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Since you have removed the limitation forcing you to alternate between direct realization of the profound reality of emptiness and paying attention to other phenomena, you have overcome all problems and have achieved realization of all knowables; now you can spontaneously bring about the well-being of others.
Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009
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You have overcome all problems and have achieved realization of all knowables, which means that you can bring about the well-being of others spontaneously.
Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009
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You have overcome all problems and have achieved realization of all knowables, which means that you can bring about the well-being of others spontaneously.
Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009
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Since you have removed the limitation forcing you to alternate between direct realization of the profound reality of emptiness and paying attention to other phenomena, you have overcome all problems and have achieved realization of all knowables; now you can spontaneously bring about the well-being of others.
Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009
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You have overcome all problems and have achieved realization of all knowables, which means that you can bring about the well-being of others spontaneously.
Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009
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You have overcome all problems and have achieved realization of all knowables, which means that you can bring about the well-being of others spontaneously.
Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009
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Still, over the next weeks and three months, there are six lesser knowables that should give Obama a 10 point or larger advantage at the post-Convention Labor Day kickoff.
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The Mahayana tenet systems classify the factors that we need to rid ourselves of into two sets of obscuration (sgrib-gnyis). emotional obscurations (nyon-sgrib) – obscurations that are disturbing emotions and attitudes, and which prevent liberation, cognitive obscurations (shes-sgrib) – obscurations regarding all knowables, and which prevent omniscience.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Advanced Presentation 2006
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[It eliminates both the emotional obscurations that are disturbing emotions and which prevent liberation, and the cognitive obscurations regarding all knowables and which prevent omniscience.]
Commentary on An Aspiration Prayer for the Definitive Meaning of Mahamudra ��� 4 Boon Experiences, Stable Realizations and Final Attainments Beru Khyentse Rinpoche 2006
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It is not an actual disturbing attitude, but only a nominal one (nyon-mongs-kyi ming-btags-pa), since it falls in the category of obscurations regarding all knowables, and which prevent omniscience (shes-sgrib).
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