Statue of the Buddha
Theravada

One Who Is Awake

I came across this today, an excerpt from Karen Armstrong’s upcoming book – The Case for God. It was such a beautiful piece of writing about the extraordinariness of One who is Awake that I thought I’d reproduce it here: From almost the very beginning, men and women have repeatedly engaged in strenuous and committed

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Blue sky symbolising All Experience is Mind - spacious openness, and the play of empty appearances without a me.
Mahamudra

All Experience is Mind

All experience is mind is probably a misleading title for this post. It seems to suggest that experiences are ‘something’, and that this something is ‘mind’ – a thing. It’s as if there is this thing called mind which exists, and our job is to discover it, to reveal it. But actually, it doesn’t! Instead,

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What's it all about? Painting.
Mahamudra

What’s it all about?

… it’s about opening to what is, every moment … and being able to fully open to whatever arises. That’s all. It ain’t about getting somewhere, having any particular sort of experience rather than another, however so called spiritual, or getting enlightened. No place to go, nobody to be … Just open and rest in

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Naropa and his teaching The Summary of Mahamudra
Mahamudra

Reflections on Naropa’s The Summary of Mahamudra

Reflecting and meditating of Naropa’s teaching – the Summary of Mahamudra these questions urgently arise: What is our life? What does it consist of? Homage to the state of great bliss!Concerning what is called MahamudraAll things are your own mind.Seeing objects as external is a mistaken concept;Like a dream, they are empty of concreteness. This

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