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- NATURE (BUDDHA-NATURE) VERSUS NURTURE (MARA-NATURE) April 3, 2026
- BEING BUDDHIST IS BEING ORDINARY April 2, 2026
- A LUCKY ESCAPE April 1, 2026
- SUDDENLY NOT FEELING WRONG April 1, 2026
- REALISATION COMES FROM DROPPING THE MEDITATION March 31, 2026
- WE CANNOT NOT COMMUNICATE March 30, 2026
- WE’VE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY ALTERED March 30, 2026
- WHAT IS OUR ULTIMATE REALITY? March 29, 2026
- OUR COLLECTIVE PROBLEM March 28, 2026
- IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD March 27, 2026
- WHEN NEWS IS PROPAGANDA March 27, 2026
- IMPURE CONSCIOUSNESS AND PURE CONSCIOUSNESS March 26, 2026
- WHY DOES BUDDHISM GO ON ABOUT SUFFERING? March 25, 2026
- UN-REINFORCING THE I March 24, 2026
- “THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST US” March 24, 2026
- DO YOU FEEL MONACHOPSIS? March 23, 2026
- ONE LIGHT OR MANY LIGHTS? March 23, 2026
- WHAT IS OUR COMMON GROUND? March 23, 2026
- DON’T LET DAMAGE CONTROL YOUR LIFE March 23, 2026
- BE THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY March 22, 2026
- BELIEVING AND DEBUNKING March 22, 2026
- THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS March 21, 2026
- GROUPS ARE CONFORMITY March 21, 2026
- PRACTICAL PRACTICE TO PRACTISE March 21, 2026
- WHO BENEFITS FROM CHAOS? March 20, 2026
- IS THERE A HIERACHY ON EARTH? March 20, 2026
- WORLD EVENTS CHANGE OUR THINKING March 20, 2026
- THE ANSWER TO LIFE March 19, 2026
- SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM March 18, 2026
- EVIL TRANSFORMS INTO WISDOM March 18, 2026
- THE COMFORTABLE DECEPTION March 18, 2026
- IT’S AN ANCIENT TRICK March 18, 2026
- WHAT ARE MORALS? March 17, 2026
- A POSITIVE OUTLOOK March 16, 2026
- REGRETS ARE MEMORIES March 16, 2026
- THE TWO VEILS OF UNHAPPINESS March 15, 2026
- WHAT IS SUCCESS? March 15, 2026
- KARMA IS OUR MANUAL FOR LIFE March 15, 2026
- DZOGCHEN March 14, 2026
- WE ALL GIVE OFF SIGNALS March 14, 2026
- INSTITUTIONAL INSANITY March 14, 2026
- 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
Tag Archives: the Dharma
THE DENIAL OF CORRUPTION
The Denial Of Corruption Corruption: showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for personal gain.Denial: to deliberately refuse to accept the truth about something unpleasant by pretending that it does not exist. There are two aspects to every situation: the essence, and the form it takes. If we become more attracted to … Continue reading
DO WE HAVE TO LEARN THE DHARMA?
Do We Have To Learn ‘The Dharma’? The Dharma is all about our true reality right now; it’s not about where we came from, and it’s not someone else’s history. We merely have to recognise our true reality of pure consciousness through silent … Continue reading
THE DHARMA ISN’T AN ANCIENT TEACHING
The Dharma Isn’t An Ancient Teaching The Dharma isn’t an ancient text to devour.The Dharma is unpretentious adaptability.
THE DEGENERATION OF THE DHARMA
The Degeneration Of The Dharma The degeneration of the Dharma in degenerate times.\As foretold by Padmasambhava (circa 8th – 9th century). Degenerate: the change from a higher to a lower form. There is definitely a decline in society, with social unrest orchestrated by … Continue reading
CONFUSION RULES
Confusion Rules You can manipulate all the people some of the time,and some of the people all of the time,but you cannot manipulate all the people all of the time. We can only be released from foolishnesswhen we know we … Continue reading
WATERED-DOWN DHARMA
Watered-Down Dharma If we don’t know what Dharma is – the teaching of our reality – we won’t know or recognise any slight deviations. But why would anyone deviate or water-down the Dharma? Two reasons.One: people are not ready to … Continue reading
THE WISDOM THAT DISPELS PRIDE AND ENVY
The Wisdom That Dispels Pride And Envy Pride is the wisdom-of-equality; we all have the same potential. Envy is all-accomplishing-wisdom; that quality which is recognised in another is within us already. The Dharma is practical. This is why the Buddha … Continue reading
WHY I ONLY FOLLOW THE BUDDHA’S ADVICE
Why I Only Follow The Buddha’s Advice Why I follow the Buddha’s advice and don’t believe it: he said, “Test the truth for yourself”. How else will we know? This is in contrast to being told by Buddhist teachers, “Don’t … Continue reading
KARMA AND MERIT
Karma And Merit The way the word ‘merit’ is used can sound like a reward– a carrot held in front of a donkey. The Dharma is a complete personal uncovering of what we are, which is ever-present.Any elaboration of pure … Continue reading
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Tagged empathetic understanding, KARMA, merit, pure consciousness, the Dharma
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SPIRITUAL TEXT IN THE COMMON LANGUAGE
Spiritual Text In The Common Language The common language is that of the people’s everyday usage. There is no reason not to use it. Throughout history, the common people have had to have intercessors, teachers, gurus to comment – and … Continue reading
GROWING IN CONFIDENCE
Growing In Confidence As we realise certain truths about our being, doors close on others’ ‘certainties’, and new doors open. We learn sequentially at an individual level. We do not learn en masse; we can hear en masse, but that … Continue reading
THE DHARMA , ACCORDING TO AN IDIOT
The Dharma, According To An Idiot We are just pure consciousness- no intelligence needed. Note how an original meaning of a word downgrades, and shapes society. The word ‘idiot’ comes from the Greek ‘idiōtēs’ – a private person or citizen, an individual (as opposed to … Continue reading
MEDITATION ISN’T THE ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEMS?
Meditation Isn’t The Answer To Our Problems!? This was said by a very influential professor who actually meditates. And it’s doublespeak. He means that meditation isn’t the answer to his – and his organisation’s – problems, but it is the … Continue reading
THIS ISN’T THE AGE OF TRUTH
This Isn’t The Age Of Truth At this time, few have experience of truth. Reading or hearing spiritual texts on truth isn’t knowing the truth of our reality. It is we who have to put the text into practice, accompanied … Continue reading
WHAT IF WE ARE ALL CAPTURED BY CULTURE?
What If We Are All Captured By Culture? We are all born into a cultural programme, aren’t we? There is truth and there is deception: these are a unity, like yin and yang. Everything has two purposes. To the unenlightened … Continue reading
Heaven And Hell Are Not Separate
Heaven And Hell Are Not Separate … and never were! Who on Earth con-vinced humanity that heaven and hell were different places?They are as inseparable as a mirror and its reflections – and it’s all in the mind. 😀 The concept … Continue reading
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Tagged Duality, enslaved humanity, fixations, heaven hell, mind games, non-duality, our reality, psychological misdirection, the Dharma
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SELF-CONTROL; SELF-MASTERY
Self-Control; Self-Mastery It’s easy to say, “Self-control” and “Self-mastery” but, with so much distraction, this topic may be difficult to comprehend. We usually take self-control and self-mastery to denote holding back our reactions, but here, it doesn’t mean that. ‘Holding … Continue reading
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