Adamantine mind,
Thoughts aligned,
Crystalline.
Clear light refracted,
Phenomena projected.
Diamond-like
Methods Supreme
Evils, notions of mine forsaken,
Mind of compassion awaken.
Without conceptualization
in meditation.
Offer toward benefit all
merits-accumulation,
With prayers of dedication.
Pirlo
May you ascend to the higher realms, find refuge on path to liberation, be without hate, greed, and illusion. May I be of any means to such end.
For Experience Hath Shewn
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.”
– from the “Declaration of Independence” by the United States of America
The Five Paths
These five paths (Sanskrit panca-marga, Tibetan lam lnga), toward enlightenment, are referred to many times in “The Ornament of Clear Realization” A Commentary on the Prajnaparamita of the Maitreya Buddha:
Path of Accumulation (S. sambhara-marga, T. chogs lam)
Practice of the four foundation of mindfulness, what to adopt, and what to avoid
Path of Preparation/Unification (S. prayoga-marga, T. sbyor lam)
Profound insight into the Four Noble Truths, cutting of root attachments
Path of Insight/Seeing (S. darsana-marga, T. mthong lam)
Realization of the Four Noble Truths, entry into first bodhisattva level, realizing the emptiness of phenomena
Path of Cultivation/Meditation (S. bhavana-marga, sgom lam)
Development of insight, entry into the second through ninth bodhisattva levels
Path of No-More-Learning (S. asaiksha-marga, T. mi slob pa’i lam)
Also called, Path of Fulfillment (S. nishtha-marga). Attaining complete mediation (S. samadhi), and Buddhahood
On a count
If one must make an accounting,
It is of,
Their own blessings they should
Take to counting.
“The soul’s made of stories, not atoms, everything that ever happened to us—people we loved, people we lost… people we found again against all the odds—“
The Eleventh Doctor
Reflection on Refraction
Faith in Practice
Gap 8 feet
Might as well be
20 if all one can
Jump is 7.
Last foot,
Eventually,
Overcome by
Training, with
Faith in practice.
Sole Bound
Religion what binds
To creed one believes,
Expression of philosophy.
To Love of wisdom
Bind mind.
Cultured
Teach never
with thought
To convert,
But ever
learn.