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Buddhist Philosophy
He questions the boundaries between Buddhist deities and human experience.
- Signals
- 40
- First seen
- 2006
- Last seen
- 2026
- Span
- 21 years
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What the thread reveals
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Matthew Williamson's exploration of Buddhist philosophy is a recurring thread throughout his archive, with posts spanning from 2007 to 2015. Early posts, such as A conversation between friends about God and A Meditation On Chenrezig (both 2007), introduce his interest in Buddhist thought and practice. Later posts, like A Modern Shiva Poem (2013) and Are Dzodgchen, Mahamudra, and Moksha Essentially the Same? (2013), demonstrate a deepening understanding of various Buddhist traditions and concepts. His inquiry into the teachings of Padmasambhava, as seen in A Question About Padmasambhava (2014) and Direct Message from Padmasambhava? (2014), further highlights his engagement with Buddhist philosophy. Overall, Williamson's writings on Buddhist philosophy showcase a thoughtful and evolving exploration of the subject.
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The thread through time
40 posts across 11 active years, oldest to newest.
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2007 10 signals - It's Just Good Karma I have been lazy of late and not writing posts. Mainly because I have been reading more than living, there is an issue in there somewhere. Reading more about Dz... →
- Bardo, the Intermediate State I went to my first official Buddhist function this past weekend in Oklahoma City. A local Kagyu meditation group brought Lama Dudjom Dorjee , pictured at right ... →
- A conversation between friends about God A good friend and i had a conversation a few days ago that I think is worth sharing. We had spoke about a few things already and then he read on of my posts, le... →
- The Commercialization of The Buddha I was on the way home a few nights ago. It was a dark, cloudless night and there were a million stars in the skies above rural Oklahoma. My son and I were comin... →
- Bodhisattvah Cat Last night my cat, Guru, brought a present in to the laundry room for my wife. Guru very proudly trotted in and at my wife's feet dropped a field mouse. That al... →
- A Meditation On Chenrezig Outside the tarp covered window the winter rages on. Snows fall for another countless day and the sun is hidden once again. Inside, the room is warm and fragran... →
- Statement of Faith Why is it hard for many people to accept miracles in a religion other than their own? Very normal, logical and sane people accept that Jesus walked on water, ch... →
- Compassionate Business I wonder how many CEO's would consider the companies they run as compassionate? How many corporations would be classified as 'right', as in, the Eightfold Path ... →
- I am Angulimala I was in church Sunday morning with my family and something dawned on me: I am Angulimala. Well, I don't really think I am a reincarnation of Angulimala , but I... →
- The 4 Reminders and Buddhist Books A while back I read some articles on the Four Reminders and they made a lot of sense to me. They are the a way to think about ourselves and our place in the uni... →
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2008 2 signals - The Goddess Note: A good friend of mine sent this to me out of the blue, and it is wonderful and amazing. I am blessed to have read it. Thereupon, Manjusri, the crown princ... →
- It's Simple Really, Animals Are Not Food On January 3, 2007, the leader of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, made a strong statement against eating me... →
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2013 5 signals - A Modern Shiva Poem [caption id="attachment_739" align="alignright" width="300"] Lord Shiva, in meditation.[/caption] Namaste to He who is the speaker and the listener Namaste to H... →
- Shri Dhanvantre Shri Dhanvantari Shri Dhanvantre, the celestial healer, the deity of Ayurveda, the easer of pains, and an incarnation of Lord Vishnu himself. Ayurveda is a spir... →
- Hanuman's Devotion I read a graphic novelization of Hanuman's time in Lanka last night, and I loved it. Sundarkaand: Triumph of Hanuman: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (Campfire Graph... →
- Are Dzodgchen, Mahamudra, and Moksha Essentially the Same? Namaste. I recently posed this question to someone who I know and love in the Dharma community. He has been a devotee and practitioner since before I was puttin... →
- Dreams of Church, Revelations, and Bhagavan Das My wife and I woke this morning and while laying in bed we started to talk about our dreams, nothing unusual there. I told her about my dream of being back at O... →
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2014 6 signals - Direct Message from Padmasambhava? For the last few days, well, for the last four days now, I have been hearing Padmasambhava's mantra in my dreams and saying it as I woke. I guess it isn't anyth... →
- Lord Shiva and Lord Padmasambhava I spent a long time studying Lord Shiva and I feel as though I have become close to him, and his holy family. His wife, the mother goddess, Parvati, and his two... →
- Om Mani Padme Hum Benefits and Explanation [caption id="attachment_761" align="alignright" width="258"] Chenrezig[/caption] Significance of OM, MA, NI, PAD, ME, HUM OM Go for refuge to the Buddha Produce... →
- The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra [caption id="attachment_898" align="alignright" width="300"] Amitabha By Aloka[/caption] Namo! Homage to the Lotus Pool Assembly of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas As ... →
- Prayer to Yeshe Tsogyal [caption id="attachment_908" align="alignright" width="234"] Yeshe Tsogyal[/caption] Prayer to Yeshe Tsogyal ༈ དབྱིངས་ཕྱུག་ཌཱ་ཀིའི་གཙོ་མོ་མཁར་ཆེན་གཟའ། ། yingchu... →
- A Question About Padmasambhava I am reading “Tantric Practice in Nying-Ma.” by Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche. In the book I found this: “He originated this transmission, and five different types of... →
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2015 11 signals - Prayer by Guru Rinpoche to Wake Us Up! [caption id="attachment_1031" align="alignright" width="300"] Padmasambhava[/caption] "Whatever appears to the eye, The outer universe, inner living beings and ... →
- Karmapa's Wisdom on Visualization His Holiness The 17th Karmapa spoke of how when we express devotion to a visualization or painting of a deity, that deity is not external to us; we are honoring... →
- Mahakala: The Great Black One The legendary history of Mahakala was written by Khedrup Khyungpopa, founder of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition, in the eleventh century. He says that the reason fo... →
- His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa in Seattle I decided to preserve these images here because my wife and I were just in Seattle two weeks ago and we spent time there in this beautiful monastery, the seat o... →
- Keep Going - Advice from the Karmapa "You keep going. That is the bodhisattva’s way. As long as it benefits even one being you have to, without any sense of discouragement, go on." ~ His Holiness t... →
- Tara - Mother of Liberation Post from my friend Ganga Nath on Facebook . Tara, or Ārya Tārā, also known as Jetsun Dolma in Tibetan Buddhism, is a female Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism wh... →
- The Birth Of Tara The story of Tara's origin, according to the Tara Tantra, recounts that eons ago she was born as a king's daughter, and as a compassionate princess, she regular... →
- Buddha Amitayus Buddha Amitayus ཚེ་དཔག་མེད་ 'The Buddha of Boundless Life' — a sambhogakaya aspect of Amitabha, particularly associated with longevity. He is mostly depicted si... →
- Manjusri Om Ah Ra Pa Tsa Na Dhi! →
- Precious Master "My father is the pure awareness of rigpa, Samantabhadra, My mother, the space of all things, Samantabhadri, My line, the indivisibility of awareness and space,... →
- Vajravidarana Mantra Learn this, the short: om namaścaṇḍavajrakrodhāya | om hulu hulu tiṣṭha tiṣṭha bandha bandha hana hana amṛte hūṃ phaṭ and after you have samadhi with it, this s... →
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2026 1 signal