang

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today is the final episode of the Cheng Weishi Lun series

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in the first two episodes we broke down its core architecture and precise concepts

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how the eight consciousnesses operate

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what rules the seeds follow

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what the inner structure of each moment of cognition looks like

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if the first two episodes showed you the blueprint of the engine

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then today's episode

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answers the question you probably care about most

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this engine

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can it be modified

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the answer of the Cheng Weishi Lun is

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not only can it be modified

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it even gives you an extremely precise modification manual

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the name of this manual

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is transforming consciousness into wisdom

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transforming consciousness into wisdom

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the literal meaning is simple

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turning consciousness into wisdom

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but the weight of these four words

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may be far heavier than you imagine

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because it is not saying you go from ignorance to knowledge

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nor is it saying you go from foolish to smart

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it is talking about something far more radical

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the underlying operating mode of your consciousness

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can be switched at the root

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let me give you an analogy

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the mind you use right now

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is like a computer

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it can do many things

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but it has one fundamental design feature

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that every one of its operations

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must pass through a middle layer called the self

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whatever you see

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your first reaction is not what is this

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but what does this mean for me

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whatever information you hear

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your first reaction is not is this true

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but is this good or bad for me

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this middle layer of the self

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is the seventh consciousness we broke down before

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the manas consciousness

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it is not a bad thing

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it is the basic setup for your survival

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without it

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you could not even tell this is my hand

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but the problem is

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once it starts running

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it cannot stop

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it runs all information through a filter of self

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then colors it before handing it to you

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you think you are seeing the world objectively

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but in fact everything you see

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has already been processed by the manas consciousness

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transforming consciousness into wisdom means

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you can make this default mode undergo a qualitative change

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not suppressing it

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not pretending it does not exist

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but letting it complete a transformation from within

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like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly

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the material has not changed

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but the way it runs is completely different

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so how exactly does it transform

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the Cheng Weishi Lun is extremely precise

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eight consciousnesses

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transform into four kinds of wisdom

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the first one

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the first five consciousnesses become the wisdom of perfect accomplishment

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the first five consciousnesses are eyes ears nose tongue and body

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the five windows that receive external signals

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the ears catch the sound waves

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they run automatically

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these five windows are no longer passive receivers

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but become precise tools

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your eyes no longer merely see

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but see exactly what needs to be seen in this moment

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perfect accomplishment

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means accomplishing what needs to be done

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here is an analogy

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an ordinary person's senses are surveillance cameras

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the sixth consciousness becomes the wisdom of wondrous observation

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the sixth consciousness is your thinking judging and analyzing

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it is the thing running right now as you listen to me

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what is its problem

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it is too easily hijacked by concepts

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it habitually uses labels categories and old frameworks to grasp new things

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you see a flower

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it will not let you stay with simply seeing the flower

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thinking no longer forces the unknown into the known

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but sees things as they truly are in this moment

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this word is crucial

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it is not ordinary observation

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it is observation so subtle it pierces the surface and reaches the essence

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like a true master painter looking at a flower

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what he sees is not this is a rose

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what he sees is the light dancing along the edge of the petals

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the third one

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the seventh manas consciousness becomes the wisdom of equality

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what is the manas consciousness

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it is that voice deep inside you constantly shouting me me me

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it splits the world in two for you

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all greed hatred and delusion

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all grow out of this crack

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it is not you forcing yourself to stop discriminating

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whether you look at a stranger or your closest loved one

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the compassion that rises has the same weight

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whether you face praise or criticism

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the clarity within has the same temperature

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but here is something very easy to misunderstand

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the wisdom of equality does not mean you become numb to everything

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quite the opposite

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without the interference of the filter of self

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you can actually feel each being's situation more truly

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it is just that this feeling is no longer polluted by what does this have to do with me

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it can reflect anything

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the eighth alaya consciousness becomes the great mirror wisdom

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the alaya consciousness is the seed storehouse

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the total container of all experiences memories and habits

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we spent an entire episode breaking down its six operating rules

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it becomes a round mirror that reflects everything

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all the seeds are no longer the undercurrent driving your cycle of rebirth

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but become a resource library for helping all beings

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you can understand it this way

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before transforming into wisdom

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your alaya consciousness is a hard drive full of historical data

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you are driven forward by this data

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not even knowing why you suddenly rage at certain moments

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why you keep falling into the same traps in certain relationships

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the same data is all there

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but you stand above the data

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you can call on it

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instead of being called on by it

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the four wisdoms are covered

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you might want to ask a very practical question

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how do you actually do it

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the Cheng Weishi Lun gives a roadmap

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called the five stages of practice

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five steps

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from ordinary being to Buddha

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the first step

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the stage of accumulation

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you begin to practice seriously

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you are doing everything you should

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but what is your real experience

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you understand the principles

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but you cannot do it

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you know you should not be angry

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but you get angry anyway

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you know you should not cling

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but you still cannot let go

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the stage of accumulation is exactly this phase

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you are stockpiling provisions

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but you have not truly set off yet

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what is the biggest trap of this stage

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thinking that hoarding enough knowledge equals being on the path

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many people stay in the stage of accumulation their whole life

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having read hundreds of books

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understanding a basketful of principles

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but the operating mode of their mind has not changed one bit

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friends in the comments often say

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I have watched a hundred of your videos

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I understand all the principles

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but my life is still a mess

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this is a classic case of the stage of accumulation

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between knowing and doing

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what lies between is not distance

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it is a switch of the entire operating system

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the second step

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the stage of preparation

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you begin to directly observe your own consciousness at work in meditation

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you no longer merely understand the principles of consciousness only

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but begin to see with your own eyes the instant a thought arises

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you see the manas consciousness when you are unaware

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secretly stamping mine onto every piece of information

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this seeing is not reasoned out

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the stage of preparation has four phases

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called warmth summit forbearance and supreme worldly dharma

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like approaching a fire but not yet seeing the flame

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is when you touch the ceiling an ordinary being can reach

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is when you endure the shock of realizing you have been dreaming all along

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supreme worldly dharma

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is the farthest you can go within worldly dharma

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one step further

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and it is no longer worldly dharma

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the third step

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the stage of penetration

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also called the path of seeing

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this is the most crucial watershed on the entire path

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in this moment

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for the first time you see suchness directly with no intermediary

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not through conceptual understanding

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not through imagining someone else's description

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but you yourself

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seeing it with your own eyes

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like you have been reading books about the ocean all along

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then one day suddenly

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you stand at the shore

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the Cheng Weishi Lun says

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the stage of penetration is a matter of an instant

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but this instant changes everything

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because from this moment on

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you know that thing is real

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this is not faith

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not a theoretical deduction

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you have seen it

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the fourth step

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the stage of cultivation

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seeing the path is not the end

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you have seen the ocean

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but you still have to live your days

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your seed store still holds a vast number of tainted seeds

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they will not vanish just because you saw the path once

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the stage of cultivation is repeatedly round after round

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letting that light of seeing shine into every corner of your daily life

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this stage is the longest

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and tests your patience the most

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the Cheng Weishi Lun says the stage of cultivation passes through ten grounds

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each ground clears away a deeper layer of obscuration

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you think you have seen the whole truth

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but dig one layer down

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and you find another layer beneath

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because you already know the direction

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but old habits still keep surfacing again and again

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you are like someone who quit smoking but still craves a puff now and then

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the difference is

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you know clearly what that impulse is

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you are no longer fooled by it

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and every time you are not fooled

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the weight of that tainted seed drops a little

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and the power of the untainted seed grows a bit stronger

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the fifth step

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the ultimate stage

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Buddhahood

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all eight consciousnesses have become the four wisdoms

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the whole project of transforming consciousness into wisdom is fully complete

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at this point

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consciousness and wisdom are no longer two things

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they were always one

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you have finally seen it clearly

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but did you notice something key

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the entire five stage roadmap

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from start to finish

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is not about eliminating anything

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nor about gaining something new

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it is about letting your consciousness

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complete a qualitative change that happens from within

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consciousness is not deleted

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it is transformed

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like water becoming steam

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the molecules do not change

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but the state is completely different

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this is the true meaning of dissolving consciousness and revealing wisdom

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dissolving consciousness

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is not destroying consciousness

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but dissolving the distorted

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defiled and self centered operating modes within consciousness

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revealing wisdom

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is letting the wisdom already within you come forth

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your problem was never that you lack wisdom

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your problem is

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the wisdom has always been there

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but your self system is too noisy

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you cannot hear it

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a friend in the comments once asked a really good question

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after practicing for so long

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how do you know which stage you have reached

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the answer the Cheng Weishi Lun gives is actually very plain

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do not try to quantify your progress

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the five stages are not a ruler carved for you

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they are a map drawn for you

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the point of a map is not to tell you how far you have gone

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but to tell you which direction you are heading

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if you find yourself hijacked by emotions less and less

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that is a good sign

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if you find the way you see others has softened a little

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that is also a good sign

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if you find that in some moment

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that voice of the self suddenly goes quiet for a few seconds

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even if just a few seconds

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that is transforming consciousness into wisdom

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quietly happening within you as proof

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the Cheng Weishi Lun uses ten volumes

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to draw the most precise map of consciousness to date

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from the workings of the eight consciousnesses

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to the six iron laws of the seeds

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to the four layered structure of the moment of cognition

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and today to transforming consciousness into wisdom and the five stages of practice

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across three episodes

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you have now seen the full picture of this map

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but at the end I want to say something the Cheng Weishi Lun

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will not tell you on its own

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no matter how precise this map is

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it is still only a map

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you cannot live inside the map

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when we covered the Madhyamaka we said

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Nagarjuna's approach is to dismantle every concept down to zero

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the approach of Consciousness Only is different

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it builds you an extremely precise scaffold

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but a scaffold is not the building itself

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what the Cheng Weishi Lun gives you

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is the most precise engineering blueprint of consciousness in all of Buddhist thought

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as for what you do once you have the blueprint

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whether you hang it on the wall to admire

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or actually pick up the tools and start rebuilding

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that is up to you

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but there is one thing I am curious about

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the five stages of practice we covered today

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which stage do you think you are roughly in

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or to put it another way

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after hearing the description of the stage of accumulation

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was there a moment when you felt

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like it was describing you

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if so

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tell me in the comments

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because seeing where you are

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this act itself

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is already walking the path

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I am Leo Wang

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see you next episode