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Definition of the week (6) – View of the transitory collections

View of the transitory collections

Definition:
An afflicted wisdom grasping at inherent existence upon having focused on the ‘I’ or ‘mine’ in ones own continuum.

Definition Key:
An afflicted wisdom – an afflicted discriminating mental factor; eliminates any primary consciousness as transitory view.
Grasping at inherent existenceĀ  – grasping at the object as existing from its own side, not labelled by the imputing mind.
Upon having focused on the ‘I’ or ‘mine’ in ones own continuum – shows that the ‘I’ and ‘mind’ in owns own continuum are the focal object; eliminates the ‘I’ and ‘mine’ in another persons continuum as the focal object of the transitory view.

Chandrakirti:
Initially starting grasping at self by naming ā€˜I’,Ā Ā  Ā 
Then generating attachment for phenomena named ā€˜mine’.
Praise to whatever becomes compassion for migrators
Traversing without freedom like a bucket in a well.

First Dalai Lama:
Migrators in cyclic existence initially start grasping at a truly existing self by naming ā€˜I’. Subsequently the view of the transitory collections grasping at ā€˜mine’ generates attachment for the true existence of phenomena named ā€˜mine’, such as the eyes. This causes them to traverse in cyclic existence without freedom, like a bucket in a well.