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Dharma Draughtsman Or Doodler? Draughtsman: creating precise and accurate drawings, adjusting and revising based on feedback or changes, and ensuring the consistency and accuracy of technical drawings and documentation. Doodle: to draw or scribble idly, to waste time in aimless … Continue reading →

Finding Our Dharma Feet Standing on our own two feet is being confident and independent, without help from other people; we can then play our part in Dharma activity. It’s not going to save the world, but it will have a … Continue reading →

Meditation Isn’t Sitting On A Special Cushion Meditation isn’t sitting on a special cushion, in a special place, at a special time. Meditation is timeless, placeless, cushionless awareness. We can pause, just being anywhere at any time, in any place. … Continue reading →

Never Underestimate Human Stupidity Humans are governed by their emotions – like, dislike, pride and jealousy – and by not knowing what their essence is. Never underestimate the human ability to transcend stupidity. It’s stupid to think that ordinary humans … Continue reading →

Becoming A Fanatic Fanatic: from Latin ‘fanaticus’ – inspired by a god or demon. Fanatics fantasise – they imagine. In all walks of life, people are becoming fanatics. Everything is zero-tolerance; things are exaggerated and embellished, and the stimulated and reactive audience cheers louder. … Continue reading →

Being Obsessed Obsession is anything that possesses the mind. We can be obsessed about big things or little things. It’s all about personal gain, while lacking empathy for others, and being possessed is the basis of evil (referring to an … Continue reading →

No One Became Enlightened By Meditating No one became enlightened by meditating; they became enlightened through dropping the meditation. Meditation is merely the method for training our wandering mind by relaxing, focusing and calming. Once the mind becomes still, we … Continue reading →

A Good Memory Is A Distraction Memorising words to repeat them inhibits spontaneous wisdom. We may learn all the scriptures and be ready to recite them, but can we apply them wisely in reality? We don’t have to be scholars, … Continue reading →

What Is Spiritual? Thinking that some things are spiritual while others are not is to totally misunderstand what ‘spiritual’ is. We may think being spiritual is “pie in the sky”—something unlikely to happen, or something that we hope will happen. This is living in ignorance of … Continue reading →

Negative And Positive Being negative is seeing everything as wrong. Being positive is seeing being negative. In the seeing is freedom and wisdom. Whether we value that moment or not is down to our understanding.

Truth Will Always Be Suppressed If people knew the truth, they could no long be controlled by belief. Once a person knows the truth of reality, they are free of beliefs provided by others. As long as people believe in … Continue reading →

Belief Is Going Round In Circles Belief is going round in circles. Knowing is direct. Thinking we know is belief. Knowing is direct, spontaneous, silent experience.