Good morning!
Now we see the stored snow melted away, the wintry wind gone, and the
freezing chill crept away with the brighter sunlight and the longer daytime.
Himalaya is the snow (hima) stored (ālaya) mountain, once under the sea,
but later raised by pressures, so now no plants can bud, bloom, or bear fruit.
Our store (ālaya) consciousness, once under no storage, later came to store
by pressures, and now no purity can bud, bloom, or bear fruit, free and full.
Store consciousness is the result of stored karmas (heredity, habits), a result
of poisons (delusion, desire, divisiveness) and now not known nor negated.
Sciences see that we can control gene functions to change our ‘nature’ to
‘nurture.’ The Buddha sat, stopped karma-ālaya, and saw nirvana and bodhi.
Anyone can sit, stop karma-ālaya, and see the selfless, supramundane truth
and taste amrita, ambrosia of immortality, in nirvana and bodhi-awakening.
We fail to change our instincts and institutions unless we stop karma-ālaya,
resulting in delusion, bondage, discrimination, exploitation, and destruction.
Well-being (Su-gata) is an epithet of the Buddha, who dedicated his whole
being for his whole life to fostering the well-being of all beings altogether.
Fortunate One (Bhaga-vān, lit. Luck-abound) is another epithet of him, who
was fortunate and who makes all fortunate, not a simple beggar (vagabond).
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Note: The Ten names of the Buddha:
1. Tathā-gata (Thus-being, being in Thusness)
2. Arhat (The Worthy One to be said “pure career carried out, duty done,
no more return to this state – worldliness.”)
3. Sammā-sambuddha (The Rightly Completely Awakened)
4. Vijjā-caraṇa-sampanna (The Full-provided with Witness and Deed)
5. Su-gata (Well-being, being in Wellness – Wholly Wholesome)
6. Loka-vidū (The World Witness or Knower)
7. An-uttara (The Unsurpassed One)
8. Purisa-damma-sārathi (The Conqueror of Human-conquerable)
9. Sattā deva-manussānam (The Teacher of Humans and Celestials)
10. Buddho Bhagavā (The Awakened Fortunate One)
