Monthly Archives: November 2022

Cool, sweet, clear, soft, and light is the rain released from clouds, but it assumes a great many tastes due to coming in contact with places on earth that are full of salt and other substances. Likewise, the rainwater of … Continue reading →

Don’t “be” enlightened, Don’t “be” anything at all. —Ajahn Chah

Most people are not friends with themselves. This is why they fear solitude and want always to be distracted. When there’s no external entertainment or other people, it’s very important just to make friends with yourself, to forgive yourself, to … Continue reading →

Genuine insight is entering the realms of worldly and sacred, the tainted and the pure, and seeing them all as subject to change. —Linji Yixua

Like vanishing dew, a passing apparition, or a sudden flash of lighting, already gone— thus should one regard the self. —Nagarjuna

Samsara is just emptiness experienced by a mind in a state of delusion. Nirvana is just emptiness experienced by a mind free from delusion. —Bardor Tulku Rinpoche

Now what is noble Right Concentration with its supports and requisite conditions? Any singleness of mind equipped with these seven factors —Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, and Right Mindfulness— is called noble Right … Continue reading →

These are the ten qualities of lay disciples: They share the joy and sorrow of the ordained Sangha, take the Dharma as their guide, delight in giving as far as they are able, and strive to revive the Dharma if … Continue reading →

These are the four altruistic intentions that Bodhisattvas generate: Bodhisattvas generate the intention to gather together immeasurable beings, they generate the intention to ripen immeasurable beings, they generate the intention to accumulate immeasurable roots of virtue, and they generate the … Continue reading →

There is no reality in a dream, and yet, while one sleeps, one believes in the reality of the things one experiences in the dream. After one has woken up, one recognizes the falseness of the dream and laughs at … Continue reading →