Monthly Archives: April 2014

Useless Projects

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Tashi Nyima

Your mind is spinning around about carrying out a lot of useless projects. It’s a waste! Give it up! Thinking about the hundred plans you want to accomplish, with never enough time to finish them, just weighs down your mind. … Continue reading →

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The Beautiful Bloom of Compassion

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Tashi Nyima

From the soil of loving-kindness Grows the beautiful bloom of compassion, Watered with tears of empathic joy, Under the cool shade of the tree of equanimity. —Longchen Rabjampa

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Mahayana and Hinayana

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Tashi Nyima

It is currently deemed politically incorrect to use the term Hinayana  to identify followers of some historical Dharma lineages. I concur without reservations that it is inappropriate to label fellow Buddhists as such, based on their allegiance to a particular … Continue reading →

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Heart of the Enlightened Mind

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Tashi Nyima

The Compassionate Heart of the Enlightened Mind is the supreme elixir that overcomes the sovereignty of death. It is the inexhaustible treasure that eliminates poverty in the world. It is the supreme medicine that quells the world’s disease. It is the … Continue reading →

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My Teachers, My Friends

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Tashi Nyima

Arya Shantideva said that it is pointless to revere the Buddhas if we do not also revere all sentient beings, for it is in their association that we obtain the opportunity to learn and practice the Dharma. Today, I would … Continue reading →

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Five Mental Corruptions

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Tashi Nyima

There are the five corruptions of the mind, on account of which the mind is not flexible, controlled, or luminous, but fragile and lacking in the concentration which leads to the removal of impurities. And, which are those five? Sensual … Continue reading →

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Gratitude

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Tashi Nyima

Those who know gratitude, even while in the cycle of birth and death, will keep intact their roots of virtue.   Those who do not know gratitude ruin their roots of virtue and accumulate unwholesome karma.   Therefore, the Tathagatas … Continue reading →

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Serene Trust

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Tashi Nyima

Serene Trust is the gift of the Buddhas, the shower of Their compassion. When we invoke the Buddhas through prayer and mantra, it is not to ask, beg, cajole, or barter. We express our gratitude for Their blessings of peace and … Continue reading →

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Give Them Up

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Tashi Nyima

O Kalamas, when you know for yourself that certain things are unwholesome, and wrong, and immoral, then give them up. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Kalama Sutra

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The Hidden Storehouse of the Tathagata

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Tashi Nyima

Buddha-Nature is strong and vigorous. It is impossible to destroy. Therefore, there is nothing that can destroy it. If there were something that could indeed destroy it, Buddha-Nature would perish. Nothing can ever destroy such Buddha-Nature. Nothing of this nature … Continue reading →

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