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Damien here defines sa\u1e43s\u0101ra: due to a lack of proper understanding of reality, this is a state of great agitation that leads nowhere.<\/p>\n

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In his oral teachings, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche [1]<\/strong><\/a> used to say: \u201cSa\u1e43s\u0101ra is the mind turned outward, lost in its projections. Nirv\u0101\u1e47a<\/span><\/a> is the mind turned inward, recognizing its own nature.\u201d When the mind fails to see its own nature, it is \u201cturned outward\u201d. It fails to recognize that the myriad appearances it experiences are its own projections. It identifies with a fictitious \u2018self\u2019 and lives in a fictional universe. This ignorance (Tib. marigpa<\/span>, literally \u2018not seeing\u2019, i.e. not knowing) condemns the mind to cyclical wandering (Skt sa\u1e43s\u0101ra). It wanders because it is constantly seeking happiness in objects, beings and situations that are devoid of the substantiality that it attributes to them. This wandering can only be cyclical because it continues indefinitely until the nature of reality is recognized. Thus the mind becomes agitated while remaining a prisoner of itself. In summary, sa\u1e43s\u0101ra, due to a lack of proper understanding of reality, is a state of great agitation that leads nowhere, like a hamster running on a wheel.
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[1]<\/strong> A great contemporary Dzogchen master (1920\u20131996). Many of his teachings have been translated into Western languages, such as Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Vajra Heart Revisited: Teachings on the Path of Trekcho<\/span><\/em>, translation by Erik Pema Kunsang and Marcia Binder Schmidt, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2020.\u00a0<\/em>BACK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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