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Tag Archives: our reactions
WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE REALITY?
What Is Our Ultimate Reality? Knowing puts our mind at ease. Pure spontaneous consciousness is this moment now, which cannot be found. This is our ultimate reality to be realised, leading to profound peace and liberation from all conflict. Conflict … Continue reading
DZOGCHEN ISN’T A TEACHING
Dzogchen Isn’t A Teaching Dzogchen is another name for what we are: pure consciousness. There’s no getting away from it. 🙂 If we think Dzogchen is something extra – extra special to make us extra, extra special – that is … Continue reading
“SUFFERING & SADNESS UNITE US”
“Suffering & Sadness Unite Us” A commentator on this blog just wrote this phrase. It’s so true. Becoming a Buddhist, or becoming anything as part of a middle-class lifestyle, doesn’t do any good for anyone. Paying lots of money to … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, becoming Buddhist, change the world for the better, don't act out anger, genuine compassion, mirror-like wisdom, no empathy means no understanding, our reactions, our true teach is life, the spontaneous presence of pure consciousness, we are already enlightened, we do suffer
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LOVE IS THE MOST ADVANCED PRACTICE
Love Is The Most Advanced Practice We are not alone in our loneliness. Hiding behind a veil of fears, unsure of what we are,we dress ourselves in hopenot to be found out. Recognise this psychology:in forgetting that we are pure consciousness,we are divided … Continue reading
PEOPLE WHO IRRITATE US
People Who Irritate Us People who irritate us bring our darkness to light. This is how karma teaches. There’s no getting away from it – until pure consciousness faces self consciousness. We all know because we can see our reactions, … Continue reading
FIRST, WE DO NO HARM TO OUR SELF
First, We Do No Harm To Our Self Doing no harm is protection. Being fully aware of one’s reactions to others is being free in the moment of seeing. No harm is done. There is no retaliation. No karma is … Continue reading
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Tagged Being aware, Buddha nature, Do No Harm, no karma, no retailiation, our reactions, protection, training the mind
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PREMEDITATION
Premeditation Premeditation is the intention or plan to act in a certain way: this is how we maintain our self-programme. If we are not in meditation, then we are in premeditation! And if we are stuck in meditation, then we … Continue reading
GIVE UP THE DHARMA TO REALISE THE DHARMA
Give Up The Dharma To Realise The Dharma We will never realise the Dharma by listening or reading about the Dharma. “But I want the original, authentic teaching!” This is why the Buddha said, “Don’t take my word for it; … 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. 