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Daily Drama

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Tashi Nyima

Purifying the mind is not a mystical process. It is nothing more than letting go of the false view of self. That is the cause of suffering: looking at this name and form (nama-rupa, mind and body) and taking it … Continue reading →

Posted in Q&A | Tagged #WPLongform, 'Me' and 'mine', consciousness, continuous stream of suffering, dependent, dramatic character, false view of self, five aggregates, form, formations, impermanent, insubstantial, mind and body, Mind Training proverbs, nama-rupa, perception, performance, Purifying the mind, scripted plot of causes and conditions, self conceit, sensation, worldly concerns | Leave a comment

Who or what is reborn?

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Tashi Nyima

Buddhism teaches us that the concept of ‘I’ is just that —a notion without a true basis, lacking permanence and substance, an emptiness. That which we believe ourselves to be is a conceptual elaboration, imputed upon the five aggregates of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dharma View | Tagged ‘first’ consciousness, ‘last’ consciousness, Bhavasamkranti sutra, chain of causes and effects, consciousness, five aggregates, form, perception, sensation, skandhas, Sutra On Rebirth, volition | 6 Comments

The Three Natures

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Tashi Nyima

The three natures are the imaginary, the dependent, and the perfected. Whatever is grasped by mental designation is the imaginary nature. Non-entities and the appearances of objects arising in the mind are imaginary. The relationship between name and object, such … Continue reading →

Posted in Dharma View | Tagged dependent nature, designation, existent emptiness, imaginary nature, Jetsun Taranatha, Maha Madhyamaka, non-existent emptiness, perception, perfected nature, ultimate emptiness | 10 Comments

Emotions are OURS

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Tashi Nyima

We develop habitual tendencies through one or more lifetimes, predisposing us to manifest a habitual state of mind. With these tendencies established, we perceive an individual person, an object, or situation, and immediately generate a pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferent feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in Q&A | Tagged analytical, disturbing emotion, emptinesses, feeling, habitual tendencies, mere absences, perception, primordial wisdom | 4 Comments

Mistakes

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Tashi Nyima

We can learn from all actions, positive, neutral, and negative, if we remain mindful —that is, if we observe dispassionately the mental processes that led us to them, their actual performance, and the consequences that ensue. The key word is … Continue reading →

Posted in Q&A | Tagged better decisions, clarity, consequences, guilt, idealized past, inference, observe dispassionately, patterns, perception, pride, projected future, relevant data set | 3 Comments

Baffled by “The Five Aggregates”?

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Tashi Nyima

When studying the Dharma, we often come across terminology that may initially baffle us. However, what is most often required is that we translate and define the terms in ways that are accessible to our understanding. One such difficult term … Continue reading →

Posted in Q&A | Tagged basis of imputation, consciousness, dependent, false self, five aggregates, five heaps, form, mental aspects or functions, mental formations, nama-rupa, Name and Form, perception, sensation, skandha, temporary, volition | Leave a comment

The Concise Heart Sutra

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Tashi Nyima

Form is emptiness; emptiness is form. Emptiness is not other than form; form also is not other than emptiness. Sensation, perception, volition, and consciousness are empty. All phenomena are merely empty, having no characteristics. They are not produced and do … Continue reading →

Posted in Dharma View | Tagged beyond sorrow, buddhas, complete enlightenment, consciousness, defiled, emptiness is form, form is emptiness, gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi so’ha, gone, no afflicted mind, no attainment, no body, no cessation, no characteristics, no conceptual mind, no consciousness, no decrease, no dependent origination, no ear, no exalted wisdom, no eye, No Fear, no form, no ground consciousness, no increase, no mind, no non-attainment, no nose, no obstructions, no origin, no path, no perception, no phenomenon, no sensation, no sense organs, no smell, no sound, no striving, no suffering, no tactile sensation, no taste, no tongue, no volition, perception, perfection of wisdom, perfectly gone, perfectly gone beyond, phenomena are empty, sensation, surrender to enlightenment, unceasing, undefiled, unproduced, volition | 6 Comments

Perception and inference

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Tashi Nyima

The means of validly cognizing an object directly is perception (pratyaksha), and the means of validly cognizing an object indirectly is inference (anumana). The function of perception is to directly reveal the object present to the senses. Subsequently, it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Dharma View | Tagged adhyavasaya, anumana, concepts, conceptual understanding, constructive imagination, Dignaga, direct and indirect cognition, direct awareness, inference, interpretation, kalpana, perception, perceptual judgment, philosophy, pratyaksha, religion, science, sensation, senses, svalakshana, unique particular, valid cognition, verbal designation, vikalpa, visual consciousness | Leave a comment

Patience, revisited

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Tashi Nyima

When we perceive our impatience as impatience —lack of peace— we can begin to address it. As long as we give it some other meaning, and an external cause, we cannot address it. There are conditions in which our lack … Continue reading →

Posted in Q&A | Tagged absence of peace, causes, circumstances, conceptual, conditions, dinner guests, direct apprehension, generally characterized abstraction, impatience, imputation, internal mental state, lack of peace, perception, projection, reaction, recitation, true remedy | 2 Comments

Seven Causal Links of Enlightenment

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Tashi Nyima

Perfect enlightenment arises from the awakening mind (bodhichitta). Awakening mind arises from a pure and excellent aspiration. Pure aspiration arises from great compassion. Great compassion arises from great love. Great love arises from affection for sentient beings. Affection for sentient … Continue reading →

Posted in Dharma View | Tagged affection, appreciation, aspiration, Atisha, benefactors, bodhichitta, compassion, gratitude, great purpose, love, perception, perfect enlightenment, sentient beings, Taranatha | Leave a comment

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Daily Drama

Who or what is reborn?

The Three Natures

Emotions are OURS

Mistakes

Baffled by “The Five Aggregates”?

The Concise Heart Sutra

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Patience, revisited

Seven Causal Links of Enlightenment

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