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AUM

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Vajragoni

The sequence used in this series is to firstly place the text, followed by Śaṅkara’s commentary, and then subsequently a commentary in Light of the Unborn. The main translation used will be by Swami Nikhilananda, unless otherwise noted. read more

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(18) Now

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Vajragoni

You are in truth, pure light.
No more, no less.
The only reality of this light is NOW and nothing else. read more

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(14) An Auspicious Mirror

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Vajragoni

Your true nature is an auspicious light. Your body is but one of its many creations.

And yet, it can become a sleeping giant unaware of itself, ensnared by the apparent beauty or ugliness of its creations; an inversion of light that divides itself within the prism of the skandhas, thus forgetting the true power and nature of its own self. read more

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The last great gap of Hakuin´s log bridge

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Tozen

There is only Unborn Mind. In Zen, as originally taught by the shining ones, this Mind is everything in terms of absolute reality, and no-thing in terms of illusion. It is people who believe the opposite that suffers. read more

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Tozen: The path of a good zen-buddhist

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Tozen

The path of a good zen-buddhist demands an equal measure of grit, talent and luck.
Without the hard introductory work and basics of making the monkey mind go quiescent, we will not be able to notice the essence of the most sublime and subtle dharma within us. read more

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The Great Equalizer

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Vajragoni

Twenty-three: The Great Equalizer

“Furthermore, Subhuti, the dharma called Anuttara-Samyak-Sambodhi is at one with everything else. Nothing in it is at variance with anything else. That is why it is called perfect, unexcelled awakening. It is self-idential through the absence of an ego, a person, a being, or a living soul, and that is why it is fully known as the totality of all the wholesome dharmas. And yet, Subhuti, do dharmas have been taught by the Tathagata. Such is merely a name. Thus they are called ‘wholesome dharmas.’” read more

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