Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Buddhahood—but not, of course, hold to pride in
worldly things. One should have the Great Pride of the
Buddha's character of Great Purity, Great Wisdom, and
Great Compassion. This is an excellent part of the
Buddha's teachings: he encourages you to become a
Buddha like himself. The founders of other religions
have not said that you should become the equal of
themselves or of this or that god whom they worship.
Nor indeed have these gods encouraged their followers
to gain a position equal to their own, but the Buddha
constantly urges us to become Buddhas. If we always
hold to this excellent Pride, it will result for us in much
happiness. Suppose we meet an enemy and we keep the
Pride of Buddhahood, our attitude is naturally to want to
save him and not to have hatred for him. So all this is
very good.
4. Great Ignorance
Ordinary ignorance means that one is stupid or dull.
However stupid such a person may be, he still has some
worldly wisdom of discrimination while he is awake.
But in sleep, the brain stops much of its functioning and
this is a condition of extreme ignorance. In the
Vajrayana, there is a method to practice even during
sleep, and so gain the light of the Dharmakaya. The
degree of ignorance at that time is very high but is
transmuted into the Great Light of the Dharmakaya, and
for this reason we speak of Great Ignorance.
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