The Goal

The goal of our practice as Buddhists is to purify our inherent cause ( 8^th consciousness- alaya) so that there is no potential negative effect (manifest effect) to be experienced ( shadow or latent effect). This is the nature of a Buddha’s life (free of impurities or negative cause). So, regardless of what conditions manifesting in the environment (external cause) of a Buddha, we ( he or she ) has no reason to experience negativity (latent effect) from the expressions of the phenomenal world (shoho jisso). When a person’s 8^th consciousness is clear, the pure influence of the 9^th consciousness, the Buddha nature can shine through unobstructed to all expressions of one’s life (7^th consciousness, 6^th consciousness (conscious mind) and down through all the 5senses with complete pure perception and clarity). This is why the Buddha is known as the awakened one, and has the all encompassing wisdom of reality. It is because his view of life is unobstructed from within.