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Tag Archives: DEVOTION
DO NOT FOLLOW THE BUDDHA OUT OF DEVOTION
Do Not Follow The Buddha Out Of Devotion “All my followers should not accept my teaching out of faith, or out of devotion, but rather thorough investigation and experimentation, and then you are your own master. So therefore, ultimately, responsibility … Continue reading
WHEN DEVOTION TURNS INTO WORSHIP
When Devotion Turns Into Worship When devotion turns into worship and worship turns into servitude and servitude turns into dependency and dependency turns into loss of free will, we have lost the plot, the essence of pure consciousness. As long … Continue reading
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Tagged adoration, clarity, confined by concepts, depencency, DEVOTION, divine splendour, free will, pure consciousness, reverence, sacred, servitude, worship
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SUPERIOR POSITION – INFERIOR POSITION
Superior Position – Inferior Position Pure vision and impure vision We are pure vision. It is our natural state. When realised, this is our naked, superior position – our supreme reality. When we do not realise this pure view, we … Continue reading
CALLING ON THE ENLIGHTENED ONES FROM AFAR
Calling On Enlightened Ones From Afar We all need inspiration from someone or something that we consider more profound than ourselves. It is psychological, but also inspiring, and is something to aim for. This sense of deep appreciation or devotion … Continue reading
SOMETHING REALISED IS SOMETHING DESTROYED
Something Realised Is Something Destroyed Knowingness destroys ignorance. Confidence destroys doubt. Inner peace destroys agitation. When we have knowingness, confidence, and inner peace, we value these. This deepens our appreciation for the transmission of these qualities. Those transmissions come from … Continue reading
SOMETIMES, THE WORDS RUN OUT
Sometimes, The Words Run Out Some feelings or experiences cannot be expressed in words There is a longing within us all for clarity, unity and love. We can either sit in silence and rest in these qualities, or use sound … Continue reading
MY ROOT TEACHER
My Root Teacher is Tsoknyi Rinpoche Without his intelligent commentaries on wisdom, I would not know the essence of awareness, for which I am deeply grateful. Practice is having compassion for and letting go of anything that obscures the recognition … Continue reading
THE PLANET OF SLEEPING BUDDHAS
The Planet Of Sleeping Buddhas If we want to wake up, we have to follow in the footsteps of those that have awoken. This is the purpose of devotion/inspiration. However, we need the right motivation. This is the purpose of … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, crap life, DEVOTION, EMPATHY, evil-spirited
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CLEANING THE BUDDHA IN THE MUD
Cleaning The Buddha In The Mud Each one of us has a perfect Buddha nature. However, each one of us in the six realms is stained by negative thoughts, afflicting emotions and bad deeds. These stains are like ‘mud’ clinging … Continue reading
VALUING PAST MASTERS
Valuing Past Masters On our spiritual journey, we need as much help as we can get. We also shouldn’t underestimate the power of the psychological effects of inspiration and aspiration. This needn’t be elaborate: we merely open our minds up … Continue reading
FEAR OF DEVOTION
Fear of devotion. In some cultures, devotion exists naturally. In others, it doesn’t. We all have this feeling of devotion, but are afraid of it – or rather, we are afraid of our feelings about it. It is a hidden … Continue reading
