Once We Are Awake, We Are Forever Awake
Awake: knowing what we are before an identity.
Asleep: believing we are an identity.
This is what Plato’s (428–347 BC) allegory of shadow puppets in a cave is all about. This illustrates how we are bound by our identification with appearances, rather than that which perceives these appearances.
Once we realise this, all appearances become a reminder – our teacher. This is how we balance relative and ultimate truths.
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. 