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- A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY December 21, 2025
- THE POINTING OUT INSTRUCTION December 20, 2025
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- NEVER WAKE A SLEEPING PERSON December 18, 2025
- THE DEATH OF EGO December 18, 2025
- NOT PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK OF CARDS December 17, 2025
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- IN PURE CONSCIOUSNESS, EVERYONE IS EQUAL December 17, 2025
- CLEARING ALL DOUBT December 17, 2025
- SPIRITUALITY IS SCIENCE December 17, 2025
- THE CHOSEN ONES December 16, 2025
- METHODS THAT REVERSE OUR REALITY December 16, 2025
- DO DHARMA PRACTITIONERS EXPERIENCE ANGER? December 15, 2025
- HOW WOULD YOU SUBJUGATE THE WORLD? December 15, 2025
- A DAILY DOSE OF DHARMA December 15, 2025
- CAUGHT IN A PARADIGM OF BELIEF December 15, 2025
- PERCEPTION COMES BEFORE DECEPTION December 15, 2025
- WAKING UP December 15, 2025
- LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN, WHOLE BRAIN, HALF BRAIN December 14, 2025
- BREEDING EVIL December 14, 2025
- YOU ARE YOUR OWN MASTER December 13, 2025
- LIFE IS SCARY December 12, 2025
- IS GOD REAL OR A CONSTRUCT? December 11, 2025
- BEFORE OUR DEFAULT SETTING IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS December 11, 2025
- ONE DAY – WE WILL GO BEYOND WORDS December 11, 2025
- REALISATION ISN’T ABOUT LEARNING December 11, 2025
- WHY WE DON’T GET IT December 10, 2025
- EXPLAINING INFINITY – LIMITLESS SPACE December 9, 2025
- WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE? December 8, 2025
- HOW WOULD WE KNOW IF WE WERE BRAINWASHED? December 7, 2025
- WORDS ARE MASS DESTRUCTION December 6, 2025
- DO YOU CRINGE? December 5, 2025
- ARE WE JUST COMPUTERS? December 5, 2025
- WE ARE ONLY IN CONTROL WHEN … December 5, 2025
- THE UNIVERSE IS COMPLETE IN OPPOSITES December 4, 2025
- THE UNIVERSE IS BINARY – 0 AND 1 December 4, 2025
- THERE ISN’T JUST ONE WAY December 4, 2025
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- BUDDHAS IN THE MUD December 3, 2025
- WORDS HYPNOTISE December 2, 2025
- THE UNIVERSE IS A COLLECTION OF OPPOSITES December 1, 2025
- EXPERIENCE IS OUR CURRENCY December 1, 2025
- WHAT IS HAPPINESS? November 30, 2025
- WHO’S RUNNING YOUR WORLD? November 29, 2025
- IF YOU HAVE LONGING, TRY SHORTING November 28, 2025
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Tag Archives: Patrul Rinpoche
THE NATURAL LIBERATION OF DISTURBING EMOTIONS
The Natural Liberation of Disturbing Emotions “…In the undistracted state, there are no poisons. The three poisons arise as a fault of distraction. Look undistractedly into the essence of the three poisons. Look and meditate without being distracted. The three … Continue reading
MIND’S HIDDEN FAULTS PART 4
Mind’s Hidden Faults Part 4 by Patrul Rinpoche There are some meditators who don’t allow what is being thought to be thought, but who press hard and try to take hold of their minds. That is not the correct view; … Continue reading
MIND’S HIDDEN FAULTS PART 3
Mind’s Hidden Faults Part 3 by Patrul Rinpoche “There are some meditators who don’t feel confident that their mind is empty, but who speculate about whether or not it is so, and remain in doubt. The fault lies in not … Continue reading
MIND’S HIDDEN FAULTS PART 2
Mind’s Hidden Faults Part 2 by Patrul Rinpoche “There are some meditators who do not let their mind rest in itself as it should. Instead, they let it watch outwardly, and search inwardly, as one shouldn’t. You will neither see … Continue reading
MIND’S HIDDEN FAULTS PART 1
Mind’s Hidden Faults Part 1 An Exposure of the Mind’s Hidden Faults by Patrul Rinpoche “It sometimes happens that some practitioners believe it is impossible to recognise the nature of mind. They become depressed and sad. There is no reason … Continue reading
THAT WHICH IS MEANT TO ELIMINATE CONFUSION…
That Which Is Meant to Eliminate Confusion …may cause confusion! The very nature of mind – which is our true being – is unfabricated, pure perception. It is empty of judgment; it is emptiness itself. We are emptiness itself. Once … Continue reading
BE YOUR OWN TEACHER
Be Your Own Teacher …but don’t make up a teaching. The following is taken from Rainbow Painting by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche: “The great teacher, Atisha, explained four aims: “ Aim your mind at the Dharma. Aim your Dharma practice at … Continue reading
GAINING CERTAINTY IN SPIRITUALITY
Gaining Certainty In Spirituality What is spirituality? It is pure-awareness. Pure-awareness is timeless spontaneous presence. There is nothing else; that is non duality. When pure awareness turns its attention outward, it is relating to things and ideas; this ‘relating’ is … Continue reading
THE NEED FOR CONSTANT INSPIRATION
The Need For Constant Inspiration Patrul Rinpoche said: “You know the relative to be a lie, yet still you practise the two accumulations. You realize that in the absolute there is nothing to be meditated on, yet still you practise … Continue reading
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