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Tag Archives: Stupa
A Thousand-Petaled Golden Lotus
At that time, hearing the Buddha praise the merits of the Buddha-land of Tathāgata Akṣhobhya, a monk became greedily attached to it and said to the Buddha, “World-Honored One, now I wish to be born in Akṣhobhya Buddha’s land.” The Buddha … Continue reading
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Tagged fragrant breeze, Golden Lotus, Light of Pure Mind, Stupa, wish-fulfulling pearl
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A Shamanistic Dimension
Just finished reading the Zennist’s post entitled Restoring our spiritual senses. It evokes a shamanistic-dimension to destabilize our “despiritualized culture.” Reading this for me was one of those synchronistic moments as my blog from this past summer, Notes from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Monasticism, Shaman, Shamanistic Dimension, Spiritual Alternative Lifestyle, Stupa, The Zennist, Vajrasattva
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Slaying the Beast
There is no greater enemy than one’s own thoughts run amok. The Dhammapada is layered with imagery that depicts this mental predicament, such as ‘what one thinks one becomes.’ Evola utilizes passages whose task is to arrest and erase these … Continue reading
Notes from the Iron Stupa: Epilogue
Stupa Image from the Doog Diaries The Black Ngagspa lost all evil intent after witnessing Schäfer’s Vajrasattvic Empowerment—indeed, it was as if the Sacred Action had suctioned-off any and all residuals of malice—and his role in the scheme of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anuyoga, Atiyoga, form, Iron Stupa, Mahāyoga, Stupa, Vajra-Dhunga, White Ngagspa
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Vairocana—the Matrix of the Buddha Sun
Having failed in his attempt with the tulpa-doppelganger, the Black Ngagspa made astral contact with his evil Lord of Agarthi. Standing before him wearing a dark green robe and his hands clothed with luminous-green-gloves, the evil Lord had been watching … Continue reading
Valhalla for a Bodhisattva
The inner-landscape changed dramatically for Schäfer as he found himself flying on a wind-mandala high above the majestic setting of a Tibetan cordillera. The mandala’s semi-circular shape seemed to curve in and out of the ever expanding vista until it … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Snodgrass, Bodhisattva, Green Tara, Stupa, Symbolism of the Stupa, Tara, Tara verte, The Cave, Viśvavajra
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Introduction: Notes from the Iron Stupa
Introduction: Notes from the Iron Stupa Hello all. Blogging resumes again here at Unborn Mind Zen. Last year at this time work began presenting The Tathatagarbhatara Tantra, a work that essentially was an exercise in Mahayoga wherein the aspiring mind … Continue reading
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Tagged Anuyoga, dhātugarbha, Iron Stupa, Iron-Man Buddha, Stupa, Tantra, Tathatagarbhatara Tantra
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