Monthly Archives: February 2022

If you do not reflect on death and impermanence, there will be no way to practice Dharma purely. Practice will remain an aspiration, one that is constantly postponed, and you may feel regret the day that death comes, but by … Continue reading →

The key characteristic while practicing non-attachment is humility.  Before we can learn anything and receive knowledge, we need to first lessen our pride and then become humble. This humility is developed through non-attachment. If you are still attached to your … Continue reading →

All kinds of variety, lovely flowers in bloom, a golden palace gleaming and delightful, even such as these have no ultimate creator; they are imputed by the power of thought. The whole world is imputed by the power of thought. … Continue reading →

The Forms of a Buddha have infinite qualities. The two accumulations* for enlightenment are their root. Therefore, the accumulations for enlightenment do not have limits either. —Nagarjuna, Bodhisambharasastra *merit and wisdom

To take a stance and cling to a position, thinking “This is it!” might seem bright enough, but is like a fire of damp wood— it does not develop into the resolution of a great mind, but only stifles intelligence, … Continue reading →

In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality. —Thich Nhat Hanh

Your body is eternal, immutable, peaceful, made of Dharma, victorious. But because of beings to be guided, you, the Buddha, exhibited passing into nirvana. —Nagarjuna, Niraupamyastava

Prostration and circumambulation purify obscuration of the body; neighbors, abandon all your worldly physical work. Recitation and taking Refuge purify obscuration of speech; neighbors, abandon all your ordinary conversation. Fervent devotion purifies habitual tendencies of the mind; neighbors, meditate on … Continue reading →

In Buddhism, you should not fear that you will not understand. Fear only that you will not practice. Whether or not you understand is not so important, but if you do not practice, you are useless. —Hui Neng

The mind is arrayed through latent tendencies. Freedom from latent tendencies is bliss. This blissful mind is peacefulness. A peaceful mind will not be ignorant. Not to be ignorant is the realization of true reality. The realization of true reality … Continue reading →