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One of the Six Dharmas of Naropa, milam, refers to a way of achieving this condition that Tilopa learned from Lawapa. Upon finding an assembly of people with this condition, Rújìng (“roo-JEENG”) highlighted a term that Huìnéng (“hway-NUNG”) translated from the word shikantaza. The five (-5[1])hindrances include the combination of thīna (“TEE-nuh”) with this condition, (-5[1])which is denoted middha. The Diamond Sutra claims that one should view the “fleeting world” as “a flickering lamp, a phantom,” and an action associated with this condition. While avoiding (10[1])this condition, (10[1]-5[1])a monk ripped off two body parts that (10[1])then (10[3])grew (10[2])into (10[1])tea plants. (10[3])It’s not (-5[1])death, but the Buddha taught a “lion’s pose” for this condition that involves lying on the right side. For 10 points, frustration with what physical condition during nine years of wall-gazing meditation (10[1]-5[1])led Bodhi·dharma to cut off his eyelids? ■END■ (10[5]0[2])

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