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- 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
- WHAT IS DEVOTION? July 10, 2026
- “I COULD BE WRONG” July 9, 2026
- THE BUDDHA POINTS THE WAY; MARA IS THE WAY July 8, 2026
- THE ULTIMATE FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN July 7, 2026
- THE STUPIDITY OF TALKING ABOUT DHARMA July 7, 2026
- THE PATH OF THE ALCHEMIST July 7, 2026
- REVERSE ENGINEERING OUR SELF July 6, 2026
- SUDDENLY, IT HITS YOU July 5, 2026
- WE ARE NOT CARBON COPIES July 5, 2026
- THE ANTIDOTE FOR A POISONED MIND July 4, 2026
- HISTORY TEACHES US NOTHING July 4, 2026
- IMPRISONED BY LANGUAGE July 3, 2026
- ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT UP THERE July 3, 2026
- LIVING IN COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING July 3, 2026
- IF THERE IS AN AKASHIC RECORD… July 2, 2026
- THE CHOICE TO OPT OUT July 2, 2026
- WE BECOME LABELLING MACHINES July 1, 2026
- LIFE ISN’T A PRISON; IT’S A CLASSROOM July 1, 2026
- WE DO NOT HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS July 1, 2026
- BEYOND MEDITATION June 30, 2026
- THERE’S NOTHING TO REMEMBER June 30, 2026
- NEGATIVITY IS MARA INTERVENTION June 30, 2026
- VOLUMES OF DHARMA IN TWO PHRASES June 30, 2026
- THE ESOTERIC AND THE EXOTERIC June 29, 2026
- MARA, THE SMARTPHONE AND THE GREAT DISCONNECT June 28, 2026
- THE PRACTICE OF BEING KIND June 28, 2026
- HUMANS, AI AND DZOGCHEN June 27, 2026
- WHAT THE BUDDHA DIDN’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH June 26, 2026
- A CLOSED MAZE June 26, 2026
- THE BUDDHA WENT OFF SCRIPT June 25, 2026
- IT’S NOT COMPLICATED June 25, 2026
- SILENT TRANSMISSION June 24, 2026
- THE PRISON OF ENLIGHTENMENT June 23, 2026
- A FOOL TO ONESELF June 23, 2026
- IF WE DON’T REALISE THE TRUTH June 23, 2026
- THE UNITY OF EMPTINESS AND ILLUSIONS June 22, 2026
- THE TRUTH WILL HIT US HARD June 22, 2026
- MEDITATION TRANSFORMS June 21, 2026
- IS THIS A STUPID, ORGANISED OR PERFECT WORLD? June 20, 2026
- BEING KIND TO OUR SELF June 19, 2026
- WE’VE BECOME PREDICTIVE TEXT June 19, 2026
- WE ARE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE June 18, 2026
- EVOLVING INSTEAD OF REVOLVING June 18, 2026
Tag Archives: wisdom.
WHY IS BUDDHISM SO COMPLICATED?
Why Is Buddhism So Complicated? Why is Buddhism so complicated? The word ‘dukkha’ means unsatisfactory. Over thousands of year of adaptions and additions, teachings have themselves become increasingly complex – which is, in itself, unsatisfactory. It’s become mind-boggling as opposed … Continue reading
WERE WE WISER?
Were We Wiser? Humans may be very clever now, but are we wiser than we were thousands of years ago? We can manipulate DNA, create nano technology, stare at screens, believe what we see to be real … but are … Continue reading
INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM
Information, Knowledge, Wisdom Information is words. Knowledge is experience of the words. Wisdom is how experience is applied. Knowledge can be used for good or evil. We have to decide which is which, and that isn’t at all easy. Evil … Continue reading
THE WISDOM OF TRANSFORMING OUR EMOTIONS
The Wisdom Of Transforming Our Emotions Our emotions, such as pride, anger, jealousy, desire, indifference, or just plain annoyance, control our lives. We can transform our emotions through reasoning, and direct first-hand experience. Our emotions protect our idea of self … Continue reading
INFORMATION AND WISDOM
Information And Wisdom Information is the repetition of this and that. Wisdom is the knowingness of when to apply information. Information is knowing words. Wisdom is knowing the meaning of words. Wisdom is choosing the right moment, or rather, the … Continue reading
INFORMATION EVERYWHERE … AND WISDOM?
Information Everywhere … And Wisdom? It is only when we question information that we start to sift out the knowledge gained through personal experience. We test it, and then we know. If we go further into the stillness of the … Continue reading
WHAT EVIL WANTS
What Evil Wants All evil wants is to make us emotional. When we are controlled by our emotions, we lose our sanity and perspective, and we separate ourselves. It’s that simple. It’s that easily done. The greatest danger for evil … Continue reading
THE LAW OF KARMA
The Law Of Karma We are responsible for our own thoughts, actions, and inactions, i.e. what happens to us. Whatever we do, say and think has consequences in the future. Whatever we did, said and thought has consequences now. We … Continue reading
LIVING KNOWLEDGE
Living Knowledge Living knowledge is the opposite to book knowledge, or to being told something. It is empirical experience perceived through the senses, and then reflected upon. Instead of our projecting on to a situation, the situation is telling ussomething … Continue reading
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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. 