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- TRANSCENDING THE LEVELS March 11, 2026
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- CLONING: CONTROL BELIEF, CONTROL REALITY March 10, 2026
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- SPIRITUAL INBREEDING March 8, 2026
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- 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
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- 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
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Tag Archives: OM MANI PEME HUM
ZERO TOLERANCE
Zero Tolerance Zero tolerance makes people’s lives intolerable. It is anti-compassion, demanding total compliance. This is what an A.I. digital world would look like. If people go along with this system, they will suffer under an artificial intelligence. The mantra … Continue reading
GONE, GONE, GONE BEYOND
Gone, Gone, Gone Beyond “Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha”. This is the ending of the Heart Sutra. What does it mean? It means pure consciousness, beyond any intellectualisation of emptiness, and any wishful hoping for emptiness. ‘Gone beyond’ is … Continue reading
‘OM MANI PEME HUM’ IS NOT A LUCKY CHARM
‘Om Mani Peme Hum’ Is Not A Lucky Charm The mantra, Om mani peme hum, is not a lucky charm. It represents six essentials for a compassionate life. These are generosity, patience, morality, discipline, concentration and transcendent wisdom. Om mani … Continue reading
OM MANI PEME HUM ENDS INTERNAL STRUGGLE
Om Mani Peme Hum Ends Internal Struggle Suffering or dissatisfaction is due to consciousness identifying with a set of ideas, creating a confused self-image that becomes subtly hostile because it doesn’t get what it wants. Consciousness needs guidance to bring … Continue reading
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Tagged concentration meditation, discipline, ENLIGHTENMENT, generosity, mantra, morality, OM MANI PEME HUM, our confusion is known, our ultimate nature, patience, pure consciousness, suffering dissatisfaction, the mantra of compassion, the meaning of om mani peme hum, the six perfections, Transcendent Knowledge, well-being, wisdom
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CHANGE: BECOMING DIFFERENT
Change: Becoming Different Change occurs through the realisation that we’re not what we think – and we’re not what others think of us either. As long as we fixate about ourselves, we will never change. People enter the Dharma and … Continue reading
BUDDHISM FOR TODAY
Buddhism For Today The quality of Buddhism is tested through compassion in our relationships. How empathetic are we? This is this age of conflict, and conflict requires people. Buddhism today is about compassion, or rather, the lack of it. Merely … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, fearless and harmless, genuine, how empathetic are we?, isolation, non-=dual caring, OM MANI PEME HUM, our path to enlightenment, our true reality, re-ignite compassion, strife, The Buddha, the mantra of compassion, true compassion, understanding others, we are disturbed
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BODHICITTA, PARAMITAS, OM MANI PEME HUM …
Bodhicitta, Paramitas, Om mani peme hum … … all mean the same thing. Bodhicitta, the paramitas, om mani peme hum are all the six perfections: generosity, patience, conscience, perseverance, meditation/concentration, and wisdom There is: Relative and ultimate bodhicitta. Relative and … Continue reading
TURNING SELF-HATRED INTO SELF-COMPASSION
Turning Self-Hatred into Self-Compassion We are not born with self-hatred; it is learned During this video, from 35.40 to 38.06, the Dalai Lama answers a question about self-hatred: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjauGUlyCM “We are not born with self-hatred. As we grow, our minds … Continue reading
THE TRAUMA THAT JUST KEEPS ON GIVING!
The Trauma That Just Keeps On Giving! The subtle suffering of early life and why we feel insecure and misunderstood in later life. We need to take a closer look at the maintenance of suffering; it’s a two-headed beast. Our … Continue reading
TAKING THE TEACHINGS TO HEART
Taking The Teachings To Heart OM MANI PEME HUM is the mantra for the Lord of Compassion – Chenrezi (Avalokiteshvara in Sanskrit). This mantra within the practice enhances our own compassion for all beings in the … Continue reading
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS WEB LOG
The Purpose of this Web Log The purpose of this blog is to share experiences from teachers and teachings (for which I’m eternally grateful) which can make us unshakeably happy, and therefore compassionate. A happiness that is totally unshakeable. So … Continue reading
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. 