Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s6.t3.6

v1.c7.s6.t3.6

Jonang sect thinks that emptiness is existence of heart itself, light is language, and the unity of the two is “enlightenment” (heart). This kind of division method is same as the division of three bodies: real existence of heart is the body with infinite spiritual potential (Dammar body); light is the reward body, and its representation form is the embodiment. Once sublime intelligence (intelligence god) appears, illusive phenomena will stop. If there are illusive phenomena on the contrary, intelligence will suspend. The world of things is unreal and things are just some phenomena, which are only caused by heart. There are no any persons meditating, and something that can be meditated can’t exist because meditator and the meditated are just a lighting characteristic of thought.