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- NOT SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES October 9, 2026
- THE CATCH IN THE BARDO = THE WINDS OF KARMA October 9, 2026
- WATERED-DOWN DHARMA October 8, 2026
- THE CONSTANTS October 8, 2026
- GURUS ARE PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE ARE GURUS October 7, 2026
- DOUBT AND CONFIDENCE October 6, 2026
- HAVING SOMEONE TO TALK TO October 5, 2026
- MISTAKING DISTRACTION FOR PURPOSE October 4, 2026
- WE ADOPT A STORY October 3, 2026
- SANITY IS WISDOM October 3, 2026
- SOCIOLOGY AND THE DHARMA October 3, 2026
- LIVING IN OUR BUBBLE October 3, 2026
- FEEDBACK IS VITAL FOR PROGRESS October 3, 2026
- PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS INNOCENT October 2, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE PSYOPS October 1, 2026
- WAKING UP IS DISTURBING October 1, 2026
- FROM SIGHT TO INSIGHT September 30, 2026
- WE KNOW ABOUT PLATO’S CAVE … BUT DO WE? September 30, 2026
- LOST SOUL, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS September 29, 2026
- RITUALISTIC DHARMA AND REAL DHARMA September 29, 2026
- LOVING LABELS – OTHERS’ LABELS September 28, 2026
- THERE IS NO DHARMA, NO BUDDHISM, NOTHING INTERESTING September 28, 2026
- RETREATS, AND GOING FOR A BUN September 27, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE DREAMING? September 27, 2026
- CLEARING AWAY THE DARK IGNORANCE OF MIND September 26, 2026
- IS THE EXOTIC ESCAPISM? September 26, 2026
- WHY DOES LIFE FEEL LIKE A SCAM? September 26, 2026
- KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT COMPASSION September 25, 2026
- BELIEVING VERSUS KNOWING September 24, 2026
- BORN INTO A WAY OF LIFE September 23, 2026
- COMPASSION ONLY FOR THOSE AFAR September 22, 2026
- ARE WE AWAKE OR DREAMING? September 22, 2026
- DID YOU GET WHAT YOU CAME FOR? September 22, 2026
- REALISING THE REAL TEACHER September 22, 2026
- BELONGING TO AN UNSTABLE TRIBE September 21, 2026
- WORDS ARE NEARLY THE TRUTH September 20, 2026
- THE LESS THE JUDGEMENT, THE MORE THE INSISIGHT September 19, 2026
- IF YOU’RE BONKERS AND YOU KNOW IT, CLAP YOUR HANDS September 19, 2026
- THE DHARMA IS IN LIFE, NOT IN A BOOK September 18, 2026
- THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNISING BLIND ALLEYS September 18, 2026
- SPIRITUALITY ISN’T A PERFORMANCE September 17, 2026
- WHY GO ON ABOUT HAPPINESS? September 17, 2026
- TO WRITE OR NOT TO WRITE? September 16, 2026
- WHY DON’T PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE? September 15, 2026
- DO YOU WANT TO BE A BODHISATTVA? September 14, 2026
- WISDOM IS USELESS UNLESS IT IS PRACTISED September 13, 2026
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE? September 13, 2026
- THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING September 12, 2026
- WE ALL HAVE DARK PASTS September 12, 2026
- MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN THE PAST September 11, 2026
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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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Tagged elite technical experts, the control of humanity, what makes us tick
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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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Tagged compassion, ego-building, EMPATHY, look see drop, the inseparability of the two truths
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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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Tagged Blessings, clearing the mind, insight, likes and dislikes, Manjushri, removing our obscurations, the habitual I
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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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Tagged contentment, expectations, Finding inner peace, Happiness, pure happiness, the corporate ideal
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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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Tagged disillusionment, dissolving confusion, KARMA, lucid clarity, recognition, the clear view
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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
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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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Tagged compassion, emotions, mindfulness, nature of reality, self image, timeless selfless awareness
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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
MEETINGS WITH SCARY PEOPLE
Meetings With Scary People is the reason to meditate Every encounter is scary, when we consider that everyone is living in an illusion; projecting it, maintaining it and defending it. Of course, this includes ourselves! This is why we need … Continue reading
SATISFACTION SUDDENLY BECOMES DISSATISFACTION – WHY?
Satisfaction Suddenly Becomes Dissatisfaction – Why? Knowing what is true and what is not true becomes more and more subtle. It is the ‘knowing’ that is true and constant; it is not that which is known, which is as changeable as … Continue reading
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I DO NOT BELIEVE A WORD I WRITE OR SAY
I Do Not Believe A Word I Write Or Say In realising pure consciousness, there is nothing to believe in. Belief is something we accept without proof. That’s no way to live and die. In the stillness of silence, the … Continue reading
UNLOCKING OUR FULL POTENTIAL
Unlocking Our Full Potential Our current potential is limited by our fixation on the way that we see things. We don’t just see: we have bias. Our absolute potential is the actual clarity of seeing itself: it is not dependent … Continue reading
DARE I SAY IT?
Dare I Say It? “Teachers can be a problem.” “Traditions can be a problem.” “Other students can be a problem.” None are wrong: They each have their own way. But that way is an amalgamation of others’ ways. We have … Continue reading
PERFECT CONSCIOUSNESS
Perfect Consciousness We are perfect consciousness but, in looking for something more, we abide in imperfect consciousness – ignorance. Ignorant, we wander in confusion, and suffer. The world is confusing because it is confused. We will stay confused as long … Continue reading
HOW DO WE WAKE UP, AND STAY AWAKE?
How Do We Wake Up, And Stay Awake? Staying awake is enlightenment! The very moment we come to our senses and rest in pure perception – which is pure awareness in that spontaneous present moment now – we are awake. … Continue reading
BAD STUFF HAPPENS
Bad Stuff Happens When the bad stuff happens, the good news is that the good stuff sees it. If the good stuff complains about the bad stuff, it just creates more bad stuff. When the bad stuff happens, the good … Continue reading
KNOW YOUR OWN MIND
Know Your Own Mind (easier said than done) If we do not look honestly, and admit how our own mind is working right now, then we will stay imprisoned by thoughts and ideas that we have acquired. We need to … Continue reading
THE INSIDER
The Insider The insider knows the secret! 😀
AS WE PROGRESS, WE TAKE STEPS …
As We Progress, We Take Steps … and in taking steps, we leave the previous step behind. We cross over a line! Having realised that we don’t have to be a ‘Buddhist’ to realise our true nature, we realise that … Continue reading
