Topic summary
Mahavairocana Sutra
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sūtra.
Understanding of enlightenment
Within the vision of the Mahavairocana Sutra, the state of bodhi ("awakening, enlightenment") is seen as naturally inherent to the mind—the mind's natural and pure state (as in Dzogchen and Tathagatagarbha)—and is viewed as the perceptual sphere of non-duality, where all false distinctions between a perceiving subject and perceived objects are lifted and the true state of things (non-duality) is revealed. This is also the understanding of Enlightenment found in Yogacara Buddhism. To achieve this vision of non-duality, it is necessary to recognise one's own mind. Writing on the Mahavairocana Sutra, Buddhist scholar and translator of that scripture, Stephen Hodge, comments: