Herein, reflections of the six perfections: Generosity Moral discipline Patience Diligence Meditative concentration Wisdom.
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Upon watching “Noah” a film by Darren Aronofsky.
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[…] visualize the vajra body as hollow, crystal-like, radiant rainbow light, with channels and chakras (described below) until […]
[…] A chakra ( Sanskrit, romanized: cakra, lit. ’wheel, circle’; Pali: cakka) is one of the various focal points used in a…
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[…] “The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa”By Lama YeshePart Four: Awaking the Vajra…
[…] “The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa”By Lama YeshePart Four: Awaking the Vajra Body Chapter 15: Blissful…
[…] be sustained by focusing the mind on an objective (a mental object: such as an image; a mandala; a…
[…] (Skt). In Tibetan tigle, drops; blissful energy; also referred to as bodhicitta. Red and white subtle liquid energy that…
[…] meditation can be sustained by focusing the mind on an object (a mental object: such as an image; a…
[…] esoteric traditions in Buddhism generally teach four chakras. In some early Buddhist sources, these chakras are identified as: manipura…
[…] D. Empty Body Meditation pg. 104 i. The Channels pgs. 104-105 ii. The Chakras pgs. 106-109 iii. Blissful Syllables pgs.…
[…] A. Sitting pgs. 103-104 B. Unifying with Emptiness pgs. 89-94 C. Arising Devine pgs. 75-82 D. Empty Body Meditation…
[…] Motivation Prayer pg.141 1) Preparing for Inner Fire pgs. 133-135 A. Sitting pgs. 103-104 B. Unifying with Emptiness pgs.…
[…] first, mediation can be sustained by focusing the mind on an object (a mental object: such as an image;…
[…] Meditative absorption begins to develop when the object of mind is on the subject, the mind itself, and a…
[…] chakras (Skt). Literally, wheels. Formed by the branching of channels at various points along the central channel, the six…
[…] “[In meditation] placing seed-syllables in the chakras is vital to generating the fours blisses” […]
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[…] Pure Awareness is attained on clearing the mind, and without effort thus sustained. […]
[…] Dualistic mind, which perceives subject and object. […]
[…] esoteric traditions in Buddhism generally teach four chakras. In some early Buddhist sources, these chakras are identified as: […]
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[…] eternal ring bindsthe conceptual mind. WhileIn fellowship's might Burns freedom's light.ByMiddle way foundGo […]
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[…] *kʷékʷlos, whence also “wheel” and “cycle” (Ancient Greek: κύκλος, romanized: kýklos) It has both literal and metaphorical uses, as in…
[…] of refuge tree,Liberated before […]
[…] Visualize the main channels and chakras […]
[…] brief, a preliminary practice from the Six Yogas of Naropa. In meditation, visualize the vajra body as hollow, crystal-like,…
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[…] law is discovery of […]
[…] do not think I could better discharge my debt of thanks to the to previous translators of the Bardo…
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“Tenzin Gyatso, Lord Chenrezig May you live until the cycle of existence comes to an end.”
[…] no cowardliness or dismay, Joyfully I follow the Tantric practice;With no effort I perfect the cultivation;With no distraction whatsoever,…
[…] Non-attachment, and complete IndifferenceAre the quintessence of the […]
[…] “The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa”Translated by Garma C.C. […]
[…] View, Meditation, and Action; or View, Practice, and Action (T.T.: ITa., sGom., sPyod.): “View” is the knowledge or principle…
[…] those who desire [enlightenment] not train in many teachings but only one.Which one? Great compassion.Those with great compassion possess…
[…] sense perception and the nature of the mind as the […]
[…] is used rather as one might use a statue of the Buddha. It symbolizes the perfect Buddhafield of the…
[…] existence. Because she manifests as the chief figure of the all-accomplishing wisdom family [of Amoghasiddhi], her bodily form is…
[…] links,within ocean of spatial-time. Realization inherent nature of continuum, Severs this chain that […]
On Practice of Compassion: Compassion for those you love and who love you comes naturally. For those who you would…
[…] Emanations […]
[…] their conscience is burdened with a sense of guilt; because by yielding to passion, one makes no advance towards…
[…] Sustain and breathe… […]
[…] Sustain and breathe… […]
[…] Sustain and breathe… […]
[…] Liberation is to find freedom from the ocean of suffering, samsāra. […]
[…] Whatever we say, let us speak clearly and to the point, in a voice that is calm and pleasant,…
[…] Practice is like bronzeWhen left to tarnish Between each polish,And shines only on occasion.Practice like gold, Lustrous in perpetuation,Luminous in Essence.…
[…] Understanding Noble Lady Tara […]
[…] of every external and internal sense object and the source of every outer and inner display. As the Heart…
[…] Patron Buddha Yoga, a training for identifying and unifying oneself with a divine Buddha (such as The Nobel Lady…
[…] (3) The Path of Means and The Path of Liberation, exist only in the beginning stages. In the advanced…
[…] the power of Prana-Mind to bring about or to vanquish at will, one’s death, Bardo, and reborn state, thus…
[…] mind workable through the four reflections that turn the mind from […]
[…] all the practices starting with taking refuge, the foundation of all paths, up until perfect completion of the main…
[…] spiritual journey of Buddhism starts with the vehicle of the sravakas, the so-called hearers, who heard the teachings of…
[…] the Great Master of Oddiyana, inseparable from your own root teacher, with all the teachers of the Great Perfection…
[…] of independent self. AsNothing stays the same,Essentially nothing. AsPure of essence, Essentially pure. AsNothing is pure,Pure is […]
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[…] Self-liberation,Via Wisdom, And Compassion. […]
[…] Wisdom, And […]
[…] 2) Generating Mettā Bodhicitta 3) Meditation and mantra recitation for Vajrasattva 4) Mandala offering 5) Guru Yoga Guru Yoga…
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[…] Strings on “Dependent Origination” […]
[…] is awareness of emptiness, true nature of reality, Peaceful […]
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[…] When Buddha says, “TADYATHA GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA” he is telling trainees to proceed over the five…
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[…] one attains realization of the five kayas in one lifetime or in the intermediate state, the bardo (Skt. […]
[…] of Monastics is the observance of 250 vows and of laypersons to cultivate the ten virtues for their own…
[…] without guidance from a spiritual teacher. To conceive relative truth as an illusory display of the twelve links of…
[…] Abstracted from “Wheel of the Nine Vehicles“ […]
[…] others who follow the eight paths are censured for their convictions that reality is confined to a subject-object dichotomy.…
[…] Expounding on “Outline of the Nine Views” […]
[…] the repeated births — and deaths— of the Bodhisatta, the being destined to become the present Buddha in his…
[…] that of the bodhisattvas, also known as the Great Vehicle or Mahayana. According to Vimalamitra, in the view of…
[…] result, one attains realization of the five kayas in one lifetime or in the intermediate state, the bardo (Skt.…
[…] guidance from a spiritual teacher. They conceive relative truth as an illusory display of the twelve links of interdependent…
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[…] “There is nothing to fear other than my mind“ […]
[…] Bardo of Becoming: Now when the bardo of becoming dawns upon me,I will concentrate my mind one- pointedly,And strive…
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Ideas realized
Reflective, Upon Rereading “The Odyssey.”