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Unborn Light Reiki
Originally published back in 2004, Unborn Light Reiki is a healing modality that links together the principles found within Unborn Mind Zen and Original Usui Reiki; its focus is to foster a new Reiki technique that is highlighted with the … Continue reading
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Tagged bodhipower, Dharmata Buddha, Dhyana Interviews, Kotodamas, Mikao Usui, reiki, Ten Samadhis, Unborn Light Reiki
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The True Body of the Precepts
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
Posted in Mud and Water: Bassui Zen
Tagged bodhipower, Body, Buddhahood, delusion, Precepts, Real Truth Body, True Wisdom Body
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Overcoming the Double-edged Sword
3.36 Arjuna inquired, “Blessed One, what is the power that binds us to selfishness? Yes, what is behind that self-destructive force to commit actions that are contrary to our will?” 3.37 It is desire and anger, born from passion that … Continue reading
Posted in The Bhagavad Gita
Tagged ANGER, Bhagavad Gita, bodhipower, deathlessness, desire, passion
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The Demons of Mortal Consciousness
“Ananda, when that good person, in cultivating samadhi, has put an end to the formations skandha, the subtle, fleeting fluctuations – the deep, imperceptible, pivotal source and the common foundation from which all life in the world springs – are … Continue reading
Posted in The Śūrańgama Sūtra
Tagged Amala vijnana, Arhat, Asita, bodhipower, John of the Cross, pudgala, Solitary Sage
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Folding-Space: Bardo 2, Part 6
Bardo 1 (part 6) highlighted how “intention” was the determining factor in the flow of Qi throughout the meridian (energetic) system. In like fashion, the proper focus of intention is the key behind how the Manomayakāya navigates through the Sambhogakayic-field … Continue reading
Posted in The Lankavatarian Book of the Dead
Tagged Bardo 2, bodhipower, Dune, intention, Manomayakāya
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Bodhimanda
4. The Reluctance of the Bodhisattvas, cont’d After a whole host of disciples and the greatest super-hero of the Bodhisattvas, Maitreya, were reluctant to go and visit Vimalakriti, the Buddha—perhaps wondering just who is left—turns to the young Licchavi Prabhavyuha, … Continue reading
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Tagged bodhi tree, bodhicitta, bodhimanda, bodhipower, Paramitas, Vimalakirti Sutra
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Paladin of the Way
Coming to the realization of just what constitutes the Alaya vijnana and all of its ramifications can really be overpowering, as if there is nothing that can curb its dominate dominion over sentient reality—like an incurable cancer. The reason for … Continue reading
The Long and Winding Road
As the Lanka winds-down, we are left with some very constructive impressions. Red Pine masterfully translates the great malady that affects all sentient beings—the diurnal wheel of samsara and its accompanying dependent origination: “Fools let their thoughts wander among the … Continue reading