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Thangka with 3rd Karmapa, Ranjung Dorje's footprints
Mahamudra

The Single Word of Heart-Advice – Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje

It’s really this simple … nothing else is needed … just follow the 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje’s advice. No need for complex, no need for difficult, no need for struggle, for goals, for striving, for conflict. No need for imaginary obstacles that block our path and make life so difficult … just follow this advice: […]

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Vintage World Map, Henricus Hondius, 1663
Vajrayana

Mantras, Relative and Ultimate Truth – Emptiness of Forms

As I’m substantially in agreement with you, with only differing emphasis (due to perhaps wishing to emphasise a different aspect of view and method), then I’ll only briefly comment on a couple of points ….. So my point here was that in fact there is not much difference between saying specifically “my body” or generally

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m Mani Padme Hum mantra
Vajrayana

Mantras, Relative and Ultimate Truth – Appearance and Emptiness

Ah! one more reflection regarding visualisations and mantras *operating* at a relative level … something which I think if very important from a point of view of practice … In my limited understanding, both visualizations and mantras do operate on relative level. When you say ‘they operate’ it sounds like ‘they’ are doing the ‘operating’

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