In the transcript (the file name is MC1_AK_CommVGChurinoff_Transcript.pdf) of the "Awarenesses and Knowers" course, by Ven. George Churinoff, there are some weird errors. ...
In the transcript (the file name is MC1_AK_CommVGChurinoff_Transcript.pdf) of the "Awarenesses and Knowers" course, by Ven. George Churinoff, there are some weird errors. On page 84, in first full paragraph, there is the following sentence: "I do not feel that an omniscient exalted wisdom is not pervaded by being a new r." Then the next paragraph is as follows: "The Tibetans love to have double negatives. So what is he saying? It is not pervaded by being a new r. so iIn other words an omniscient wisdom is necessarily a new r? Is that right? No, because there is another negative in the beginning: "I do not feel". Sometimes they drive you crazy, these double, or even triple negatives. "I do not feel that an omniscient exalted wisdom is not pervaded by being a new r". If it were pervaded by being a new r that would mean it is necessarily a new r."
Then starting at the bottom of page 95, there is this sentence: "Is it enough to a object?". On the next page, the word "know" or "realize" is missing in the top part of the page.
Bonnie: A direct perception is non-conceptual and you can an object that way.
Yes but he said that you had to things non-conceptually. Is that right? Because we said that a valid cognition at least had to its object. Don is claiming that in order to an object, you have to it with direct-perception.
Student: No. There's the inferential realization.
Exactly. You can also things with conception. You can realize emptiness conceptually via a mental image. That can be a realization. And you can things with direct perception. So if you only could things with direct perception there would be no valid way of knowing emptiness until you had a direct realization of it. There would be no prelude to that that was a realization. Do you remember?
I came here to post the last part but found the first part while trying to locate the second part on my pc for the end. I am going to stop there so any other folk who are in the Mind and Knowers Part 1 course can see if they have the same errors or whether perhaps it's just on my copies.
I switched from watching the videos to the transcript in just this lesson so can't say if any of these issues are in the previous sessions. Thank you, FPMT and Ven. George, for a great course.
Sincerely,
Paul
