Abstract
The Mahāyāna ideal is aprati {Mathematical expression}hā-nirvā {Mathematical expression}a - liberation with a basis in neither sa {Mathematical expression}sāra nor nirvā {Mathematical expression}a, that is to say, neither in the conventional world nor in the true nature of all things (Nagao 1981). Through the consecration proceedings a yidam, Buddha, or Bodhisattva is established in sa {Mathematical expression}sāra. Through the employment of the mirror in the consecration ritual, that yidam, Buddha, or Bodhisattva participates in the actual nature of all things as they are - unestablished, devoid of own nature, like reflected images in a mirror. If the mirror does not resolve the paradox of consecrating the unconsecratable, it holds up a mirror to the impossible mystery of transcendent immanence.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 57-71 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Indian Philosophy |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1995 |
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