Intuition and the Creation of a Better World
Govinda, Lama Anagarika
According to the Lankavatara-Sutra the arbitrarily discriminating intellect can only be overcome if a complete 'turning-about' has taken place in the deepest seat of consciousness. The habit of looking outwards, i.e., towards external objects, must be given up and a new spiritual attitude established of realizing truth or ultimate reality within the intuitive consciousness, by becoming one with reality.
Lama Anagarika Govinda, Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism, p. 79
The Buddha, certainly, was no enemy of logical thinking, of which indeed he made the fullest use, but he perceived its limitations and therefore taught what goes beyond it: the direct awareness of spiritual vision (dhyana) which surpasses mere ratiocination (vitarka-vicara). This is expressed in the figure of Amitabha and his 'Prajna' in the pure, stainless white raiment of intuition.
The Buddha, certainly, was no enemy of logical thinking, of which indeed he made the fullest use, but he perceived its limitations and therefore taught what goes beyond it: the direct awareness of spiritual vision (dhyana) which surpasses mere ratiocination (vitarka-vicara). This is expressed in the figure of Amitabha and his 'Prajna' in the pure, stainless white raiment of intuition.
Lama Anagarika Govinda, Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism. New York, Weiser, 1969, p. 110
