Tag Archives: Awareness Principle

Metempsychosis

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Vajragoni

Artwork by Tim Verhoeven Metempsychosis is an early philosophical term referring to the transmigration of the soul, explicitly its reincarnation after death. Derived from Greek philosophy it is an earlier indicator that some separate ontological being transmigrates lifetime after lifetime. … Continue reading →

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A Psychology of the Unborn?

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Vajragoni

(Haskel) Like little children of three or four  The Master instructed the assembly: “As you’ve all been hearing me say, everyone has the innate Buddha Mind, so all you need to do is abide in the Unborn just as it … Continue reading →

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The Butterfly Effect: Bardo 2, Part 1

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Vajragoni

One of the better known anecdotes is Zhuangzi and the Butterfly. The great Daoist Zhuangzi one day awoke from sleep after dreaming that he was a butterfly. Later on, though, he was deeply absorbed and troubled with the thought, “Hmmm, … Continue reading →

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