Monthly Archives: October 2016

All is aflame. What is aflame? The eye is aflame. Forms are aflame. Consciousness at the eye is aflame. Contact at the eye is aflame. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on contact at the eye –experienced as … Continue reading →

Extinguish the scorching flames of anger with the water of loving-kindness. Cross the river of desire on the bridge of powerful remedies. Light the torch of discriminating knowledge in the darkness of stupidity. Crumble the mountain of pride to the … Continue reading →

Do not retaliate with anger when attacked with rage. Do not retaliate with abuse when reviled. Do not retaliate with criticism when blamed. Do not retaliate with blows when threatened with physical violence. —Buddha Shakyamuni

Giving protection from fear means actually doing whatever you can to help others in difficulty: providing refuge for those lacking a place of safety, defending those without any protector, and being with those who are alone. —Patrul Rinpoche

Do not ignore the effect of small kindnesses, saying, “This will come to nothing.” Just as drop by drop the water jar is filled, so in time the wise become replete with wholesomeness. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Dharmapada 122

“I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my judge. Whatever I do, wholesome or unwholesome, to that will I fall heir.” One should … Continue reading →

If a statement is ‘true’ but leads to harm, it is, in fact, false. What is the real meaning of true and untrue? That which is helpful to others is true. —Kambala, Alokamala v 37 A statement endowed with five … Continue reading →

All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If we speak or act with an evil thought, pain follows us, as the wheel … Continue reading →

Meditation practice is not something extraordinary. Most of us eat every day, bathe every day, and sleep every night, because they are basic and necessary for our wellbeing. So is meditation. It gives us rootedness and emotional solidity. It allows … Continue reading →

The aggregate of form, the material body, tells me where I am. The aggregate of feeling tells me how I am. The aggregate of perception tells me what I am. The aggregate of volition tells me why I am. The aggregate of consciousness tells me I am the center … Continue reading →