The Dharma is Confirmation and Clarification of Experience

It is not something to acquire

As Trungpa Rinpoche said, “We are not trying to become Superscholars – a bank of information, with all the answers.” We need to reflect on our own experiences, so that we have something to analyse. Buddhism is a contemplative tradition.

We are all at different stages on our path of personal uncovering. If we merely rely on dogma – a set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true – we will never experience walking without crutches. And crutches are so expensive these days! 😉

The whole of the Buddha’s teachings are about being able to recognise pure awareness, the unity of relative and absolute truth.

The perfection of Essence recognising the perfection of its mistaken reflection.

We see.