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- 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
- EVOLVING CAN FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE June 18, 2026
- THIS BLOG SHOULD BE SECRET June 17, 2026
- FREEDOM FROM THE CYCLIC EXISTENCE June 17, 2026
- THE SHARED HALLUCINATION June 17, 2026
- WHY THE OBSESSION WITH THE PAST? June 16, 2026
- THE MUD IS JUST A DIRTY LENS June 16, 2026
- STARVING THE MONSTER June 15, 2026
- THE NOVELTY TRAP June 15, 2026
- NO LONGER SATISFYING June 14, 2026
- THE MORE WE REALISE June 13, 2026
- REALITY IS CONTENTMENT June 13, 2026
- THE DANGER OF ADOPTING STORIES June 13, 2026
- WHAT ARE WE A PRODUCT OF? June 13, 2026
- WHAT REINCARNATES? June 12, 2026
- THE HABITUAL LOOP June 11, 2026
- WHY DO PEOPLE ACCEPT LIES SO READILY? June 11, 2026
- THE PARADOX OF RITUALS AND WORDS June 11, 2026
- WHAT DO WE BASE OUR LIFE ON? June 10, 2026
- SPIRITUAL AUTONOMY June 10, 2026
- THINKING THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE June 9, 2026
- NOT TOO TIGHT AND NOT TOO LOOSE June 9, 2026
- OUR GREATEST PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT June 8, 2026
- PRIDE STOPS US EVOLVING June 8, 2026
- THE TINKERBELL EFFECT June 7, 2026
- EVIL IS ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY ARE SUPERIOR June 7, 2026
- FOUR OPIUMS OF THE PEOPLE June 6, 2026
- THE CONSUMER BECOMES CONSUMED June 6, 2026
- ULTIMATE MATURITY June 6, 2026
- THE BUDDHA SAID, “I SEE YOU MARA” June 5, 2026
- THE TWO ASPECTS OF ‘HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT’ June 5, 2026
- SULKY SELF June 4, 2026
- THE COMPLETE PICTURE June 3, 2026
- GIVING UP GUILT June 2, 2026
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HOW DO I SEE SOMETHING GOOD IN EVERYTHING I SEE?
How Do I See Something Good In Everything I See? Easy! Goodness is exactly the seeing itself. Goodness is the quality of being good or right. What could be more good or right than the purity of that seeing? Of … Continue reading
WHICH SPIRITUAL PRACTICE SHOULD I DO?
Which Spiritual Practice Should I Do? The one that makes sense to you … to you! Of course, you may not agree 😀 For thousands of years, we have been led to believe that power lies outside ourselves and that … Continue reading
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THE OBJECT OF MEDITATION IS NOT TO MEDITATE!
The Object Of Meditation Is Not To Meditate! Meditation is just a word. The object of meditation is to become aware or conscious of our true, real, actual, non-fictional, unimagined nature. What is that? It is the awareness or consciousness … Continue reading
ARE WE NOT ALL GHOSTS?
Are We Not All Ghosts? Both disembodied, pure, holy ghosts and embodied, impure, unholy ghosts. Ghost: the human spirit or ‘soul’, from the Latin spiritus – ‘breath’. Pure breath? Bad breath? A bit of both. Either way, one doesn’t want … Continue reading
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SHUNYATA
Shunyata Shunyata is Sanskrit for ’emptiness’. Pure presence. This is our natural state. The object of being human is to realise this natural state of being, and in order to do this, we need to meditate – and understand meditation. … Continue reading
HATRED IS INFECTIOUS
Hatred is Infectious Our inner demons of likes and dislikes can turn love into hatred. It is inevitable that we will come across hatred in this world: after all, this is the age of decadence which creates greed for wealth, … Continue reading
WE CONSENT TO BEING DISTRACTED
We Consent To Being Distracted It’s a shock when we realise this. We may think that being distracted is involuntary, and that we are powerless and have no control. This is incorrect. We just haven’t noticed that we actually have … Continue reading
FASCINATION IS LIKE STICKY FLY PAPER
Fascination Is Like Sticky Fly Paper We are seduced – and then stuck! Traditionally, Buddhism talks about how we are fixated on things, which implies a deliberate act. But our world is so seductive, isn’t it? On a relative level, we … Continue reading
OUR PROBLEM IS FASCINATION
Our Problem Is Fascination Fascination creates the noise of our delusion Fascination: interest, preoccupation, passion, obsession, compulsion, captivation, enchantment; allurement; charm, attraction, intrigue, attractiveness, appeal, magnetism, pull, draw. We have to balance our understanding of spiritual essence, and our functioning … Continue reading
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RUMOUR, GOSSIP, HEARSAY, INFORMATION = NOISE
Rumour, Gossip, Hearsay, Information = Noise We all want to be in the loop: a group of persons communicating regularly about a specific plan or project. This happens in all walks of life, including conspiracy followers and spiritual followers. Information … Continue reading
THOUGHT PROVOKING
Thought Provoking (it’s what this blog is all about) We need our thoughts, beliefs and assumptions – our social programming, our conforming to type – to be shaken up, as our thoughts, beliefs and assumptions are not our own 😀 … Continue reading
WHY DO PEOPLE HATE US?
Why Do People Hate Us if we don’t believe what they believe? A belief is a holding on to an idea. What holds on to that idea? Our first nature is pure awareness. Our second nature is an acquired nature … Continue reading
A BUDDHA CANNOT MAKE US ENLIGHTENED
A Buddha Cannot Make Us Enlightened A Buddha can only point out the path to enlightenment and the obstacles will present themselves as the path. It is we who decide upon and value the path to enlightenment that transcends all … Continue reading
CAN I LOVE MYSELF?
Can I Love Myself? Of course! As sentient beings, we all have failings, obscurations, peculiarities. These cause us chaos and confusion, and therefore, from an absolute point of view, there is suffering because we are distracted. At the same time, … Continue reading
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THE AGE OF TECHNOCRACY
The Age of Technocracy Freedom will never be realised until we acknowledge the subtle influences that are controlling humanity. This is the Kali Yuga, the Age of Strife, the Age of Mass Demonic Activity, The Age of Technocracy. “Technocracy: society … Continue reading
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SPIRITUAL NARCISSISM AND SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM
Spiritual Narcissism and Spiritual Materialism This is a touchy subject which requires delicate handling as it’s possible to become oversensitive and upset. All we are doing is being aware of our potential behaviour. After all, our path is our confusion, … Continue reading
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DIVIDED AND UNDIVIDED ATTENTION
Divided And Undivided Attention If our attention, awareness, consciousness is always looking for something special, then we are being divided or separated from our own pure attention, pure awareness, pure consciousness. This is duality. We have lost the plot by … Continue reading
IT’S A RELIEF WHEN IT STOPS
It’s A Relief When We Stop In the moment when we stop and sit down, we fall naturally into a deep relaxation. When we stop working, running, talking, meditating … we arrive at non-duality in that moment, just being. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
WHY DON’T WE PRACTISE?
Why Don’t We Practise? Simple. It’s due to an inner mara demon. What is an inner mara demon? It’s our own likes and dislikes: “I’m too busy.” “I’ve better things to do.” “I don’t get anything out of it.” “I … Continue reading
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SPIRITUAL PATHS WITHIN SPIRITUAL PATHS
Spiritual Paths Within Spiritual Paths Worlds within worlds. When we first encounter spiritual paths, they seem like a way out of this collective, self-opinionated, violent and manic world. It’s been that way for a very long time 😀 We look … Continue reading
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WHEN THE LIGHT DIMS, DARKNESS BEGINS
When The Light Dims, Darkness Begins Spiritually speaking, the light is the clarity of our being, which is empty essence. It’s the awakened state. If we have not been introduced to the reality of this truth, or have forgotten or … Continue reading
IT’S AN INSIDE JOB!
It’s An Inside Job! The ‘insider’ is our own pure, unbiased intelligence that can discern what is real and what is seemingly real, once we understand what reality is. Compassion and devotion are not a means to ingratiate ourselves: they … Continue reading
THE BUDDHA’S TEACHINGS ARE SECRET
The Buddha’s Teachings Are Secret but open to anyone who values them. It is the same for any exoteric, spiritual practice. It is a private matter; it is the heart of the incomprehensible via the comprehensible. The Buddha’s teaching is … Continue reading
WHAT RECOGNISES, AND WHAT IS RECOGNISED?
What Recognises, And What Is Recognised? To cognise: to know, to be aware. Re-cognise: to know again, to recall to mind. We first have to distinguish between re-cognising and my re-cognising: the first is simply the knowing of knowing, while … Continue reading
THERE IS MORE TO MEDITATION THAN JUST MEDITATING
There Is More To Meditation Than Just Meditating Meditation is the vehicle to recognise our true nature of pure awareness, pure consciousness. It also reveals how we take possession of a mistaken, mental, self identity. Meditation is nothing special, but … Continue reading
INNER AND OUTER DEMONIC ACTIVITY
Inner And Outer Demonic Activity Demonic activity is anything that creates obstacles. This is especially relevant to spiritual practitioners as subtle distractions take attention away from our path to liberation, and back to the mundane. How often do we just … Continue reading
THE UNITY OF OPPOSITES
The Unity Of Opposites Although our being is pure, divine essence, we don’t notice what we are because of ignorance. As a result of this lack of awareness, we took embodiment in a physical body. However, it is precisely … Continue reading
WE ARE SUPERNATURAL BEINGS
We Are Supernatural Beings Just enjoy. That’s the spirit!
IT’S OBVIOUS, BUT NOT OBVIOUS
It’s Obvious, But Not Obvious “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates 460-370 BC Good food is just as relevant now as it was then! Healthy food, healthy body, healthy brain, healthy mind, healthy being. All … Continue reading
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HAPPINESS BEGINS
Happiness Begins when expectation ends. And how subtly we are led astray. The English dictionary describes happiness as ‘contentment’ or ‘satisfaction’. Contentment is described as the ‘fulfilment of expectations’. So, if our expectations are not fulfilled, we become unhappy? Isn’t … Continue reading
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MEDITATION RETREATS
Meditation Retreats A retreat is stillness of body, speech and mind. It helps us establish good practice in daily life. To change our attitude from being materially obsessed to being spiritually aware, is a tough assignment, because the pull of … Continue reading
THE ART OF BEING HAPPY BEING YOU
The Art Of Being Happy Being You Our spiritual path is the dissolution of our confusion regarding what we truly are. What we are is the lucid clarity that illuminates every thing perceived. That is the light. The confusion is … Continue reading
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THE SHOCK OF NOT KNOWING NOW
The Shock Of Not Knowing Now If we are not in the moment now, then where are we? It takes milli-seconds* to react. And so, it takes milli-seconds to be distracted. Our spiritual progress is dependent on the time it … Continue reading
EXPOSURE TO REALITY
Exposure To Reality This is the Buddha’s teaching. If we don’t take reality seriously, we remain in a superficial dream of the collective. “Superficial: appearing to be real only until examined more closely.” Very closely! What is this teaching on … Continue reading
DISTRACTIONS, DISTRACTIONS, DISTRACTIONS
Distractions, Distractions, Distractions World War Three? Civil Unrest? Public confusion? Perfect chaos, perfect madness, perfect storm. Remain undistracted. Discipline through inner knowledge creates inner peace.
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AWAKENING COMPASSION
Awakening Compassion means waking up to our reality. It means love … even though! When we realise our own true nature, compassion naturally arises in recognition that all sentient beings want happiness, and that this happiness is hidden from them. … Continue reading
FAULT FINDING AND HOLDING ON
Fault Finding And Holding On… is the path to perpetual torment. As humans, there is no end to fault finding, so there is no end to suffering. We find fault with others, and they find fault with us. It’s part … Continue reading
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IT’S NOT NEGATIVE TO ASK CERTAIN, DIFFICULT QUESTIONS
It’s Not Negative To Ask Certain, Difficult Questions To be positive, we have to look at the negative, otherwise we live in a false positive of hope and fear. Recognising the negative is our path to liberation. There are certain, … Continue reading
THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION IS…
The Pointing Out Instruction Is … … having absolute confidence. Having absolute confidence in one’s recognition of pure knowingness, pure awareness, pure consciousness, pure perception. Of course, the scary word is “pure”. Pure merely means ‘without altering’; it is just … Continue reading
TSOKNYI RINPOCHE’S TEACHING PROGRAMME FOR 2017
Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s Teaching Programme For 2017 Home
DISTINGUISHING WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT…
Distinguishing What Is And What is Not … … creates confusion. In truth, they are not separate. Freedom from confusion is in the very moment that confusion is apprehended. Recognition and realisation are simultaneous. I’ve taken part of this article … Continue reading
TIMELINESS
Timeliness Meeting with a teaching. When we are beginners, thoughts and emotions are very powerful, and can be overwhelming. We get easily upset, so we have to take back control through meditation and understanding. We stop our ideas running amok … Continue reading
“I FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOGNISE THE NATURE OF MIND!”
“I Find It Impossible To Recognise The Nature Of Mind!” It is the nature of mind that recognises the mind saying, “It is impossible to recognise the nature of mind.” When a thought or emotion arises it is the nature … Continue reading
IF YOU FEEL LIKE A CHAT
If You Feel Like A Chat email Tony at buddhainthemud@hotmail.com
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WHAT IS BUDDHISM?
What is Buddhism? We are bound by our emotions, which protect a ‘me’ – an illusory self image. Buddhism is the path leading to insight into the true nature of reality of self and all phenomena. Through personal experience, our … Continue reading
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INSIGHT AND BIAS
Insight And Bias Insight is direct seeing. Bias is holding on to what is seen. This is how our cleverness can imprison us, and limit understanding. We are too quick to find fault. Direct seeing is pure conscious awareness just … Continue reading
THE QUALITY OF MEDITATION
The Quality Of Meditation What really counts is the quality of mind resting. Absolutely doing nothing. Just being aware. It counts because, throughout life, the quality and quantity of resting in our natural state of being mounts up. The outcome … Continue reading
WE REALLY DO KNOW
We Really Do Know We know that if we do not adapt, we stay miserable. We stay miserable because we are (sorry to say this) stubborn, lazy, careless, idle, without purpose, and so we suffer while, at the same time, … Continue reading
BEING FOOLPROOF
Being Foolproof Incapable of going wrong. It is the antidote that is the problem! As long as we feel that we are missing something, we will be fooled. What is it that is complete, and has no parts to fail? … Continue reading
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR PURE AWARENESS
There Is No Substitute For Pure Awareness It’s available now for free. Just sit still without comment. Insight is available to us all. Just sit still without comment. Mahamudra and Dzogchen is now. Just sit still without comment. Nothing “fancy … Continue reading
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