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- WHY DIDN’T THE BUDDHA COME BACK?
- WE ARE INHERENTLY DIVINE
- NOTHING WITH OTHERS CAN BE RESOLVED
- SIMPLE DHARMA: OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE
- WHAT IS DEVOTION?
- “I COULD BE WRONG”
- THE BUDDHA POINTS THE WAY; MARA IS THE WAY
- THE ULTIMATE FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN
- THE STUPIDITY OF TALKING ABOUT DHARMA
- THE PATH OF THE ALCHEMIST
- REVERSE ENGINEERING OUR SELF
- SUDDENLY, IT HITS YOU
- WE ARE NOT CARBON COPIES
- THE ANTIDOTE FOR A POISONED MIND
- HISTORY TEACHES US NOTHING
- IMPRISONED BY LANGUAGE
- ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT UP THERE
- LIVING IN COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING
- IF THERE IS AN AKASHIC RECORD…
- THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT
- WE BECOME LABELLING MACHINES
- LIFE ISN’T A PRISON; IT’S A CLASSROOM
- WE DO NOT HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS
- BEYOND MEDITATION
- THERE’S NOTHING TO REMEMBER
- NEGATIVITY IS MARA INTERVENTION
- VOLUMES OF DHARMA IN TWO PHRASES
- THE ESOTERIC AND THE EXOTERIC
- MARA, THE SMARTPHONE AND THE GREAT DISCONNECT
- THE PRACTICE OF BEING KIND
- HUMANS, AI AND DZOGCHEN
- WHAT THE BUDDHA DIDN’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH
- A CLOSED MAZE
- THE BUDDHA WENT OFF SCRIPT
- IT’S NOT COMPLICATED
- SILENT TRANSMISSION
- THE PRISON OF ENLIGHTENMENT
- A FOOL TO ONESELF
- IF WE DON’T REALISE THE TRUTH
- THE UNITY OF EMPTINESS AND ILLUSIONS
- THE TRUTH WILL HIT US HARD
- MEDITATION TRANSFORMS
- IS THIS A STUPID, ORGANISED OR PERFECT WORLD?
- BEING KIND TO OUR SELF
- WE’VE BECOME PREDICTIVE TEXT
- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
- EVOLVING INSTEAD OF REVOLVING
- EVOLVING CAN FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
- THIS BLOG SHOULD BE SECRET
- FREEDOM FROM THE CYCLIC EXISTENCE
- THE SHARED HALLUCINATION
- WHY THE OBSESSION WITH THE PAST?
- THE MUD IS JUST A DIRTY LENS
- STARVING THE MONSTER
- THE NOVELTY TRAP
- NO LONGER SATISFYING
- THE MORE WE REALISE
- REALITY IS CONTENTMENT
- THE DANGER OF ADOPTING STORIES
- WHAT ARE WE A PRODUCT OF?
- WHAT REINCARNATES?
- THE HABITUAL LOOP
- WHY DO PEOPLE ACCEPT LIES SO READILY?
- THE PARADOX OF RITUALS AND WORDS
- WHAT DO WE BASE OUR LIFE ON?
- SPIRITUAL AUTONOMY
- THINKING THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE
- NOT TOO TIGHT AND NOT TOO LOOSE
- OUR GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT
- PRIDE STOPS US EVOLVING
- THE TINKERBELL EFFECT
- EVIL IS ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY ARE SUPERIOR
- FOUR OPIUMS OF THE PEOPLE
- THE CONSUMER BECOMES CONSUMED
- ULTIMATE MATURITY
- THE BUDDHA SAID, “I SEE YOU MARA”
- THE TWO ASPECTS OF ‘HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT’
- SULKY SELF
- THE COMPLETE PICTURE
- GIVING UP GUILT
- TESTING MARA AND GURU
- THE BUDDHA. JESUS, SOCRATES AND OTHERS WERE REBELS
- ABSOLUTE TRUTH IS REALISED BY ABSOLUTE TRUTH
- FINDING WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- WE ALL LIVE IN DIFFERENT ECHO CHAMBERS
- A HARD LESSON TO LEARN
- BUDDHIST FORUMS CREATE CONFLICT
- ONE MIND, OR MANY MINDS?
- SPIRITUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL MATERIALISM
- SPONTANEITY IS THE ONLY REALITY
- REALITY IS BEYOND WORDS
- HUMANITY: SEEKING VALIDATION OF A SELF
- DISPELLING THE GURU
- EVERY DAY I THINK, “I COULD BE WRONG”
- THE DARK AND UNSETTLING ASPECT OF EXISTENCE
- ‘JUDGING’ FROM A DZOGCHEN POINT OF VIEW
- WE BECOME THE COMPANY WE KEEP
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- OBSERVER AND OBSERVATION July 13, 2026
- PURPOSE IN THE MUNDANE July 12, 2026
- NOT COPING, WHILE PRETENDING TO COPE July 12, 2026
- WHY DIDN’T THE BUDDHA COME BACK? July 11, 2026
- WE ARE INHERENTLY DIVINE July 11, 2026
- NOTHING WITH OTHERS CAN BE RESOLVED July 11, 2026
- SIMPLE DHARMA: OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE July 10, 2026
- WHAT IS DEVOTION? July 10, 2026
- “I COULD BE WRONG” July 9, 2026
- THE BUDDHA POINTS THE WAY; MARA IS THE WAY July 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN July 7, 2026
- THE STUPIDITY OF TALKING ABOUT DHARMA July 7, 2026
- THE PATH OF THE ALCHEMIST July 7, 2026
- REVERSE ENGINEERING OUR SELF July 6, 2026
- SUDDENLY, IT HITS YOU July 5, 2026
- WE ARE NOT CARBON COPIES July 5, 2026
- THE ANTIDOTE FOR A POISONED MIND July 4, 2026
- HISTORY TEACHES US NOTHING July 4, 2026
- IMPRISONED BY LANGUAGE July 3, 2026
- ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT UP THERE July 3, 2026
- LIVING IN COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING July 3, 2026
- IF THERE IS AN AKASHIC RECORD… July 2, 2026
- THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT July 2, 2026
- WE BECOME LABELLING MACHINES July 1, 2026
- LIFE ISN’T A PRISON; IT’S A CLASSROOM July 1, 2026
- WE DO NOT HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS July 1, 2026
- BEYOND MEDITATION June 30, 2026
- THERE’S NOTHING TO REMEMBER June 30, 2026
- NEGATIVITY IS MARA INTERVENTION June 30, 2026
- VOLUMES OF DHARMA IN TWO PHRASES June 30, 2026
- THE ESOTERIC AND THE EXOTERIC June 29, 2026
- MARA, THE SMARTPHONE AND THE GREAT DISCONNECT June 28, 2026
- THE PRACTICE OF BEING KIND June 28, 2026
- HUMANS, AI AND DZOGCHEN June 27, 2026
- WHAT THE BUDDHA DIDN’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH June 26, 2026
- A CLOSED MAZE June 26, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WENT OFF SCRIPT June 25, 2026
- IT’S NOT COMPLICATED June 25, 2026
- SILENT TRANSMISSION June 24, 2026
- THE PRISON OF ENLIGHTENMENT June 23, 2026
- A FOOL TO ONESELF June 23, 2026
- IF WE DON’T REALISE THE TRUTH June 23, 2026
- THE UNITY OF EMPTINESS AND ILLUSIONS June 22, 2026
- THE TRUTH WILL HIT US HARD June 22, 2026
- MEDITATION TRANSFORMS June 21, 2026
- IS THIS A STUPID, ORGANISED OR PERFECT WORLD? June 20, 2026
- BEING KIND TO OUR SELF June 19, 2026
- WE’VE BECOME PREDICTIVE TEXT June 19, 2026
- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE June 18, 2026
- EVOLVING INSTEAD OF REVOLVING June 18, 2026
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. 