"I stopped fighting for my own sake, suddenly there were no more fighting to be done. I'm now at peace but knows that nothing in the world will ever change.
I then started fighting for someone else's sake, suddenly the whole world was fighting with me. I'm now struggling every day while knowing that everything will forever change.
I stopped fighting for someones sake, suddenly the whole world was at peace once again. I'm now struggling with myself every day while knowing nothing will ever change.
I then started fighting for the worlds sake, suddenly the whole world was at war with itself. I now have peace of mind and finding change in the world at every turn.
Ask yourself why you fight, and then see how the world will change"
I then started fighting for someone else's sake, suddenly the whole world was fighting with me. I'm now struggling every day while knowing that everything will forever change.
I stopped fighting for someones sake, suddenly the whole world was at peace once again. I'm now struggling with myself every day while knowing nothing will ever change.
I then started fighting for the worlds sake, suddenly the whole world was at war with itself. I now have peace of mind and finding change in the world at every turn.
Ask yourself why you fight, and then see how the world will change"
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Forwarded from The Elders of the Black Sun II
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Forwarded from tomrum
Between every two pines is a door leading to a new world.
Forwarded from Esoteric Dixie Dharma
Actually these deities are the symbol, or the manifestation, of the ultimate truth. The female deities are more on the wisdom side and the male deities are more on the method side. But the ultimate, actual transcendental knowledge of wisdom is the complete union of these two things. So they are not really separate. And this great Dharmadatu, or transcendental wisdom, is actually with everyone, within every sentient being. But we haven’t realized this, so we are thinking in an ordinary way about everything that we see, everything we do. Therefore we cling to this present scene that we have. When you cling to this, then naturally the defilements arise because we take actions based on this present scene, and due to this, we are again and again surrounded by samsara.
- Sakya Trinzin
- Sakya Trinzin
Forwarded from Vajrarastra
Song about Happiness by the Divine Madman Drukpa Kunley
I am happy that I am a free Yogi.
So I grow more and more into my inner happiness.
I can have sex with many women,
because I help them to go the path of enlightenment.
Outwardly I'm a fool and inwardly I live with a clear spiritual system.
Outwardly, I enjoy wine, women and song.
And inwardly I work for the benefit of all beings.
Outwardly, I live for my pleasure
and inwardly I do everything in the right moment.
Outwardly I am a ragged beggar
and inwardly a blissful Buddha.
I am happy that I am a free Yogi.
So I grow more and more into my inner happiness.
I can have sex with many women,
because I help them to go the path of enlightenment.
Outwardly I'm a fool and inwardly I live with a clear spiritual system.
Outwardly, I enjoy wine, women and song.
And inwardly I work for the benefit of all beings.
Outwardly, I live for my pleasure
and inwardly I do everything in the right moment.
Outwardly I am a ragged beggar
and inwardly a blissful Buddha.
Forwarded from The Elders of the Black Sun II
According to tantra, perfection is not something that is waiting for us somewhere in the future.
“If I practice hard now maybe I will become a perfect buddha” or “If I behave well in this life and act like a religious person, maybe some day I will go to heaven.”
According to tantra, heaven is now! We should be gods and goddesses right now.
But at present we are burdened with limiting concepts: “Men are like this; women are like this; I am a certain way and there is nothing I can do about it” and so forth.
This is why we have conflict within ourselves and with one another. All this conflict will dissolve as we train in the tantric point of view and recognize that each man is a complete man and each woman a complete woman.
Furthermore, every man and woman contains both male and female energy. In fact, each one of us is a union of all universal energy.
Everything that we need in order to be complete is within us right at this very moment.
Lama Yeshe
“If I practice hard now maybe I will become a perfect buddha” or “If I behave well in this life and act like a religious person, maybe some day I will go to heaven.”
According to tantra, heaven is now! We should be gods and goddesses right now.
But at present we are burdened with limiting concepts: “Men are like this; women are like this; I am a certain way and there is nothing I can do about it” and so forth.
This is why we have conflict within ourselves and with one another. All this conflict will dissolve as we train in the tantric point of view and recognize that each man is a complete man and each woman a complete woman.
Furthermore, every man and woman contains both male and female energy. In fact, each one of us is a union of all universal energy.
Everything that we need in order to be complete is within us right at this very moment.
Lama Yeshe
I am the diamond maiden, the player of games The yogini is one of my forms Showing that I am beyond earthly attachment I am the shining revelation to the ascetic The women in silk and roses I am the harlot in black net and leather, who gives enjoyable punishment I am the glass bead master, creating universes of form And a spark of me is in each bead, for I dwell in karma. I am the Trauma Goddess, the Lady of Pain In return for devotion I pull thorns from the heart In return for obedience I untie the knots in the belly and the head I hold the vajra, which gives and receives I reshape family karma. The Trauma Goddess is called for people in painful situations Where anger and hatred block the path of the soul I evaluate the benefits of revenge And give better suggestions for spiritual growth. I am not suited to polite society To social striving, upward mobility, and making good impressions I am radically honest, sensitive, brilliant, and blunt I hold up a mirror to the best and worst facets of human life…
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Forwarded from The Chad Pastoralist
NEW IN ARCHAEOLOGY: Recently found at the Ptolemaic-Roman Red Sea port of Brenike, a sculpture of Buddha created in a workshop in Alexandria during the time of the Roman Empire of the early centuries AD has been found.
This sculpture was likely commissioned by a wealthy Indian sea captain as thanks for his safe arrival into the Roman Empire.
It was traders such as the one above who brought Indian luxuries into the Roman Empire. Diamonds, rubies and gemstones; ebony, teak and sandalwood; Indian elephant tusks and textiles are but a few.
By the first century AD, Indian imports into Egypt were worth over a billion Sesterces per annum, from which the Roman tax authorities were receiving two-hundred-and-seventy million in custom taxes - one third of the revenue that the Empire required to administer its global conquests.
This sculpture was likely commissioned by a wealthy Indian sea captain as thanks for his safe arrival into the Roman Empire.
It was traders such as the one above who brought Indian luxuries into the Roman Empire. Diamonds, rubies and gemstones; ebony, teak and sandalwood; Indian elephant tusks and textiles are but a few.
By the first century AD, Indian imports into Egypt were worth over a billion Sesterces per annum, from which the Roman tax authorities were receiving two-hundred-and-seventy million in custom taxes - one third of the revenue that the Empire required to administer its global conquests.
Forwarded from Esoteric Dixie Dharma
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Forwarded from Esoteric Dixie Dharma
There is nothing to fear other than my mind.
The knower of reality has said
That even if recitation and physical hardships are practised for long periods of time,
They will be meaningless if the mind is distracted elsewhere.
People who are disturbed by sickness have no strength to do anything (useful),
Likewise those whose minds are disturbed by confusion Have no strength to do anything (wholesome).
Just as I would be attentive and careful of a wound when amidst a bustling uncontrolled crowd,
So I should always guard the wound of my mind
when dwelling among harmful people.
Even those who wish to find happiness and overcome misery will wander with no aim nor meaning If they do not comprehend the secret of the mind —
The paramount significance of Dharma.
Once bodhimind is developed no matter whatever you do, even sleeping the whole day and night, or fooling around, every minute of your activity becomes accumulation of merit and purification of negativity.
- Acharya Shantideva, Bodhicaryāvatāra
The knower of reality has said
That even if recitation and physical hardships are practised for long periods of time,
They will be meaningless if the mind is distracted elsewhere.
People who are disturbed by sickness have no strength to do anything (useful),
Likewise those whose minds are disturbed by confusion Have no strength to do anything (wholesome).
Just as I would be attentive and careful of a wound when amidst a bustling uncontrolled crowd,
So I should always guard the wound of my mind
when dwelling among harmful people.
Even those who wish to find happiness and overcome misery will wander with no aim nor meaning If they do not comprehend the secret of the mind —
The paramount significance of Dharma.
Once bodhimind is developed no matter whatever you do, even sleeping the whole day and night, or fooling around, every minute of your activity becomes accumulation of merit and purification of negativity.
- Acharya Shantideva, Bodhicaryāvatāra
Forwarded from Dharma Events
THE FOLLOWING EMPOWERMENTS will be livestreamed on ZOOM.
The links will be on the Ewam Choden website.
There's no pre-registration, but donations are very much appreciated.
Green Tara (Atisha) on July 22 at 6 pm
Manjushri on July 23 at 10am
Vajrapani Bhutadamara on July 23 at 2 pm
Chenrezig on July 24 at 10 am
Medicine Buddha on July 30 at 10 am
Hayagriva on July 30 at 2 pm
DHARMA TALK ON ZOOM:
"THE PURPOSE OF BUDDHA TURNING THE WHEEL OF DHARMA IN THIS UNIVERSE AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT BY PRACTICING HIS TEACHING."
JULY 31 AT 2 PM
The link will be on the Ewam Choden website.
https://www.ewamchoden.org/
The links will be on the Ewam Choden website.
There's no pre-registration, but donations are very much appreciated.
Green Tara (Atisha) on July 22 at 6 pm
Manjushri on July 23 at 10am
Vajrapani Bhutadamara on July 23 at 2 pm
Chenrezig on July 24 at 10 am
Medicine Buddha on July 30 at 10 am
Hayagriva on July 30 at 2 pm
DHARMA TALK ON ZOOM:
"THE PURPOSE OF BUDDHA TURNING THE WHEEL OF DHARMA IN THIS UNIVERSE AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT BY PRACTICING HIS TEACHING."
JULY 31 AT 2 PM
The link will be on the Ewam Choden website.
https://www.ewamchoden.org/
www.ewamchoden.org
Ewam Choden - Tibetan Buddhist Center | Kensington, California
Ewam Choden was established to provide an opportunity for the practice and study of Tibetan religion and culture. The basic meaning of Ewam is the integration
Forwarded from Buddha Words
How to react if someone is angry with you?
One time Brahmin Akkosaka got angry at Buddha, because a man from his clan had become a Bhikkhu. Akkosaka was yelling and insulting the Buddha.
Buddha: “What do you think, Akkosaka? Do your friends, relatives, and guests sometimes come to visit you?”
Akkosaka: "Sometimes they do, Master Gotama.”
Buddha: "Do you then serve them with a variety of food and drinks?”
Akkosaka: "Sometimes I do.”
Buddha: “But if they don’t accept it, who do those food and drinks belong to?”
Akkosaka: “In that case Master Gotama, they still belong to me.”
Buddha: “In the same way, Akkosaka, when you abuse, harass, and attack me, who does not abuse, harass, and attack, I don’t accept your insults. They still belong to you, Akkosaka, they still belong to you!"
- SN 7.2 Akkosaka Sutta #anger #Buddha
One time Brahmin Akkosaka got angry at Buddha, because a man from his clan had become a Bhikkhu. Akkosaka was yelling and insulting the Buddha.
Buddha: “What do you think, Akkosaka? Do your friends, relatives, and guests sometimes come to visit you?”
Akkosaka: "Sometimes they do, Master Gotama.”
Buddha: "Do you then serve them with a variety of food and drinks?”
Akkosaka: "Sometimes I do.”
Buddha: “But if they don’t accept it, who do those food and drinks belong to?”
Akkosaka: “In that case Master Gotama, they still belong to me.”
Buddha: “In the same way, Akkosaka, when you abuse, harass, and attack me, who does not abuse, harass, and attack, I don’t accept your insults. They still belong to you, Akkosaka, they still belong to you!"
- SN 7.2 Akkosaka Sutta #anger #Buddha
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Forwarded from Buddha Words
Eye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is a condition for feeling. What you feel, you perceive. What you perceive, you think about. What you think about, you proliferate. What you proliferate about is the source from which a person is beset by concepts of identity that emerge from the proliferation of perceptions. This occurs with respect to sights known by the eye in the past, future, and present.
Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. …
Nose consciousness arises dependent on the nose and smells. …
Tongue consciousness arises dependent on the tongue and tastes. …
Body consciousness arises dependent on the body and touches. …
Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and thoughts. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is a condition for feeling. What you feel, you perceive. What you perceive, you think about. What you think about, you proliferate. What you proliferate about is the source from which a person is beset by concepts of identity that emerge from the proliferation of perceptions. This occurs with respect to thoughts known by the mind in the past, future, and present.
- MN 18 Madhupiṇḍikasutta
https://suttacentral.net/mn18/en/sujato
Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. …
Nose consciousness arises dependent on the nose and smells. …
Tongue consciousness arises dependent on the tongue and tastes. …
Body consciousness arises dependent on the body and touches. …
Mind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and thoughts. The meeting of the three is contact. Contact is a condition for feeling. What you feel, you perceive. What you perceive, you think about. What you think about, you proliferate. What you proliferate about is the source from which a person is beset by concepts of identity that emerge from the proliferation of perceptions. This occurs with respect to thoughts known by the mind in the past, future, and present.
- MN 18 Madhupiṇḍikasutta
https://suttacentral.net/mn18/en/sujato
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Child’s play
When a young child plays. She transforms objects empty of life, into full and vivid lifetimes with nothing but her attention. Entire worlds arise from nothingness, spontaneously springing to life by her simple involvement. Adventures, relationships and tragedies experienced by entities moved by invisible hands. Wars are fought, laws are written, people are born and people die.
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A beautiful princess is crying of heartache worrying for the love of her life a brave and handsome knight. The knight, regarding duty higher than love and with a determination to prove his valour is just about to face the child-eating monster of men and save the poor orphans from its grip.
His heart is galloping like a herd of wild horses, eardrums violently beating by the force of his pulse. He is shaking frozen by fear, the swords grip is slipping from his sweaty hands. The orphans screams in high pitch terror as the huge monster stands up and steadily turns towards the knight. A black giant with the body of a man and a fanged face of a buffalo standing erect in an ocean of blood and guts. Standing as tall as three stacked flagpoles, he towers to the sky. The night turns black as its broad frame covers the sky, suffocating the light from the moon and stars, sweeping the knight in a cold darkness.
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Then just as spontaneously as they appeared the child lifts her attention from the play, and without concern, she effortlessly releases it all.
All becomes void. Without closure.
In the middle of an inhale, half a breath.
Like sudden death.
This world seizes.
Dropped from her gaze, they all fall lifeless and stale. On the floor they remain. Back to inanimate plastic. without grief, without grasping, they remain there.
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Just like how a child disengage from her play. The Heroes and Heroines of the three times gently turn their attention away from the play of the mundane and towards the fruitful springtime of awakening.