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- CLARITY IS VIVIDNESS March 13, 2026
- WE INHERIT MEMORIES March 13, 2026
- FINDING EGO March 13, 2026
- HOLDING ONTO ANGER March 13, 2026
- WE WERE WARNED March 12, 2026
- TRANSCENDING THE LEVELS March 11, 2026
- THE AI LAMA March 11, 2026
- CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY March 10, 2026
- GHOST IN THE MIND March 10, 2026
- KNOW THE DIFFERENCE March 9, 2026
- SPIRITUAL INBREEDING March 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE JAILBREAK March 8, 2026
- “WHO ORDERED THE BIG BANG?” March 8, 2026
- RULES OVER WELLBEING March 8, 2026
- MARA IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT March 7, 2026
- SUDDENLY, WE REALISE WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG March 6, 2026
- WHY DO WE SHY AWAY FROM SIMPLICITY? March 6, 2026
- THE SUBTLETY OF BEING March 5, 2026
- CAN WE RECOGNISE DECEPTION? March 5, 2026
- REALISATION AND BEING OFFENDED March 4, 2026
- NICE PEOPLE March 3, 2026
- OUR NATURAL STATE IS MEDITATIVE March 2, 2026
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG March 1, 2026
- WHY WE IGNORE CONSCIOUSNESS February 28, 2026
- THE ART OF LIVING February 27, 2026
- DISSOLVING DUALISTIC MIND February 27, 2026
- EMPATHY FOR STUPIDITY February 27, 2026
- HUMANITY HAS BEEN DECEIVED February 27, 2026
- HOW DID IT ALL START? February 27, 2026
- THE POINTLESSNESS OF EXISTENTIALISM February 27, 2026
- THE WISDOM OF FAILURE February 26, 2026
- THE MIND IS A MENTAL SOLAR SYSTEM February 25, 2026
- INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM February 24, 2026
- INNER PEACE TAKES DISCIPLINE February 24, 2026
- DANGER WAKES US UP February 23, 2026
- WHEN WE IGNORE EVIL February 23, 2026
- CONFUSION IS MEANT TO CONFUSE February 23, 2026
- A LACK OF CONTINUITY February 22, 2026
- MEMORIES SEPARATE US February 21, 2026
- THE FOUR ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITIES February 20, 2026
- LIVING A SHARED FICTION February 20, 2026
- WHY IS BUDDHISM SO COMPLICATED? February 20, 2026
- DOES RELIGION WAKE US UP? February 19, 2026
- MEDITATION GAZE February 18, 2026
- UNDERSTANDING CONFUSION February 18, 2026
- FRUSTRATED AT BEING FRUSTRATED February 18, 2026
- CYCLES: THE HABITUAL PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR February 17, 2026
- BUDDHISM AND THE VEDANTA SEE THE UNIVERSE AS INFINITE February 16, 2026
- AI THE NEXT RELIGION February 15, 2026
- WE SHOULD ALL ASK, “WHAT IF I’M WRONG?” February 15, 2026
Tag Archives: NYINGMA
MADHYAMAKA AND ABHIDHARMA
Madhyamaka And Abhidharma Don’t switch off!It’s simple.😀 Madhyamaka is freedom from extremes, and Abhidharma is staying free. Just as truly existent external phenomena is refuted, so too is a truly existent perceiving mind that refutes the existence of external phenomena, … Continue reading →
REALISATION ISN’T BELIEF, TRUST OR CONFIDENCE
Realisation Isn’t Belief, Trust Or Confidence Belief / trust / confidence is a trick played by the ego-devil turning consciousness away from actual now experience. Clinging to belief or trust or confidencesubtly brings us down into reifying experience.The ‘devil’ is merely ego claiming … Continue reading →
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Tagged Awareness, awareness without doubts, Belief, confidence, dualistic memory, Ego, genuine uniqueness, KARMA, memory, mindfulness, non-dulaity, NYINGMA, realisation, Rigpa, the eight consciousnesses, the senses, we are free
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STARTING WITH PRELIMINARIES OR ADVANCED TEACHINGS?
Starting With Preliminaries Or Advanced Teachings? Do we start at the beginning, or at the end? This up to the individual teacher or student. We usually start at the beginning in order to get to the end, but this is … Continue reading →
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Tagged advanced practices, compassion, Dzogchen, life is our teacher, NYINGMA, preliminary practices, pure direct consciousness, recognising, Rigpa, Togal, Trekcho
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TO GO PLACIDLY OR NOT TO GO PLACIDLY…?
To Go Placidly Or Not To Go Placidly…? There is tranquil, comfortable, stillness of the mind, and there is the sharp clarity of rigpa essence which is ultimate reality – pure awareness. They are not the same, but stillness can … Continue reading →
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DO NOT BE IN AWE OF THE DHARMA
Do not be in awe of the Dharma.  Do not be in awe of the Dharma.Don’t make Dharma separate from you.You are Dzogchen*.  Demons and the Dharmaare the path and the obstacle……and the inspiration…to get to reality’s shore.  We … Continue reading →
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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. 