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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Déjà vu, all over again
Some persons routinely fall in love with the same type of man or woman, even though their previous relationships have not been successful. Others repeatedly become involved in situations at work that lead to discomfort with the job, conflict with … Continue reading
Four Strategies
All of us come to the Dharma with various degrees of wrong views, previous tendencies and conditioning, false identities, afflicted emotions, and extremely sensitive egos. It takes time and effort to leave them behind, or at least transform them sufficiently … Continue reading
Repose and Relief
When sentient beings come in contact with the light of Amideva, the three kinds of defilements disappear in them. Their bodies and minds become supple and gentle. They become full of joy and enthusiasm, and positive thoughts arise in them. … Continue reading
“Higher” Practices
There is so much superstition woven around the misunderstood practices of higher yoga tantra, so much ‘twilight language’ (symbolic expression) taken literally, that the simple message is lost and confused. Because Buddha Essence is our nature, all we need for … Continue reading
Posted in Q&A
Tagged 'twilight language', absence of afflicted emotions, “most powerful practice”, “secret way”, Buddha Essence, empty luminosity of the mind, essential reality, higher yoga tantra, liberation and enlightenment, methods, peace and clarity, skillful means, supernatural state, superstition, symbolic expression
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The Residents of the Pure Land
The mind of the disciples, bodhisattvas, devas, and human beings in the Pure Land is clear and far-reaching. Their appearance in body and attire are not to be distinguished one from another. Only because of conformity with convention are the … Continue reading
Posted in Pure Land, Sutra
Tagged bodhisattvas, convention, devas, disciples, emptiness, exquisite beauty, human beings, Larger Pure Land Sutra, no limitations, oneness, Pure Land
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Five Fundamental Practices
If a good man or woman performs the Five Fundamental Practices and has accomplished them, he or she will eventually attain birth in the Pure Land of Bliss and see Buddha Amideva. What are the Five Fundamental Practices? They are: … Continue reading
Three Obstacles
There are three obstacles that stand in the way of enlightenment. They can be removed by dedicating our merit to the welfare of others. The first obstacle is grasping at the false self. This is removed by means of non-dual … Continue reading
As if an only child
Mahamati, wherever there are sentient beings, let us cherish the thought of kinship with them, and thinking that all beings are to be loved as if they were our only child, let us refrain from exploiting and killing them. Bodhisattvas, … Continue reading
Amen! & Mangalam!
The Evangelical Immigration Table, a coalition of leaders from across the evangelical community released open letters to United States President Obama and to the House and Senate leadership, seeking action on immigration policy: We are driven by a moral obligation … Continue reading
Posted in Dharma View
Tagged compassionate and just treatment, crisis in America, dignity, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, Evangelical Immigration Table, fairness to taxpayers, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, immigration reform, Matthew (25:31-40), moral obligation, National Association of Evangelicals, National Latino Evangelical Coalition, path toward legal status, rule of law, secure national borders, Sojourners, tragic human cost, unity of the immediate family
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