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- WE ARE REMANTS OF THE PAST August 2, 2026
- ONCE WE KNOW, WE CANNOT UN-KNOW August 2, 2026
- LACKING COMPASSION = NARCISSISM August 2, 2026
- WE LIVE IN AN OXYMORON August 1, 2026
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- WHAT IS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS? July 31, 2026
- CONFUSED – SO WE JOIN A GROUP July 30, 2026
- THE RATCHET EFFECT July 30, 2026
- REALISATION IS CONFIDENCE July 29, 2026
- EVIL IS AN EXAGGERATED ‘I’ July 29, 2026
- VULNERABLE TO CORRUPTION July 28, 2026
- HOW DO WE KNOW WE AREN’T BRAINWASHED? July 26, 2026
- THE FINAL ANSWER IS KNOWING NOTHING July 25, 2026
- BARELY BEING AWARE July 24, 2026
- LABELS ARE DOGMA/OPINIONS July 24, 2026
- TEACHINGS ARE EASY TO COME BY July 23, 2026
- EVIL IS IGNORANCE July 23, 2026
- WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SUFFERING July 23, 2026
- FROM BIRTH, WE’RE FLOODED IN TRIVIALITY July 22, 2026
- A PASSED-ON THOUGHT IS REINCARNATION July 21, 2026
- MARA’S VERY PRESENCE IS ITS DEMISE July 20, 2026
- THE PERFECT PRACTICAL PRACTICE July 19, 2026
- EGO IS THE DEVIL INCARNATED July 18, 2026
- THE EGO ISN’T REAL July 18, 2026
- TRAPPED IN EGO IS LIVING IN HELL July 18, 2026
- WE ARE FED JUNK July 18, 2026
- PRACTISING THE PRACTICE July 17, 2026
- NO MORE QUESTIONS July 17, 2026
- INVERT THE PYRAMID July 17, 2026
- ACADEMIC, PHILOSOPHICAL AND LINGUISTIC DISTRACTIONS July 16, 2026
- WHEN CONDUCT FORGETS THE VIEW July 16, 2026
- LED TO BELIEVE WE’RE NOT ENLIGHTENED July 15, 2026
- OUR CONFUSION IS BASED ON LABELS July 15, 2026
- VALUING EMPTINESS – PURE KNOWINGNESS July 15, 2026
- NOTHING IS NEW July 15, 2026
- OUR THOUGHTS ARE NOT OUR OWN July 15, 2026
- FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS July 14, 2026
- OBSERVER AND OBSERVATION July 13, 2026
- PURPOSE IN THE MUNDANE July 12, 2026
- NOT COPING, WHILE PRETENDING TO COPE July 12, 2026
- WHY DIDN’T THE BUDDHA COME BACK? July 11, 2026
- WE ARE INHERENTLY DIVINE July 11, 2026
- NOTHING WITH OTHERS CAN BE RESOLVED July 11, 2026
- SIMPLE DHARMA: OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE July 10, 2026
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TEACHINGS ARE EASY TO COME BY
Teachings Are Easy To Come By Teachings are easy to come by, but they’re maybe not reflected upon so readily. Knowledge can become entertainment – we’ve heard it before, and there’s nothing new or exiting. Without reflection or contemplation, we … Continue reading
“IS THIS OR ISN’T THIS PURE CONSCIOUSNESS?”
“Is This Or Isn’t This Pure Consciousness?” Our problem is that we just make do, when we should be making do and mending. How do we mend? Because spiritual teachings (or Dharma) are not being fully explained – or we … Continue reading
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT?
What Do You Like To Hear About? The positive or the negative? There are two aspects to spiritual teachings on consciousness; the goal, and that which prevents us from scoring the goal. If we don’t know how to play with … Continue reading
SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS ARE TOUGH
Spiritual Teachings Are Tough They aren’t about feeling good: they are meant to open our insight. Whether pleasant or unpleasant, the eye of wisdom opens to see clearly. The magic of daily life happens through close inspection and gratitude. Compassion … Continue reading
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SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS SHOULD BE FREE
Spiritual Teaching Should Be Free Spiritual teachings are telling us what we already are. Why do we have to pay to be told what we are? The whole point of freedom is being unbound.
TRANSFORMATION OF APPRECIATION
Transformation of Appreciation Genuine appreciation of spiritual teachings Recognising a quality and valuing it. This can only occur when we experience and recognise an inner change. Then we know that the teachings work. How can we appreciated them otherwise? Saying we … Continue reading
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ULTIMATELY, TEACHING IS ABOUT JUST ONE POINT
Ultimately, Teaching Is About Just One Point Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche said … “When I give teachings, I speak about just this point and when I give another teaching, I speak about just this point. “It is like the chirp of … Continue reading
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YOUR TEACHER DOESN’T LOVE YOU
Your Teacher Doesn’t Love You Your teacher loves the teaching from the highest realm. Your teacher empathises with your earthly suffering. Your teacher has compassion for your bewilderment. The teacher can put an end to confusion but cannot end your … 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. 