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- WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE? August 4, 2026
- NOT TRUSTING ANYONE? August 3, 2026
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- NO SENSE OF HUMOUR August 3, 2026
- WHAT IS HAPPINESS August 3, 2026
- WE ARE REMANTS OF THE PAST August 2, 2026
- ONCE WE KNOW, WE CANNOT UN-KNOW August 2, 2026
- LACKING COMPASSION = NARCISSISM August 2, 2026
- WE LIVE IN AN OXYMORON August 1, 2026
- BEING IN TWO MINDS August 1, 2026
- WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS? July 31, 2026
- CONFUSED – SO WE JOIN A GROUP July 30, 2026
- THE RATCHET EFFECT July 30, 2026
- REALISATION IS CONFIDENCE July 29, 2026
- EVIL IS AN EXAGGERATED ‘I’ July 29, 2026
- VULNERABLE TO CORRUPTION July 28, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE AREN’T BRAINWASHED? July 26, 2026
- THE FINAL ANSWER IS KNOWING NOTHING July 25, 2026
- BARELY BEING AWARE July 24, 2026
- LABELS ARE DOGMA/OPINIONS July 24, 2026
- TEACHINGS ARE EASY TO COME BY July 23, 2026
- EVIL IS IGNORANCE July 23, 2026
- WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SUFFERING July 23, 2026
- FROM BIRTH, WE’RE FLOODED IN TRIVIALITY July 22, 2026
- A PASSED-ON THOUGHT IS REINCARNATION July 21, 2026
- MARA’S VERY PRESENCE IS ITS DEMISE July 20, 2026
- THE PERFECT PRACTICAL PRACTICE July 19, 2026
- EGO IS THE DEVIL INCARNATED July 18, 2026
- THE EGO ISN’T REAL July 18, 2026
- TRAPPED IN EGO IS LIVING IN HELL July 18, 2026
- WE ARE FED JUNK July 18, 2026
- PRACTISING THE PRACTICE July 17, 2026
- NO MORE QUESTIONS July 17, 2026
- INVERT THE PYRAMID July 17, 2026
- ACADEMIC, PHILOSOPHICAL AND LINGUISTIC DISTRACTIONS July 16, 2026
- WHEN CONDUCT FORGETS THE VIEW July 16, 2026
- LED TO BELIEVE WE’RE NOT ENLIGHTENED July 15, 2026
- OUR CONFUSION IS BASED ON LABELS July 15, 2026
- VALUING EMPTINESS – PURE KNOWINGNESS July 15, 2026
- NOTHING IS NEW July 15, 2026
- OUR THOUGHTS ARE NOT OUR OWN July 15, 2026
- FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS July 14, 2026
- 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
Tag Archives: Bodhisattva
PURPOSE IN THE MUNDANE
Purpose in the Mundane Instead of finding everyday life meaningless, a Bodhisattva views normal social interactions, jobs, and hardships as the perfect training ground to practise patience, generosity, and wisdom. Thus everything – every situation, every feeling, every thought and … Continue reading
CONDUCT: BECOMING AN EMPATHETIC DIPLOMAT
Conduct: Becoming A Empathetic Diplomat A person who can deal with others in a sensitive and tactful way. Realising our ultimate essence is a piece of cake compared to watching our conduct. We actually ascend the levels – the yanas – through our conduct, knowing the … Continue reading
THE MYSTERY MACHINE
The Mystery Machine We like mysteries because they’re something that’s difficult or impossible to understand and explain. They entertain us. Watching a magician’s deception, we like to believe, and choose to ignore how it’s done. This path of the impossible … Continue reading
IS DEATH TERMINAL?
Is Death Terminal? Well, life is terminal. Death going to happen, because it’s normal! It isn’t ‘normal’ to go consciously through the whole process. There are many teachings about what might happen to us after the death of the body, … Continue reading
THE DIFFICULTY OF COMMUNICATING
The Difficulty Of Communicating on a conventional level and on an ultimate level. We humans are a diverse lot 😀 … but what we do have in common is confusion, and the potential to end that confusion. Being confused, we … Continue reading
HOW TO BECOME A GOOD ALIEN
How To Become A Good Alien Alien: ‘belonging to another’, from alius ‘other’. Other: refers to a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about. We are not talking about being ‘alienated’ or … Continue reading
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CORPORATE TYRANNY
Corporate Tyranny Building a scary, ugly, evil world. The Buddha woke up to what was going on around him, and created the DHARMA to end suffering. We cannot remain silent about things that matter. Corporate tyranny = deliberate confusion and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bodhisattva, corporate tyranny, echoes of Orwell, Noam Chomsky, the EU referendum
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BODHISATTVA
Bodhisattva There are nine levels of Bodhisattvas, the tenth being a Buddha. If we take the path of a Bodhisattva, then we have to have tamed the mind and emotions. All sense of what “I” want and “I” do … Continue reading
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. 