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- ONCE WE FEEL OKAY, WE’RE OKAY April 23, 2024
- IT’S ALL A SHOW April 22, 2024
- ACKNOWLEDGING AWARENESS April 22, 2024
- IS PURE AWARENESS SIMPLISTIC? April 21, 2024
- LOOKING IN ON THE MIND April 20, 2024
- BEYOND BUDDHISM April 19, 2024
- DISCOVERING OUR NATURAL STATE April 18, 2024
- LIVING IN A FALSE PERCEPTION OF REALITY April 18, 2024
- CATCH IT WHILE YOU CAN April 17, 2024
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- IRRELEVANT COMMUNICATION WASTES LIFE April 16, 2024
- THE GREAT PSYCHOSIS April 15, 2024
- EXPLOITING FEELINGS April 14, 2024
- THE NOT-SO-INVISIBILITY CLOAK April 14, 2024
- LIVING WITH OLD INFORMATION April 13, 2024
- WHAT DO ‘PROPER’ PEOPLE DO? April 12, 2024
- SPIRITUAL TEXT IN THE COMMON LANGUAGE April 11, 2024
- WHAT ARE THE TWO TRUTHS? April 10, 2024
- WE CANNOT BE WHAT WE SEE April 9, 2024
- THERE IS NO FREE SPEECH WITHOUT A FREE MIND April 8, 2024
- MIND TRAINING = MIND CONTROL April 8, 2024
- HOW TO MAKE A BETTER WORLD? April 7, 2024
- EMPTINESS – BETWEEN THIS AND THAT April 6, 2024
- GOING BEYOND RATIONAL THINKING April 6, 2024
- DHARMA QUENCHES THIRST April 5, 2024
- OUR MIND IS A DELICATE INSTRUMENT April 4, 2024
- THE THING ABOUT BUDDHISM … April 4, 2024
- KNOWLEDGE VERSUS INFORMATION April 4, 2024
- THE THREE EMOTIONS THAT POISON OUR MIND April 4, 2024
- COVERED BY INVENTIONS April 3, 2024
- ALONE? NOT ALONE? April 2, 2024
- VEDANTIC SELF OR BUDDHIST NON-SELF? April 2, 2024
- KARMA IS IDEAS WE CARRY AROUND April 1, 2024
- WE ARE ALREADY HAPPY March 31, 2024
- REALISATION = HAPPINESS March 30, 2024
- THE SADDEST THING March 30, 2024
- WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE? March 30, 2024
- WHY AM I NOT TOTALLY CONVINCED? March 29, 2024
- THERE IS NO HELL March 29, 2024
- STILL WONDERING WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT? March 28, 2024
- CAN ANGER BE POSITIVE? March 28, 2024
- DO NOT FOLLOW THE BUDDHA OUT OF DEVOTION March 27, 2024
- WHAT IS EVIL? March 27, 2024
- GLITCH IN THE MATRIX March 26, 2024
- WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY TRAINING? March 25, 2024
- THE BASIS OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS March 24, 2024
- NOTING HOW EASILY WE BECOME DISTRACTED March 24, 2024
- WHAT IS THE QUALITY OF TRUTH? March 23, 2024
- WE HAVE TO LEARN TO THINK FOR OURSELVES March 23, 2024
- OUR OBSESSION WITH HISTORY AND RELIGION March 23, 2024
Tag Archives: Tonglen
NO EMPATHY = NO COMPASSION
No Empathy = No Compassion Know empathy = know compassion. If we cannot empathise with and understand others, we cannot have compassion. We have all experienced every emotion possible, but because of pride, we hide them or ignore them. Empathy … Continue reading
HOW TO WIN ANY ARGUMENT
How To Win Any Argument Don’t bother trying. Just listen, and then there is no aftertaste; we remain at peace and have nothing to lose 🙂 If we do engage, we have to work at the other’s level, and this … Continue reading
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Tagged a defence mechanism, compassion, emotional distancing, engaging with others, good intention, learning process, love is superior, our potential, the suffering of others, Tonglen, ultimate compassion, unconditional compassion, vulnerability, winning the battle
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BUDDHISM: COLD HEART OR WARM HEART?
Buddhism: Cold Heart or Warm Heart? Clinging to a tradition? Or genuine, human kindness? I’ve been in spiritual groups for nearly 50 years and have encountered the very same problem in all of them: attachment and fear = insecurity = … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism: Cold Heart or Warm Heart?., Spiritual insecurity., Tonglen
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DHARMA, REAL DHARMA, NO DHARMA
Dharma, Real Dharma, No Dharma The Dharma is information. Real Dharma is genuine realisation of genuine experience. In that moment of realisation, there is no Dharma. Be careful of clinging to the exotic; it can destroy the Dharma. An example: … Continue reading
DHARMA – MAGIC OR PSYCHOLOGICAL?
Dharma – Magic or Psychology? …or a little of both? Walking around a Stupa (a large circular structure with sacred objects inside, representing the Buddha) in order to gain merit; is there magic in it, or is it psychological? That’s … 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. 