Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?

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From a post I wrote in 2011:

“When it is realized, that you are this pure observingness, in each and every moment of experience, that simply knows/perceives events, and is forever unchanged in all changes.., then timeless freedom and perfection manifests in each moment. You aren't your body, you aren't your mind, you aren't your sense of historical identity, but you are that Awareness present along with all those Awareness generated arisings...”

This text ends with the sentence “……. with all those Awareness generated arisings …”

Much controversy surrounds this notion whether the mirror itself generates all the reflections appearing in it or whether the reflections are not generated by the Awareness (mirror) which merely perceives them.

Samkhya would say that all phenomena whether as mental or as sensorily perceived, are “other than” the unchanging Awareness which perceives them.

Mahamudra would say the appearances are merely inseparable waves of Awareness itself.

Dzogchen would say that all appearances (mental and physical) are the projected energies (tsal) of Awareness (rigpa), like the sun and and its own rays of light, and that Awareness is always individual.

Madhyamaka and Prasangika “Buddhist emptiness teachings” would say that both “mirror” (observer) and “reflections” (all mental and physical phenomena) are merely empty, fictional concepts.

Zen wouldn’t even offer or conceive of an explanation being possible, hence revealing the entire “problem of existence” to be resolved and the “self” burdened by the problem, are merely intellectual exercises in futility; hence “no serious engagement with thought, beliefs and concepts” is itself liberation.

Advaita would say that there is only Awareness, not two existents.

Kashmiri Shaivism would say that the mirror is Awareness (Shiva) and all mental and physical phenomena are its energetic expression (Shakti) and that the localized, samsaric individual IS Awareness (Shiva) as a limited contraction of itself due only to its OWN
self-limiting and self-defining fictional concepts believed.

Japanese Tendai teaching of Hongaku would say there is only the Absolute Buddha Nature ( Suchness); where the relative (nature, prakriti) is itself the ever-perfect Absolute Buddha Nature with no secondary or lesser derivatives. Hence no need for transformation, only insight that you are NOW (and always have been) the Absolute Buddha Nature AS already a living Buddha but appearing AS an “ordinary human in samsara”, is required.

Please share which “view” fits best for you and why or what other different perspective you may agree with and why.

"The mahayana brings greater vision and greater action. Heroism, celebration, and excitement are all solidly a part of it. . . . You begin to like your environment and, as egoless as you may be, you begin to like yourself. The appreciation of the world outside is called compassion, and the appreciation of yourself is called maitri. Unless those two are working together, it is a dead end."

Chogyam Trungpa

I’m this kind of Buddhist 👹☸️

Refuge Vow Ceremony - A Guiding Lamppost of Our Journey

Friday, July 22, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Pacific Time

OPEN TO ALL!

Vows are a skillful means to create enormous karma, the guiding lamppost of our journey, and a driving force to bring sincere practitioners all the way to awakening. Everything, whatever we are experiencing, comes from karmic cause and effect. Therefore, we need Vows, this heart commitment with internal integrity to walk on this awakening path. The spiritual path starts with Refuge Vows, the foundation of all the journeys that follow - the fearless heart of the Bodhisattva journey and the amazing allay of the Tantric journey.

At the outset of the auspicious occasion of Dakini’s Whisper annual retreat in July, 2022, Khandro-la will offer a refuge ceremony and refuge vows to those who wish to receive these vows, regardless of the level of your practice at this moment. If you are a DW member and haven’t taken formal refuge vows and received a refuge name, this would be an auspicious occasion to do so. In fact, all Dakini’s Whisper members are strongly encouraged to participate in this ceremony to renew their commitment and celebrate their fellow travelers for their commitment to this journey.

If you are formally taking Refuge with a refuge name, please submit the form HERE: https://www.dakiniswhisper.com/program-registration with any donation no later than July 15th.

Please go HERE: https://www.dakiniswhisper.com/post/refuge-vow-ceremony-a-guiding-lamppost-of-our-journey?postId=3c80c9cf-6909-4627-a241-6b88f06627ac to see a Youtube video of Khandro-la’s rich teaching on Vows will inspire your heart for this opportunity!

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Lama Yeshe on genuine insight, compassion.

Lama Yeshe on The mirror-like Nature of Mind.
Practically an Instruction on meditation. 🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♂️