Monthly Archives: June 2015

Trikaya

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Tashi Nyima

The three kayas (Buddha Manifestations) as ground are essence, nature, and activity; as path they are bliss, clarity, and freedom from conceptual elaborations; and as fruition they are the Three Forms of Buddhahood. The three kayas of Buddhahood are the … Continue reading →

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Abolish the Death Penalty

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Tashi Nyima

The death penalty is clearly inconsistent with Buddhist teachings, which place great emphasis on non-violence and compassion for all life. The First Precept requires individuals to abstain from injuring or killing any sentient being. In fact, the Buddha rejected physical … Continue reading →

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Without Meditation

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Tashi Nyima

The perfect teaching of the Buddha is not accomplished through mere study. Dharma without meditation is like dying of thirst while being helplessly carried away by a great river. Dharma without meditation is like supplying many beings with food and … Continue reading →

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Three Manifestations

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Tashi Nyima

Suchness manifests as wrong views in ordinary beings, as the reversal of these in those who see the truth, and as it is, in an unperverted way, free from elaboration, in a Tathagata. The impure, the impure-pure, and the utterly … Continue reading →

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The Seed of Compassion

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Tashi Nyima

Some people ask why it is that I advocate so frequently and insistently on universal, radical compassion, especially toward non-human animals. They are of the opinion that a Buddhist monk should concentrate his efforts on sharing a “broader and higher” … Continue reading →

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Happy

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Tashi Nyima

Solitude is happiness for one who is content, who understands the Dharma and clearly sees: non-violence is happiness in this world, harmlessness towards all living beings. ―Buddha Shakyamuni, Udana

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There Is None

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Tashi Nyima

Just as no pleasures can bring delight to someone whose body is ablaze with fire, the great compassionate ones cannot be pleased when harm is done to sentient beings. […] Flesh free from the three objections ―not seen, not heard, … Continue reading →

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All Equal

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Tashi Nyima

I don’t see the difference between animals, humans, and insects I don’t see the difference between colors of people and other beings. I don’t see the difference between types and species. But I do see their Buddha Nature. We are … Continue reading →

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Dharma Voices for Animals

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Tashi Nyima

The Buddha included non-human animals along with humans in the class of beings that are deserving of our compassion and non-harming action. The Western spiritual tradition – at least in its mainstream formulation – works on two levels of morality: … Continue reading →

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Wholesome and Unwholesome

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Tashi Nyima

It is unwholesome to mislead my Lama and those worthy of offerings, deceiving them about my qualities and practice. I shall never intentionally deceive someone worthy of offerings, but shall confess my faults, seeking correction. It is unwholesome to make … Continue reading →

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