Monthly Archives: January 2019

Dependent upon sensation, there arises threefold craving: craving for sense objects, craving for continued existence, and craving for non-being. —Buddha Shakyamuni

The foolish ascetic who, month after month, eats food with a blade of grass cannot be compared to one who has fathomed the Dharma. —Buddha Shakyamuni

When I think about the suffering that eating animals brings, I cannot bear it, and I feel pain and anguish in my heart. When I have seen the boundless faults that come from eating animals, even thinking about it makes me sick, … Continue reading →

It is by living with others that their virtue is known; it is by associating with them that their purity is known; it is in adversity that their fortitude is known; it is in conversation that their wisdom is known —and then after a … Continue reading →

To the west is Dewachen, where Buddha Amideva dwells. Whoever recalls His Name will be born there. You, too, while recalling His Name, should invoke Him. […] Free of doubt, move with a spontaneous vajra leap. In that Buddha-field, within the … Continue reading →

Even after a hundred kalpas, beings’ karma is never lost. When the conditions come together, the fruits will fully ripen. —Patrul Rinpoche It only ends when you stop. —Vlmalamitra

Once and for all, give up the deluded way of living which comes from being obsessed with this life. Give up bogus acts of virtue motivated by the eight worldly concerns*. Give up View that is just talk, Meditation that … Continue reading →

The blossom that opens in the morning is scattered by the evening breeze, and the dew, condensed in hours of darkness before dawn, is dispelled by the rays of the morning sun. Heedless or willfully ignorant of this procession of … Continue reading →

Covered by the veils of disturbing emotions, we are sentient beings. Freed from disturbing emotions, we are Buddhas. —Nagarjuna

What is meant by dependent origination? It means that nothing included within inner or outer phenomena has arisen without a cause. Neither have they originated from what are not their causes; that is, noncauses such as a permanent creator, the … Continue reading →