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- WHY DO WE FEEL WRONG? April 30, 2026
- OUR MORAL LANDSCAPE April 29, 2026
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- COMPOS MENTIS – NON-COMPOS MENTIS April 29, 2026
- CONQUERING THE UNIVERSE April 28, 2026
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- MISUNDERSTAND OUR PATH April 25, 2026
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- CREATOR, OR CREATIVE PRINCIPLE? April 23, 2026
- STAYING ON THE RIGHT PATH April 22, 2026
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- WHY DO WE PREFER STORIES TO DIRECT EXPERIENCE? April 20, 2026
- ARE WE A LIFESTYLE, OR LIFE ITSELF? April 19, 2026
- THE AGE OF DECLINE – THE AGE OF NONSENSE April 18, 2026
- LOOK AT YOUR OWN MIND, RATHER THAN SOMEONE ELSE’S April 17, 2026
- THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS TO TIBETAN BUDDHISM April 16, 2026
- WHAT IS WISDOM? April 16, 2026
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Tag Archives: The Mind
THE BODY IS A VEHICLE
The Body Is A Vehicle The body is our vehicle; the mind is our track. depends on the load we are carrying. Lightening our load hastens enlightenment.
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THE MIND ISN’T A BAD THING
The Mind Isn’t A Bad Thing It’s holding on to the thoughts in the mind that makes us fixated, addicted and in conflict with others. When we do this, we cannot think or act clearly.
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WHAT ARE ‘ESOTERIC’ AND ‘EXOTERIC’?
What Are ‘Esoteric’ And ‘Exoteric’? The esoteric is understood by the few who are practiced. The exoteric is understood by the many who do not practice. The esoteric is pure experience of pure awareness. The exoteric is knowing about pure … Continue reading
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LIVING IN THE MIND
Living In the Mind When we live just in our mind, we live on memories, which are a simulation of reality. Thoughts are imagination, and have no direct reality; they merely colour everything that we see. This is the source … Continue reading
THE MIND IS OUR TOOL
The Mind Is Our Tool The mind is our tool – for better or for worse. 🙂 The mind is our tool that expresses consciousness’s reality. This mind may be sharp or dull, adapting or adopting, improvising or rehearsed. The … Continue reading
WHY DO I WRITE EVERY DAY?
Why Do I Write Every Day? Is there too much on my mind? No; it’s the same as everyone else’s. The mind merely responds to whatever karma presents and, if karma is our teacher, there is much to see. Every … Continue reading
ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS
Advice for Beginners Advice for beginners and advanced alike. Realisation can only come about when we truly value instruction. Advice for Beginners by Künkhyen Jamgön Mipham Rinpoché All activities within saṃsāra are pointless and hollow— Unreliable and fleeting, like lightning’s streaking … Continue reading
WHAT ARE DEMONS?
What Are Demons? A demon – Mara in Sanskrit – is a troubled mind. Demonic attacks do not come from outside;they’re a residue in our own mind. When we stop our habitual patterning,we stop feeding the habitual patterning of others. … Continue reading
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SENSITIVE MINDS
Sensitive minds. Our minds are filters between our Pure Empty Essence and the outer world. The mind is a sensitive tool, as it can reflect, analyse, perceive, store memories and discern. It can join up the dots…that’s if we have … 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. 
WE CANNOT BE WHAT WE SEE
We Cannot Be What We See We see things, and we see the mind commenting on these things, so we are therefore neither this mind nor our things. We are the empty essence of mind, the clear space of clarity, … Continue reading →