Rest in natural great peace This exhausted mind Beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought Like the relentless fury of pounding waves In the infinite ocean of samsāra. Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang DorjeNatural Great Peace So clear, so direct. This is the start and the end of it. Rest in natural great peace, the nature of […]
Natural Great Peace by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje Read Post »
Today I came across Longchenpa’s final testament – The Immaculate Radiance. I found it profoundly moving, reading the words of this incomparable Dzogchen master who was giving his final teaching, just before he died. What a life he led. How could you begin to estimate his contribution, perhaps unlike that of any other? At the
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The Terton Karma Lingpa discovered the Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness on top of Mount Gampodar when aged 15, together with the text commonly known in the west as the Tibetan Book of the Dead – more correctly called Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State The Self-Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness is
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For some reason the bhakti poetry of Lal Ded, (also known as Lalla and as Lalleshwari), always resonates deep in my heart. Some, who have closed their eyes, are wide awake. Some, who look out at the world, are fast asleep. Some who bathe in sacred pools remain dirty. Some are at home in the
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I was driving into work today, and suddenly run into a traffic jam. We inched forward, and eventually I could see cars signalling to pull across into the right hand land. Clearly there’s a car ahead, probably an accident, I thought. When I got alongside it was a Porsche, with the driver down on his
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I bow down at the feet of the supreme lama! It’s the mind fixated on objects that causes samsara.If you recognize as spontaneousThe luminous self-awareness, free of fixation,You’ll taste the fruit of the first yoga, one-pointedness. Some talk and talk about union, yet their meditation is all conceptual,They talk and talk about cause and effect,
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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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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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(The third slogan of the Seven Points of Mind Training). This slogan is the third of the points on the actual practice – the cultivation of Bodhicitta. Let even the remedy subside …. The antidote will vanish of itself …. Even the Antidote Itself is Liberated in its own Place …. What is the Remedy
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From a post to a Dharma List: Is desire the same as attachment? Most translations of Buddhist terms will use craving or attachment interchangeably. They both are used for when we take an object and exaggerate the positive qualities of that object, and as a result, we feel a neurotic desire to have or possess
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