Why Are There Holy Places?
Why are there holy buildings,
holy robes, holy names, honorific language?
Pure consciousness is nothing special; we all have buddha nature – pure mind.
If it is made special, we weaken it.
Elaboration smothers the simple essence of pure awareness.
Special: designed or organised for a particular person, purpose, or occasion.
From Latin specialis, from species: ‘appearance’.
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 