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- THE CHOSEN FEW October 18, 2018
- WE BECOME CAUGHT AND HELD October 18, 2018
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE EVOLVING? October 17, 2018
- INFLUENCES IN SOCIETY October 14, 2018
- What Is Being Sociable? October 12, 2018
- You See October 12, 2018
- WHY IS EMPTINESS SO IMPORTANT? October 12, 2018
- APPEARANCES AND EMPTINESS October 11, 2018
- FORGETTING AND REMEMBERING October 10, 2018
- WE ARE NOT A SET OF IDEAS October 7, 2018
- AS LONG AS WE ARE LOOKING, WE WILL FAIL TO SEE October 6, 2018
- THE PRACTICALITY OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS BEING WISDOM October 5, 2018
- NEITHER GOD NOR THE BUDDHA CAN FORGIVE US October 3, 2018
- WORRIED ABOUT EGO? October 3, 2018
- IN RIGPA, NOTHING STICKS October 3, 2018
- THE MOMENT GOD WAS CREATED October 1, 2018
- STILLNESS OF MIND AND STILLNESS OF ESSENCE September 30, 2018
- OLD MIND, NEW MIND September 28, 2018
- THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX HAS ITS PROBLEMS September 26, 2018
- THINKING IS ONLY OUTSIDE THE BOX September 25, 2018
- WE HAVE TO COMPREHEND BEFORE WE CAN SEE… September 25, 2018
- ‘I’ AM CONFUSED September 23, 2018
- UNSTUCK September 20, 2018
- IT’S ALL WE KNOW – SO WE THINK September 19, 2018
- CALLING ON THE ENLIGHTENED ONES FROM AFAR September 18, 2018
- A TERRIFYING SHOCK September 16, 2018
- SEEING GOOD, SEEING BAD September 14, 2018
- “PLATO’S CAVE IS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME!” September 13, 2018
- BEING CYNICAL September 8, 2018
- SOMETHING REALISED IS SOMETHING DESTROYED September 7, 2018
- SPIRIT IS ALWAYS FREE September 5, 2018
- BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER September 4, 2018
- WHO RULES THE WORLD? September 2, 2018
- THOUGHTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM August 31, 2018
- WE WILL NEVER FIND REALITY OR TRUTH… August 29, 2018
- IN RIGPA, NOTHING STICKS August 28, 2018
- WHAT WOULD BE THE FINAL TEACHING? August 26, 2018
- WE NEED A SHOCK TO WAKE UP August 25, 2018
- IS GOD BUDDHIST? August 22, 2018
- ILLUMINATING DARKNESS CAN BE DEPRESSING August 22, 2018
- ANTIDOTE: A TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL MEDICINE August 22, 2018
- QUIETISM August 22, 2018
- LIVING IN A BRAINWASHED WORLD August 18, 2018
- THE LAMP THAT DISPELS DARKNESS August 16, 2018
- LACK CERTAINTY, LACK IMPACT August 14, 2018
- STOP BELIEVING IN GOD TO KNOW GOD August 13, 2018
- POSITIVE DISSATISFACTION August 13, 2018
- WHAT IS MEDITATION, REALLY? August 12, 2018
- THE NEXT STEP August 11, 2018
- STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING August 10, 2018
Tag Archives: Mara
WHAT IS EVIL?
What Is Evil? When a question arises, there is always an answer, but it may a little time to find a way to express this, illustrating how deep we can go in our understanding. We normally think of ‘evil’ as … Continue reading
MARA IS RELIABLE
Mara Is Reliable The word ‘mara’ is a Sanskrit word for the demonic activity of selfishness in the mind, which is manifested out of ignorance of our true nature of pure compassionate awareness. Mara is expressed by our likes and … Continue reading
LIFE IS DESIGNED TO GO WRONG
Life Is Designed To Go Wrong We are fed, or we acquire, false information, day in and day out. Understanding the confused world in which we dwell is the path to enlightenment. The world happens outside. Our world happens inside. … Continue reading
7 BILLION IN ‘THE DEVIL’S’ FOCUS GROUP
7 Billion in ‘the Devil’s’ Focus Group “Don’t wander, don’t wander, place mindfulness on guard” Mass surveillance of our likes and dislikes tells ‘the devil’ how to control us. “Along the road of distraction, Mara lies in ambush. Mara is … Continue reading
TURNING ARROWS INTO FLOWERS
Turning Arrows Into Flowers On the night that the Buddha attained enlightenment, he sat under a tree. While he was sitting there, the forces of Mara shot arrows at him to distract him from becoming enlightened; he merely turned their … Continue reading
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BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
Better the devil you know Better the devil you know,than the devil you don’t.Better to train the devil.Better to tame the devil.Best to know that the devilnever existed,because the devil is a confidence trick! Let’s expose this trickery! The … Continue reading
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Tagged Archons, Better the devil you know, demons, Fallen angels, Jinn, Mara
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DEALING WITH DEMONS AND SAMAYA BREAKERS
Dealing with Demons and Samaya Breakers. Demonic activity is selfish activity. That’s it. Selfishness, self-centredness, self-importance are all demonic activities. We, as sentient beings, are dominated by…’me’ first! However, as sentient beings, we also have the potential for enlightenment, for … Continue reading
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Tagged Dealing with Demons and Samaya Breakers, Kali Yuga, Mara
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WHY DO THINGS HAPPEN?
Why do things happen? Do things just happen? Are they created by causes and conditions? Or do things happen by design? Buddhism says, everything is created by causes and conditions: everything depends on something else. Our present moment of self-identification … Continue reading
OUR BELIEFS SENTENCE US
Our beliefs sentence us. Our beliefs sentence us to see the world in a certain way, and that in turn has an effect on us. This is the law of interdependence: situations are created by a series of links comprising … Continue reading
