Niguma, the Dakini of Timeless Awareness
Mahamudra

Reflections on The Melody of Wisdom : A Supplication to the Wisdom Dakini Niguma

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Vajra queen, mother of all buddhas,Dark-brown woman wearing bone ornaments who flies through space,You bestow supreme accomplishment on your fortunate disciples:Noble Niguma, to you I pray. You were born in the wonderful land of Kashmir,In a sublime cityKnown as Incomparable in the Land of Jambu,Emanated through Madhyantika’s blessing; to you I pray. In the family […]

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Sukhasiddhi
Mahamudra

The Melody of Great Bliss : A Supplication to the Wisdom Dakini Sukhasiddhi

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Bestower of uncontaminated, coemergent bliss;Radiant with the full splendor of sixteen-year-old youth;Leader of every assembly of dakinis in the three locationsVenerable Accomplishment of Bliss [Sukhasiddhi], to you I pray. You manifested in a pauper’s home in KashmirAnd trained in realization on the path.Having completed the force of faith and great compassion,You diligently gave gifts without

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Ryokan - Zen poet
Zen

Ryokan – The Winds have Died

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The winds have died, but flowers go on falling; birds call, but silence penetrates each song. The Mystery! Unknowable, unlearnable. The virtue of Kannon. Ryokan These incomparable words express so eloquently the mystery of inseparable emptiness and appearances. It’s also a stunning reflection on transience and the Deathless. How he holds both sets of seeming

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Adding Labels and Tags

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How fascinating it has been these last two days to go through this blog adding on labels or tags to each post, giving a signpost to what is contained within. It’s been fascinating reading snippets of so many of these postings, seeing what I was doing, and more importantly, seeing how I was experiencing things

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Classic iPod
General Buddhism

More Simplicity

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Following on from yesterday’s reflection on the simple pleasure of sitting, just sitting – it struck me today how odd it is in a way that I can get so much joy from just looking at trees, the sky and the wind. I’d just finished meditating yesterday, and looked up and out at the trees.

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Commuters in Transit
General Buddhism

Simple Pleasure

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I’ve found myself experiencing some wonderment recently, at how pleasurable simply sitting still is, and doing absolutely nothing, (other than remaining in awareness). Doing nothing? How much of my life is caught up in doing? How much of it is to do with getting somewhere, achieving something, or trying to somehow alter what actually is?

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Anger
General Buddhism

What’s your Poison?

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One familiar grouping of emotional obscurations in Buddhism is the five poisons – greed, hatred, pride, jealousy and ignorance. I was reflecting this morning that my predominant poison has changed from what it was 6 months ago … so …. Let’s ‘name and shame’ !!!! My predominant poison at present is anger / hatred. (It’s

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