Monthly Archives: December 2022

May all be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. May all embrace happiness and the causes of happiness. May all abide in peace, free from self-grasping. May all attain the union of wisdom and compassion. May our teachers … Continue reading →

In order to interrupt the unending births, deaths, and suffering of innumerable beings, the Great Bodhisattvas desire to have innumerable bodies and minds. They practice perseverance. They give rise to the profound great vow. They pursue the great skillful means. … Continue reading →

When men or women laden with offenses who failed to plant good causes die, even they can receive one-seventh of any merit dedicated to them by those who do virtuous deeds on their behalf. The other six-sevenths of the merit … Continue reading →

If Bodhisattvas achieve four things while giving, they will be endowed with wealth and nobility. What four? To give timely gifts; to give without contempt or arrogance; to give cheerfully; and to expect no reward. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Sumatidārikā Paripṛcchā Sūtra

Sentient beings in the Dharma-Ending Age have agitated, inverted minds. Visualizing lofty realms with such coarse minds is certainly difficult to accomplish. —Shandao

Whatever you perceive, above, below, across, and in between —knowing it as a bond in the world— do not create craving for becoming or non-becoming. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Dhotaka-manava-puccha

The world tells you to follow your dreams; Buddhism tells you to wake up. —Chamtrül Rinpoche

Within the sky-like empty mind, habitual tendencies and disturbing emotions are just like clouds and mist. When they appear, they appear within the expanse of empty mind. When they remain, they remain within the expanse of empty mind. And when … Continue reading →

One who sees dependent arising sees true sufferings, true origins, true cessations, and true paths. —Nagarjuna, Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way

Wisdom without skillful means and skillful means without wisdom are said to be a form of bondage. Therefore, do not relinquish either one. —Atisha Dipankar