Monthly Archives: September 2021

The Tathagatagarbha is empty of the obscuration sheaths that are separable and removable. It is not empty of the inseparable and irremovable inconceivable Buddha qualities more numerous than the sands of the Ganges. […] Something in which something else is … Continue reading →

All sentient beings are by their very nature spontaneously perfect Buddhas. They possess the Essence of Enlightenment. —Padmasambhava

While the gathering of merit is conceptual, the gathering of wisdom is not so. Conjoined, they purify the twofold veil and manifest the twofold absolute and relative Forms. They are the sphere of meditation and postmeditation. They are, in common … Continue reading →

Buddhas have purified what is to be relinquished —the two adventitious afflictive and cognitive obscurations— and have unfolded what is to be realized —the stainless twofold knowledge of Suchness and diversity. —Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye

Through study, the Dharma is understood. Through study, the worthless is relinquished. Through study, the unwholesome is abandoned. Through study, Nirvana is attained. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Ratnakuta

The young think of the future because they have more. The old think of the past because they have more. But to truly experience life, we must live every moment. Life did not happen in the past. That is a … Continue reading →

The indivisible Dharmakaya of Buddhahood, whose qualities are inseparable from its nature, intrinsically abides within all sentient beings. That does not mean that the two accumulations of merit and pristine wisdom that constitute the path are unnecessary, because 1) to … Continue reading →

If we want real happiness, the only way it can arise is by letting go of the self who is unhappy. It is not a question of trying to hold on to the self who is happy. When the unhappy … Continue reading →

They who kill are killed, they who conquer are conquered, they who revile are reviled. Thus, as a result of their own actions, the spoilers will in turn be spoiled. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Udana varga

Resting in proper conduct and equipped with study and reflection, one then engages in meditation. —Vasubandhu, Abhidharmakosa