Tag Archives: delusion

Who, what are you?

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Tozen
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  Can you view yourself as one whom has come to know their own true nature? One, whom has gone beyond the senses, whom in the gracious body of the Mind´s true light transcended any and all views or the … Continue reading →

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The Worm of Attachment

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Vajragoni
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Michael Page “There is not one among the good teachers from ancient times up to the present who hasn’t said that there is no Buddha existing outside of the mind. Though it is clear from this that all phenomena are … Continue reading →

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The True Body of the Precepts

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Vajragoni
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Questioner: “If the essence of all the Buddha’s teachings were contained in the practice of looking directly into one’s nature and attaining Buddhahood, wouldn’t that make the formal practice of keeping the precepts meaningless?”  Bassui: “Keeping or violating the precepts … Continue reading →

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Parallelism

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Vajragoni
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The grand-finale of Tsung-mi’s Chan Prolegomenon is a testament to his analysis and paraxial methodology of laying side by side the modes of delusion and awakening within Mind’s Dynamic-Nature. Although there’s an apparent contradiction within Mind’s bifurcation between denizens of … Continue reading →

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(31) False Face

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Vajragoni
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It can fairly be stated that, the more you get involved in worldly matters, the further you are from the Truth. The more engrossed your mind becomes in physical, mental and psychic matters, all which shuts out the sublime light … Continue reading →

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(28) Thunder on a Drop of Rain

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Vajragoni
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Every generation is doomed to fight its own ignorance; suffer the loss of the same old illusions and learn the same old lessons on its own. Ignorance can only be concealed, by a lie, and the lie can only be … Continue reading →

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Ascending the Bhūmis

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Vajragoni
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  SEVEN: ASCENDING THE BHŪMIS As the garbha-child lay contemplating the awe and beauty of Arya Tārā’s Noble Dharma-Realm, Blessed Vajradhara appeared and produced a Ten-Prong Vajra—one with his face materializing at its hub… The bodhichild began to reach out … Continue reading →

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Practice Makes Perfect

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Vajragoni
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(Haskel) To practice is hard  “Even among those in the assembly now who acknowledge what I say, there are some who merely teach the Unborn with their mouths and don’t continually abide in the Unborn, people who only know about … Continue reading →

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