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- THE INVASION June 25, 2024
- THE PROBLEM WITH INSIGHTFUL STATEMENTS June 25, 2024
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- THE HIGHEST FORM OF IGNORANCE June 24, 2024
- WALKING IN OTHERS’ DREAMS June 24, 2024
- MEDITATION IN ACTION June 24, 2024
- THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR RESPONSE June 23, 2024
- SPIRITUAL COMPETITIVENESS June 22, 2024
- BEFORE AWARENESS IS EMPTINESS June 21, 2024
- IS THERE A PURPOSE TO LIFE? June 20, 2024
- PLAYING A PART June 19, 2024
- THINKING AND CONSCIOUSNESS June 19, 2024
- WHO CAN WE TRUST? June 18, 2024
- DON’T OBSESS ABOUT MEDITATION June 17, 2024
- IMPOSING VIEWS ON THE VIEW June 17, 2024
- THE PATH OF NOT TRYING June 17, 2024
- STAYING ALIVE June 16, 2024
- JUDGING OTHERS FROM OUR STATE OF MIND June 16, 2024
- BUDDHISM IS A DISCOURSE June 16, 2024
- BULLYING – GROSS AND SUBTLE June 15, 2024
- OBSESSION : A LAUGHING MATTER June 15, 2024
- EVIL TIMES June 15, 2024
- IF WE DO NOT PRACTISE June 15, 2024
- KNOWING WHAT’S WITHIN TEACHES US WHAT’S WITHOUT June 14, 2024
- DIFFERING VIEWS CAUSE CONFLICT June 14, 2024
- FORGETTING OR IGNORING WHAT WE ARE June 13, 2024
- RELIGION V SPIRITUALITY June 12, 2024
- IT’S ONE HUGE MANIPULATION June 12, 2024
- OUR MINDS HAVE CHANGED OWNERSHIP June 11, 2024
- NO MUD, NO BUDDHA June 10, 2024
- LONG-TERM SUBLIMINAL REACTIONS June 10, 2024
- THE NONSENSE IN OUR MIND June 10, 2024
- ‘I’ IS A FICTION, AND A MISDIRECTION June 9, 2024
- WHAT IF ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT AS IT IS PORTRAYED? June 8, 2024
- WE DON’T WANT TO BE TAKEN IN June 8, 2024
- WHAT IS PRACTICE? June 7, 2024
- NEVER UNDERESTIMATE STUPIDITY June 7, 2024
- SYMBOLS ARE ONLY A REPRESENTATION June 6, 2024
- WE KNOW MORE THAN WE THINK June 5, 2024
- WHY ARE WE CONFUSED? June 5, 2024
- AWARE OF BEING AWARENESS June 4, 2024
- WE DIS+COVER WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE June 3, 2024
- MEDITATION IS JUST BEING AWARE OF AWARENESS June 3, 2024
- THE POINTLESSNESS OF PROTEST June 2, 2024
- DEMOCRACY IS AN ILLUSION June 2, 2024
- BECOMING DEPENDENT June 1, 2024
- ADDICTION TO INFORMATION June 1, 2024
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- GET THE EXPERIENCE, THEN YOU KNOW May 31, 2024
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Tag Archives: Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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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Tagged challenging, compassion, consciously aware, demonic attack, demons, demonsa are within, dualistic fixations, ENLIGHTENMENT, likes and dislikes, Mara, money and power, our habitual pattering, practitioners, residue of past experiences, The Mind, troubled minds, true understanding, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, vulnerability
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THE VERY DELICATE MATTER OF FEELINGS
The Very Delicate Matter Of Feelings We cannot help having feelings – but we can control our reaction to those feelings. Our feelings are memories of past experiences; our karmic programming. These feelings either control us – and therefore we … Continue reading
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IT’S AN INSIDE JOB!
It’s An Inside Job! The ‘insider’ is our own pure, unbiased intelligence that can discern what is real and what is seemingly real, once we understand what reality is. Compassion and devotion are not a means to ingratiate ourselves: they … Continue reading
TSOKNYI RINPOCHE’S TEACHING PROGRAMME FOR 2017
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GENTLE ON MY MIND
Gentle On My Mind …and on everyone else’s! A sign of progress. Everything comes in its right order. Before we can be carefree, we have to be careful. If we try to be carefree without being careful, we may end … Continue reading
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Tagged gentle mind, genuine confidence, non-violence, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, wisdom and means
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TSOKNYI RINPOCHE III
Tsoknyi Rinpoche III For authentic teachings, go to: http://www.tsoknyirinpoche.org Tsoknyi Rinpoche Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso (b. 13 March 1966) the third Tsoknyi Rinpoche was recognized by His Holiness the sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa as the reincarnation of Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche. He is … Continue reading
THE TEACHER OF EXPERIENCES
The Teacher Of Experiences “Once we attain stability in the correct body posture, it does not matter how we sit. In fact, we should try to seek out what is difficult. Go to a scary place, or an uncomfortable place, … Continue reading
RESTLESSNESS: WINDING OURSELVES UP
Restlessness: Winding Ourselves Up Then meditate slowly We may meditate, but we could still be suffering, still restless. Trying to calm down and trying to be peaceful can be exhausting! 😀 Why is this? All our life, our fixated ego … Continue reading
WE LIKE DOING THINGS
We Like Doing Things We want things to do. In pure awareness, pure consciousness, there is nothing to do. That is Rigpa. Tsoknyi Rinpoche: “Rigpa: the king that is the single most sufficient factor”. When you are resting in rigpa, … Continue reading
SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil Mixed understanding of this phrase can confuse. This Confucian proverb originally meant being of good mind, speech and action. In Buddhist traditions, the proverb means not dwelling on evil thoughts. In … Continue reading
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MEDITATION RELIEVES STRESS
Meditation (which is deep relaxation) Relieves Stress It’s this simple! The following is taken in part from an article by Talya Steinberg: Psychological stress affects the levels of chemicals in the brain and body. This includes the neurotransmitters dopamine, epinephrine, … Continue reading
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THE PATH
The Path “The lotus needs the mud in order to grow, but it is not stained by the mud.” “Through knowledge we find the method, and the method becomes an aid to increase knowledge.” Tsoknyi Rinpoche.
MY ROOT TEACHER
My Root Teacher is Tsoknyi Rinpoche Without his intelligent commentaries on wisdom, I would not know the essence of awareness, for which I am deeply grateful. Practice is having compassion for and letting go of anything that obscures the recognition … Continue reading
WHEN THE LIGHT DIMS, THE DARKNESS BEGINS
When The Light Dims, The Darkness Begins This is how distraction occurs. When the emptiness of clarity dims, our attention ‘surfs’! This is from Fearless Simplicity by Tsoknyi Rinpoche: “I just explained how distraction occurs: the next subject is how … Continue reading
A VERY PECULIAR SELF DOUBT
A Very Peculiar Self Doubt When we have doubt, WE…HAVE…DOUBT. We are not this doubt, because we are aware of this doubt that appears in the mind. Because we have identified with this doubt – which is merely a confused … Continue reading
NEUROTRANSMITTERS = TIGLE
Neurotransmitters = Tigle We can become confused on hearing the Dharma if it is not explained precisely and in depth because we may feel it is something different from us and our experiences. This is especially true when it comes … Continue reading
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ESSENTIAL DZOGCHEN
Essential Dzogchen Essentially, we are Dzogchen bliss These teachings are principally about clarifying confusion. Tulku Urgyen wrote about Dzogchen; “It is what a spiritual practitioner needs to reach complete enlightenment in a single lifetime.” Padmasambhava explains: “You must make sure … Continue reading
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Tagged Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Dharma Practice, Dzogchen, Essential Dzogchen, Padmasambhava, Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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PROOF OF TRUTH
Proof of truth. If we want proof , all we have to do is look Jesus “The Kingdom of God is inside you and all around you, not in a mansion of wood and stone Split a piece of wood … 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. 