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- THE BUDDHA WAS A WHISTLEBLOWER May 19, 2024
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- HEAVEN’S DOORKEEPER IS THE DEVIL May 16, 2024
- THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WISDOM AND DEMONS May 15, 2024
- YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE BUDDHIST May 14, 2024
- BELIEF IS AN INFECTION May 13, 2024
- IF THE DHARMA IS TRUE, THEN NOTHING IS TRUE May 12, 2024
- MAKING UP OUR MIND May 12, 2024
- WHEN DOGMA TAKES OVER THE HEART May 11, 2024
- ARE WE IN A CULT? May 11, 2024
- HOW DO WE LEARN? May 10, 2024
- DROPPING THE PRACTICE May 9, 2024
- THE VALUE OF COMMENTS May 8, 2024
- AUTHORITIES MONITOR OUR THINKING May 8, 2024
- “BE YOURSELF!” May 8, 2024
- TIME, SPACE AND PHENOMENA DO NOT EXIST May 8, 2024
- THE PURPOSE OF LIFE May 8, 2024
- MAGNETISM May 7, 2024
- WE ARE ALREADY IN NIRVANA, LOOKING OUT May 6, 2024
- RIDDLES CONTROL OUR THOUGHTS May 6, 2024
- PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS ALREADY IN NIRVANA May 5, 2024
- VALUING A QUIET MIND May 4, 2024
- OUR BEING IS NOTHING EXOTIC May 3, 2024
- FOREVER CHEMICALS AND FOREVER BELIEFS May 2, 2024
- WE ARE ALL ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR ACTIONS May 2, 2024
- KNOWING THE UNIVERSE AND CONSCIOUSNESS May 1, 2024
- LIVING DHARMA May 1, 2024
- WHEN WE PAY ATTENTION, THE MIND IS SILENT April 30, 2024
- ANGER IS A PUNISHMENT WE GIVE OURSELF April 30, 2024
- HAVE WE BECOME MODIFIED? April 30, 2024
- THE MYTH OF ENTITLEMENT April 29, 2024
- WAKING UP IS SIMPLE; STAYING AWAKE ISN’T April 28, 2024
- QUOTING, QUOTING, QUOTING April 27, 2024
- WE HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED April 27, 2024
- CAN SPIRITUALITY BE ORGANISED? April 27, 2024
- CAN WE KNOW EVERYTHING? April 26, 2024
- BEING RELIGIOUS OR NON-RELIGIOUS April 25, 2024
- WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS IS PRESENT, THERE IS NO EGO April 25, 2024
- OBSERVATION WITHOUT WORDS April 24, 2024
- THE SECRET KEPT FROM HUMANITY April 24, 2024
- WE ARE MADE IN THEIR IMAGE April 24, 2024
- ONCE WE FEEL OKAY, WE’RE OKAY April 23, 2024
- IT’S ALL A SHOW April 22, 2024
- ACKNOWLEDGING AWARENESS April 22, 2024
- IS PURE AWARENESS SIMPLISTIC? April 21, 2024
- LOOKING IN ON THE MIND April 20, 2024
- BEYOND BUDDHISM April 19, 2024
Tag Archives: Ngondro
STILL PUTTING ‘THINGS’ OFF?
Still putting ‘things’ off? A man called Longchen Rabjam meditated for many years, under an overhang in a cliff in the mountains. He only had a hemp-cloth sack as clothing and bedding. Every day, when he went to urinate, he’d … Continue reading
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Tagged Cutting through concepts, Longchenpa, monkey mind, Ngondro
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DON’T LEARN IT – LIVE IT
Don’t learn it – live it. The Buddha dharma is not a belief system: it is a description of our true nature, which can be experienced. It is a complete system that can be clearly understood from beginning to end. … Continue reading
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Tagged Accumulation of merit, and blessings, Ngondro, purification of obscurations
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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. 