user19494: Existence, Consciousness, Bliss is described as Brahman by Vedanta but surely that only applies when viewed through the veil of Maya and experienced as the universe. As awareness/ consciousness is always "on", no matter of what state it's in then surely awareness/ consciousness would still experience non-existence, akin to our lack of any experience in deep sleep.
Is Buddha Nature Vedanta's opposite of Brahman i.e. Non-Existence, Consciousness, Bliss?
Knowing that existence arises from Buddha Nature, non-existence, is this why we start to grasp and cling to the dream of there being any existence at all? Not that there is nothing but that there are no-things, no names or forms, no self, just awareness/ consciousness?

user17793: The Buddha state is beyond description, the Heart Sutra gives clear indications of this.
The other clearest larger transmission I am aware of outside of the Heart Sutra for directly developing the Buddhic mindset is the Avatamsaka Sutra.  Though this text seems unknown to the Tibetans it was widely transmitted in China, Korea and Japan.  This text is also seen as having been influential in the formation of Chan/Zen.
The Hinaya/Theravedan path is indeed very concerned with mental precepts and, as taught by the Buddha, is perfectly fitting for those who work within the scope limitations. The Mahayana is the beginning of removing mental limitations by embracing the concept of Unity (not just my progression or my state or my happiness, but our progression, our happiness).  The Vajrayana supercharges the path by engaging the science of the mind with transformative imagery, sounds, concentrations.   The Avatamsaka Sutra, along with the Vimalakirti Sutra, begin teaching the student to enter the realization beyond name and form, to seed the mind stream with concentrations which are like a highway, or broadband network to the Buddha realization.
Special attention should be paid in the Avatamsaka Sutra to chapters 1-4, 6-12, 17-21, 27, 39.  What is depicted here are not just stories, not just imagery, but direct mind-transmission from the Buddha realm into the reader.  This is like a magical formula conveyed in a sequence of images/words.  When combined with specific body concentrations the adept can learn how mudras and gentle positioning and tensations of the abdomen can activate energetic projectors where light originating from within extends and connects to all beings.  The set of connections, which connect to all times and places, then dissolve into a time-less unity which is the entry into embodied pure lands and the Buddha sphere.
Much of what is here in buddhism.stackexchange is in dealing with the levels of limitations.  Many lifetimes are eliminated as one uses the higher vehicles.  Avatamsaka sutra, when practiced with the view and techniques of Vajrayana, does cross into an infra-zone with Dzogchen.  Realization can be achieved in a single life time.

19494: <p>Existence, Consciousness, Bliss is described as Brahman by Vedanta but surely that only applies when viewed through the veil of Maya and experienced as the universe. As awareness/ consciousness is always &quot;on&quot;, no matter of what state it's in then surely awareness/ consciousness would still experience non-existence, akin to our lack of any experience in deep sleep.</p>
<p>Is Buddha Nature Vedanta's opposite of Brahman i.e. Non-Existence, Consciousness, Bliss?</p>
<p>Knowing that existence arises from Buddha Nature, non-existence, is this why we start to grasp and cling to the dream of there being any existence at all? Not that there is nothing but that there are no-things, no names or forms, no self, just awareness/ consciousness?</p>
 17793: <p>The Buddha state is beyond description, the Heart Sutra gives clear indications of this.
The other clearest larger transmission I am aware of outside of the Heart Sutra for directly developing the Buddhic mindset is the Avatamsaka Sutra.  Though this text seems unknown to the Tibetans it was widely transmitted in China, Korea and Japan.  This text is also seen as having been influential in the formation of Chan/Zen.</p>
<p>The Hinaya/Theravedan path is indeed very concerned with mental precepts and, as taught by the Buddha, is perfectly fitting for those who work within the scope limitations. The Mahayana is the beginning of removing mental limitations by embracing the concept of Unity (not just my progression or my state or my happiness, but our progression, our happiness).  The Vajrayana supercharges the path by engaging the science of the mind with transformative imagery, sounds, concentrations.   The Avatamsaka Sutra, along with the Vimalakirti Sutra, begin teaching the student to enter the realization beyond name and form, to seed the mind stream with concentrations which are like a highway, or broadband network to the Buddha realization.</p>
<p>Special attention should be paid in the Avatamsaka Sutra to chapters 1-4, 6-12, 17-21, 27, 39.  What is depicted here are not just stories, not just imagery, but direct mind-transmission from the Buddha realm into the reader.  This is like a magical formula conveyed in a sequence of images/words.  When combined with specific body concentrations the adept can learn how mudras and gentle positioning and tensations of the abdomen can activate energetic projectors where light originating from within extends and connects to all beings.  The set of connections, which connect to all times and places, then dissolve into a time-less unity which is the entry into embodied pure lands and the Buddha sphere.</p>
<p>Much of what is here in buddhism.stackexchange is in dealing with the levels of limitations.  Many lifetimes are eliminated as one uses the higher vehicles.  Avatamsaka sutra, when practiced with the view and techniques of Vajrayana, does cross into an infra-zone with Dzogchen.  Realization can be achieved in a single life time.</p>
