Tag Archives: turn-about

The Dharma of the Unborn Buddha Mind

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Vajragoni

There is no greater enemy than one’s own desires, one’s own fears, one’s own pride and one’s own self-ignorance. Rich or utterly poor. Powerful or powerless. Insidious or good. Whatever the karma behind our present body consciousness is, we should … Continue reading →

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As the Revulsion Turns

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Vajragoni

The world is no more than thought-construction and there rages an ocean of views as regards ego and things (dharma); when the world is clearly perceived as such and there takes place a revulsion [in the mind] this [one] is … Continue reading →

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Karma’s Repository

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Vajragoni

The advent of Mahāyāna Buddhism that coincided with the beginning of the Christian-era gave birth to the most sublime innovations in Buddhist-thought that have not been surpassed even to this day. Colorful, dynamic and transcendent in scope, resplendent with rich … Continue reading →

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The Secret Golden Light of the Unborn

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Vajragoni

The inspiration for this series dawned one day while recollecting an earlier episode in my life as a young man who had been living for three-years in the urban-wildness of South Florida. It was a deeply transitional time in the … Continue reading →

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O’ Wanderer, Turn-About and Save Thyself

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Vajragoni

  Reciting the four Bodhisattva Vows (Yampolsky) “Now that you have already taken refuge in the threefold body of Buddha, I shall expound to you the four great vows. Good friends, recite in unison what I say: ‘I vow to … Continue reading →

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