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Enlightenment
He questions whether enlightenment can be found through reason and common sense alone.
Matthew Williamson's exploration of enlightenment spans nearly a decade, from 113 Thoughts from the Buddha in 2007 to Are you ready to meet God? in 2015. His early posts, such as A Meditation On Chenrezig and All Sound is Prayer, both from 2007, reveal a strong interest in Buddhist teachings and practices. Later posts, like A book review of The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness in 2013, suggest a broader exploration of spiritual and philosophical ideas, including the relationship between consciousness and chemistry. The thread of enlightenment weaves through various traditions and practices, reflecting Williamson's ongoing quest for understanding and spiritual growth.
107 posts, in order
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November 2006
The Holographic Universe
I think it must have been in 1992 when I first read The Holographic Universe. I remember laying on a cot in Pendleton, the sun was beating in on me from ...
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November 2006
Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva
Do I actually know someone who could be considered a Bodhisattva? Some person who I might have contact with that is concerned with one thing only: teaching the ...
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November 2006
Parapsychology, Enlightenment & the Gold Watch
Parapsychology has fascinated me since I was a little guy, and that was a long time ago. My uncle Richard is a hypnotherapist, spooky stuff to begin with right;...
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November 2006
Buddhist Robots
Last night I watched a television program on PBS that really made me think about my own religions ideas. It was scienceNOW , a great show, the segment was about...
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January 2007
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...
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January 2007
For Priya
I met a girl about 5 years ago and we became friends. She is sweet and funny and so smart, we still talk some. She is from India and a practicing Jain. I won't ...
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February 2007
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...
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February 2007
St. Valentine's Day and The Buddha
I woke up this morning and wished my wife a happy Valentine's day. Rolled over, put my feet on the floor and decided to have a good day. ( I do that every day, ...
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February 2007
Perspective and Context
A friend of mine prays every morning, laying in bed, holding her rosary. Her eyes are closed as she slowly recites her rosary and lets go. She lets go of the he...
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April 2007
All Sound is Prayer
I tried to convince my son this weekend that all sound is prayer. We were listening to birds chirping and singing on Sunday morning and he asked if I knew what ...
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April 2007
Getting Fit
I am going to get in to shape again; mentally, physically and spiritually too. This is my plan: Step 1 : Sculpt my body. For some reason I let my body go as my ...
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April 2007
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...
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May 2007
The Five Precepts of Reiki
I am learning more about Reiki and preparing to take classes about this healing art. So far I am loving it and what it stands for. I will be blogging more about...
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May 2007
The Essence of Buddha's Teaching
I copied in whole this document from another site; http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jun/buddha2.html . I did so because all too often web pages that I enjoy a...
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May 2007
Six Realms and the Six Paths of Rebirth
I was at lunch a few days ago with a friend and we were talking about Buddhism. I was telling her about my understanding of the Six Realms as stated in the teac...
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June 2007
A Carification About A Consternation
Some one I trust just reminded me that teaching prematurely is a trap. I told him as I have told you in the past; I am not a teacher. What I write here and pres...
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June 2007
Gone
The alarm went off and I heard the ringing of the Tibetan singing bowl like always, as if it was miles away on a snow covered cliff somewhere. That is a pretty ...
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July 2007
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...
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July 2007
Reiki Level 1
This past Saturday I began my path to Reiki healer. I met with a Reiki master and after a few hours I asked for and received the attunement for Reiki I. Way too...
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August 2007
Twilight
We live within the Twilight. We have been here longer than you, but you gave us form, shaped us with your fantasies and wishes, with your pleas and desires and ...
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August 2007
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...
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August 2007
Energy, Compassion and Healing
I went last night to the Oklahoma City Reiki Energy Circle Meetup . Very nice group of people there. The woman who runs the Meetup has been practicing for 4 or ...
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August 2007
Dharma Talk
So much is happening right now that I am writing this one to get it all out so that I can see it. First : I had a wonderful talk with Loppön Barbara Du Bois yes...
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September 2007
White Tara comes to Oklahoma City
Lama Dudjom Dorjee came back to Oklahoma City this past weekend for another Dharma Talk at Windsong Dojo . He mainly spoke about the Bardo , compassion and unde...
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September 2007
Dreams May Tell Us
For the last two nights I have had interesting dreams. Two nights ago: I was on the rocky beach of a fast moving, dark water river. The water was that lush, dee...
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September 2007
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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October 2007
Ideas That Drive Us
I recently wrote that ideas can change us at the very core of who we are. I was on TED last night and I watched the below presentation by Dan Dennett which rein...
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November 2007
The Trial of Jyoti: Part 1
He sat there, watching the judge for what seemed like an eternity. He could feel the minutes slipping away, minutes that would never come back again. The defend...
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December 2007
113 Thoughts from the Buddha
1. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. 2. He is able who thinks he is able. 3. Believe nothing, no matter ...
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January 2008
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...
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February 2008
Meditations on Now and Suchness
I have rarely experienced the "now". I am usually thinking about the past and all too often fantasizing about the future; both of which are without merit. I viv...
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February 2008
Energy, Time and Understanding
In that timeless moment when the multiverse erupted from a single point in non-space, when all that we see today was only pure energy; was there a remnant of th...
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June 2008
What Makes Us Special?
I was sitting in my office today and I wondered what it is that sets me apart from you or the rest of the planet. My name is 'Matthew Williamson', but how many ...
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August 2008
Watch These...
[caption id="attachment_181" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="Woman's Face On The Desert"] [/caption] I first found this clip on YouTube and I was blo...
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November 2008
The Dark Sea
On my knees, in prayer position, I closed my eyes, and began to see... The crown of my head becomes sand, like a dry sand castle I crumble and my body falls awa...
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February 2009
The Dyer Dozen
Today I watched Dr. Wayne Dyer's PBS presentation called The Power of Intention with my family. My mother-in-law wrote down the "The Dyer Dozen" for reconnectin...
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March 2009
The Jewel in the Heart of the Lotus
I found this while looking at other videos by Glenn Marshall and I simply fell in love with it. Simply amazing, a demonstration of Everyday Magic. The Jewel in ...
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July 2009
The Prince, a Monk, and Tea
There is a kingdom called Sukhavati, the Realm of Bliss, it is land of light and magic, prayer and chanting, knowledge and compassion. Within it there dwells a ...
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September 2009
Dragonfly Magic
A true story. It was late afternoon, and clouds had been building from the northwest all day. The heat from the Oklahoma plains had pushed the clouds high earli...
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March 2010
Eternally Old, Shared Among
To look into the blue diamond to wander through the fields of gold to smile at the moon and see her smile back To listen to the birds of paradise to speak with ...
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August 2010
Looking for Treasure
I passed a man on the street this morning. He was walking on the sidewalk, looking down, looking for a bit of money, or maybe a cigarette but that could still h...
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August 2010
Midnight Moksha
The crescendo, a calamity of sound and light, deafening and silent as it rose into the air above his head. Rays of azure light shot out of the mist a...
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November 2010
2012 Movie
I am watching this now, and I decided to post it and hopefully begin some conversations in the comments on this post about the movie, the teachings and the idea...
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November 2010
To Breathe A Tree
I sat against the trunk of the ages old tree and closed my eyes. I was tired of walking in this forest of melody and mist, I needed a rest, I needed food, I nee...
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November 2010
Esoteric Agenda and Kymatica
While I might not agree with every statement in these two movies, there is a lot of truth here. Watch these movies and post your comments below: Esoteric Agenda...
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November 2010
Into
Into the darkness Candle lit, incense filled rooms Chant Into the light Wind dances in the trees Tall grass waves as pretty as any ocean Into ...
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November 2010
Hanuman and Reality
Hanuman tells Rama: ‘when I think of myself as a body, I am your servant; when I think of myself as an individual soul, I am part of you; but when I realize I a...
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May 2011
Upon My Soul
With you beside me a stainless sky within my mind Clouds of timelessness and laughter With you holding me solid rainbows of sound Rains falling down to replenis...
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July 2011
Tree, Mountain, Valley and Cloud
Tree stood upon the summit of Mountain for untold eons, watching Valley below bloom to life every spring and return to a peaceful sleep winter after winter. Tre...
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September 2011
Sunday, Bright and Shiny
Sunday afternoon, north wind blowing the wind chimes in rhythmic procession and my mind is lost upon the humming sounds that fill the air. I can see my three cr...
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September 2011
I am Brahman
Clara Llum posted this in a few tweets this morning, and I thoght it worth keeping, and sharing. 1. prajnnam brahma - Brahman is pure consciousness 2. ayamatma ...
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October 2011
Energy Lost
I know this sounds manical, or at least dramatic, but it is true enough. Energy is simple, it seeks to excape all things in all ways. Energy does not stay bound...
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October 2011
A Monk's Journey
An old monk walked slowly toward the butter lamps, stopping against the wall for a moment before smiling for the last time. A realization of death moved within ...
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February 2012
Om
OM The imperishable sound, is the seed of all that exists. The past, present, the future, all are but the unfolding of OM. And whatever transcends the three rea...
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May 2012
The Cave and the Sadhu
The cave sits just above the treeline on the southern face of a rather unassuming mountain. Standing in the mouth of the cave the Sadhu can see a vast green jun...
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August 2012
Stuff I've Tweeted...
Sky like mind, mind like wind, wind like laughter, laughter like heaven. We are all a daydream. I catch moments when the I-ness expands into a wholeness of bein...
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October 2012
Knowing Sri Ganesh
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="227"] Sri Ganesha[/caption] Gayatri Mantra Aum Bhur Bhuvah Swah, Tat Savitur Varenyam Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi, DhiyoYo Na...
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February 2013
Your Advocate
The trees are singing to you, listen. A blooming flower is more worthy of our gaze than all the stars in the sky. Dig your bare feet into the earth. Feel the gr...
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May 2013
In Adoration
The gods are as real as you or me, I assure you of this fact*. They deserve your adoration and acknowledgement, your practice and meditation, but they cannot gr...
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June 2013
What (Who) is Chenrezig to me?
Last night a friend asked me to describe Chenrezig to him. So I tried like this: To me, Chenrezig represents the open path to Buddha Nature. He said, 'say more'...
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June 2013
Living Forever
[caption id="attachment_781" align="alignright" width="300"] Who Wants To Live Forever[/caption] A friend of mine said this to me: Lets do it. Lets live forever...
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June 2013
Maa Durga
My wife recently read a very nice article in Yoga Journal about meditating upon Durga, the Hindu goddess. This brought me to a meditation sitting before the div...
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July 2013
Hanuman Ji
[caption id="attachment_792" align="alignright" width="300"] Sri Hanuman[/caption] How do I express this in words when words fail me? Sanātana Dharma,The Eterna...
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August 2013
A book review of The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness
The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness by Alan Watts, oh man, where do I begin? I found the words of Alan Watts a decade ago when I ...
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December 2013
Nirakara Tattva
"When you come to rest on Kali's lap, all your wrong ideas about Her are removed. You see Her as she really is. You can't see Her with the physical eye. In Sans...
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December 2013
Rainbow Bodies and Catholic Study
I recently found an article about a Roman Catholic priest who is also an expert in Tibetan Buddhism. He has read and traveled extensively in Tibet, Nepal and In...
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December 2013
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...
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December 2013
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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February 2014
Bear, Owl, Panther, Stag
Last night I dreamed that posted at the four corners of my property were four warrior spirits. A bear, an owl, a panther, and a stag. The four beings were in co...
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March 2014
Magic Words
I think about this often. Magic. Words have power. When you consciously will there to be power or connection in these words then they become magical by shear wi...
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March 2014
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...
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March 2014
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...
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April 2014
The Master (A Twitter Story)
The old master sat deep inside of the crystal cave before a low fire. He chanted his mantra, absentmindedly flipping the beads of his mala. The cave began to hu...
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May 2014
A Poem to Yeshe Tsogyal
She is the raging storm, I am the dew on the grass. She is the sun itself, I am the reflection from the prayer bowl. She is the ocean and I am lost on her waves...
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May 2014
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...
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June 2014
Green Tara
[caption id="attachment_903" align="alignright" width="239"] Green Tara[/caption] She is the skies and I am the bird, She is the seas, and I the fish, She is th...
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July 2014
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...
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July 2014
Prayer of Refuge and Bodhicitta, The Four Immeasurables
Prayer of Refuge and Bodhicitta I take refuge until I am enlightened In the Buddhas, the Dharma and the Sangha. Through the merit I create by practicing giving ...
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September 2014
Questions.
How do I call out to divinity? How do I call it by name? How do I limit the wholeness to a word? How do I know the ocean by a wave, the tree by the leaf, the to...
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October 2014
The Universe Tree
Last night I dreamed that I was sitting on a high branch in the Universe Tree. The branches span galaxies. Nebula float in and around leaves, suns glisten like ...
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December 2014
Prostrations to the Guru
Upon a throne of gold and jewels the guru sits, his eyes closed in effortless, illuminated meditation. A serene smile spreads across his face and then he opens ...
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January 2015
A bit of The Sky Dancer
Listen, faithful Tibetans! I am merging with the fundamental, the ground of all that is—physical pain and suffering are disappearing…. The son, the inner elemen...
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March 2015
My Morning Meditation
I have been asked a few times if I have a morning meditation, and if so, would I share it. I do, and I will. Imagine that you are standing alone on a warm mount...
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March 2015
Nisargadatta Maharaj Explains
I found this on a Facebook page devoted to Nisargadatta Maharaj. It isn't easy to understand, and I am not claiming that I understand it all, either, but I want...
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March 2015
The Calling
Call the good ancestors whom have wished us well down throughout the eons. Call the Mother spirit of the earth upon whom we stand and from whom all nourishment ...
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April 2015
Mahakala Vision and Information
My friend Robert sent me a message this morning, offering me a vision of Mahakala for my family. This moved me to tears. [caption id="attachment_1028" align="al...
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April 2015
Supplication to Guru Rinpoche
The Prayer That Appearances Be Liberated As the Deity That Sounds Be Liberated As Mantra That Thoughts Be Liberated Into Pure Being All these forms that appear ...
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April 2015
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...
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April 2015
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...
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May 2015
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...
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May 2015
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...
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June 2015
Dzogchen Meditation Tips
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="430"] Sogyal Rinpoche[/caption] Meditation tips from a modern teacher, Sogyal Rinpoche. "In my tradition of meditation,...
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June 2015
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...
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July 2015
Are you ready to meet God?
[caption id="attachment_1098" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Mooji[/caption] Are you ready to meet God? Then, right now, don't touch anything, not any idea—ne...
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July 2015
Journey To The Temple
You are walking up a gently sloping trail, the trail is covered with dirt, soft green grass, and small smooth stones. The grade is easy, and your feet fall ligh...
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August 2015
Stages of Mahamudra
[caption id="attachment_1143" align="alignright" width="200"] Tilopa[/caption] At first a yogi feels his mind Is tumbling like a waterfall; In mid-course, like ...
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August 2015
The Tiger's Nest
Paro Taktsang is the popular name of Taktsang Palphug Monastery (also known as Tiger's Nest), a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple complex, loc...
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September 2015
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...
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September 2015
Eight Auspicious Symbols
In Buddhism these eight symbols of good fortune represent the offerings made by the gods to Shakyamuni Buddha immediately after he attained enlightenment. Desig...
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September 2015
The Magician's Quandary
I am more than a magician. Well, more than what the commoner would call a magician. I am not wearing a pointed hat with stars and the moon adorning it. There is...
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September 2015
Manjusri
Om Ah Ra Pa Tsa Na Dhi!
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September 2015
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,...
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November 2015
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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March 2017
Guru Rinpoche Day
Tashi Delek, Happy Guru Rinpoche Day :) ཧཱུྂ༔ ཨོ་རྒྱན་ཡུལ་གྱི་ནུབ་བྱང་མཚམས༔ hung orgyen yul gyi nubjang tsam པདྨ་གེ་སར་སྡོང་པོ་ལ༔ pema gesar dongpo la ཡ་མཚན་མཆོ...
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March 2018
Machig's Last Instructions
Mind itself, [natural and co-emergent] Has no support, has no object: Let it rest in its natural expanse without any fabrication. When the bonds [of negative th...
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December 2018
The Fey's Whisper
Break free the coarse rope Untether this being from the base Mount the steed and find thy drum Tonight the fey offer you hope No sword or shield can protect now...
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March 2024
Can I See?
There's that moment between breaths, when the rain seems to all but stop and hover in the air, when you realize that you have had entire diatribes in your mind ...