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- HOW DO WE KNOW WE AREN’T BRAINWASHED? July 26, 2026
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- 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
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- TRAPPED IN EGO IS LIVING IN HELL July 18, 2026
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- PRACTISING THE PRACTICE July 17, 2026
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- 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
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- PURPOSE IN THE MUNDANE July 12, 2026
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- WHY DIDN’T THE BUDDHA COME BACK? July 11, 2026
- WE ARE INHERENTLY DIVINE July 11, 2026
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Tag Archives: Mipham Rinpoche
OUR IDENTITY IS A FICTION
Our Identity Is A Fiction Our self-identity is a fiction, a misnomer. Misnomer: a wrong or inaccurate name or designation. We are not an identity, a personality, a name. We cannot even be a ‘Buddhist’. If we identify with a group – or anything – … Continue reading
ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS
Advice for Beginners Advice for beginners and advanced alike. Realisation can only come about when we truly value instruction. Advice for Beginners by Künkhyen Jamgön Mipham Rinpoché All activities within saṃsāra are pointless and hollow— Unreliable and fleeting, like lightning’s streaking … Continue reading
THE LAMP THAT DISPELS DARKNESS
The Lamp That Dispels Darkness Dispelling Spells Dispel: to make disappear Spell: a state of enchantment This is a synopsis of the precious teaching,“The Lamp That Dispels Darkness”, write in 1906 by Mipham Rinpoche. This teaching is for those who … Continue reading
LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING AND REALISATION
Levels Of Understanding And Realisation All understanding may be refined, turning realisation into … pure experience. We find the view, to lose (cease to retain) the view. We meditate, to drop the meditation. Our conduct, although mindful, ceases in unconditional love. … Continue reading
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Eight consciousnesses and beyond.
Different traditions may view this slightly differently. There are eight consciousnesses. Five of the senses, three of mind. The sixth perception. The seventh is judgement. The eighth is the storehouse of thoughts. In normal life the action between the 6th 7th and 8th happen … Continue reading
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Tagged Consciousness Awareness Mipham Cosmic joke, Mipham Rinpoche
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