Monthly Archives: December 2020

Sometimes, even if the Lama is sitting in front of you, you can feel there’s a thousand miles between you; likewise, you can be a thousand miles away and feel that the Lama is right there, sitting in your heart. … Continue reading →

The Dharma of the Buddha has two aspects: the study of scripture (Vinaya, Sutra and Abhidharma) and realization (training in higher discipline, meditation, and wisdom). These are maintained through transmission and practice. —Vasubandhu

Rest and unrest derive from illusion; with enlightenment, there is no liking and disliking. All dualities come from ignorant inference. They are like dreams of flowers in air; it is foolish to try to grasp them. Gain and loss, right … Continue reading →

What will be the last voice you hear, right before you cut the chains of the world forever? Will it be someone who loved you and cared for you? And did you abandon them? Did you break their heart? It’s … Continue reading →

The root of all phenomena is one’s own mind: convincing when unexamined, ingenious in its deception; yet, when investigated, without basis or origin; in essence, free of coming, staying, or going. All the phenomena of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa are but … Continue reading →

There is nothing to remove and not the slightest thing to add. The perfect truth viewed perfectly and perfectly beheld is liberation. —Maitreya

The heart is always the place to go. Go home into your heart, where there is warmth, appreciation, gratitude, and contentment —Ayya Khema

In meditation, we discover our characteristic restlessness. Sometimes we get up and leave. Sometimes we sit there but our bodies wiggle and squirm and our minds go far away. This can be so uncomfortable that we feel it is impossible … Continue reading →

Boundless Light is the revelation of equality. Light exposes the fundamental equality of all sentient beings. It enables us to see that all sentient beings have the same worth, the same aspiration to be free from suffering. Boundless Life manifests … Continue reading →

While performing any action, you should reflect on it: ‘This action I am doing, is it leading to self-affliction, to the affliction of others, or to both? Is it an unskillful action, with painful consequences, painful results?’ If, on reflection, … Continue reading →