Opening the eye of dharma.
Is simply to become aware of the present and its conditions. Everyday life is made out of tendencies and chains of unfolding events. One does not have to die to understand rebirth, but just observe yourself and your surroundings.
There is grasping and aversion, and volition in accordance.
Every cigarette, every meal, every phone call, every dream, every conversation with that friend, every telegram post.
Seeing the circular patterns of habitual existence one could realise that in recreation there is nothing new to gain or experience, all tho we pretend there is.
We hide this knowing of volition from our awareness and act surprised when we go through the same experience.
The cigarette still feels like a cigarette, the beer is still beer, the conversation is still a conversation, the mistress is still a mistress. Your emotional response to some phenomena still leads to the same chain of events.
You have been here before, remember the future.
Samsara literally translates to, wandering in circles, cycling.
Is simply to become aware of the present and its conditions. Everyday life is made out of tendencies and chains of unfolding events. One does not have to die to understand rebirth, but just observe yourself and your surroundings.
There is grasping and aversion, and volition in accordance.
Every cigarette, every meal, every phone call, every dream, every conversation with that friend, every telegram post.
Seeing the circular patterns of habitual existence one could realise that in recreation there is nothing new to gain or experience, all tho we pretend there is.
We hide this knowing of volition from our awareness and act surprised when we go through the same experience.
The cigarette still feels like a cigarette, the beer is still beer, the conversation is still a conversation, the mistress is still a mistress. Your emotional response to some phenomena still leads to the same chain of events.
You have been here before, remember the future.
Samsara literally translates to, wandering in circles, cycling.
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Forwarded from MAHASIDDHAS, MAHAMUDRA & DZOGCHEN 👹
Nothing Required.
The reason why no seeking, no practices, no learning and no meditation nor effort is required regarding being what you already are, Awareness rigpa, is because all negative mental or emotional states, thoughts, stressful experiences, have no effect on what you already are. Awareness cannot be tainted by anything
It is vital you understand this:
What you Already ARE Is Awareness Perfection.
We go off the rails by thinking. We ‘think,’ we are unhappy right now, in a mess, or angry. We seek something better for ourself from this ‘tedium.’ This thinking creates another thought, by meditating and studying, we can get to a better place. A divine place of bliss and happiness. A better ‘me,’ than the present version.
Yet Awareness has no contact with anything either ‘out there, in the world or in mental arisings, no contact with karma, thoughts, mental or emotional states. It’s like a mirror where no reflection can alter or change. The reflections have no contact with the mirror.
All the practice, meditation or study can’t benefit your Natural Awareness, it doesn’t even need to be realised, recognised nor stabilised. It already is.
You are already that which is Aware and pure
Longchenpa address this vital point:
"Because Awareness Rigpa has no finite essence, and because suchness and deliberate activity are mutually exclusive, and because Awareness is already timelessly and spontaneously present, nothing need be done concerning levels of realisation on which to train, spiritual paths to traverse, mandalas to visualise, empowerments to be bestowed, paths to cultivate in meditation, samaya to uphold, enlightened activities to accomplish, and so forth. This is because there is no need to accomplish anew what is already timelessly and spontaneously accomplished. If there were such need, it would be inappropriate to use the conventional designation "spontaneously present and uncompounded." And it would follow that dharmakaya was subject to destruction, because it would be compounded, and this because it would be created by causes and conditions." (practices etc.)
Longchenpa. ‘A Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission.’
And again here, Longchenps’s clear teaching sounds out
"Since all phenomena are timelessly free, nothing need be done to free them anew through realisation."
“Even the thought that freedom comes about through “direct introduction” is deluded. One strives to free this essence from whatever binds it, but nothing need be done to free it, for unobstructed Awareness, which has never existed as anything whatsoever, does not entail any duality of something to be realized and someone to realize it. There is equalness because nothing is improved by realization or worsened by its absence, so there is no need for any adventitious realisation. And because there never has existed anything to realize- for the ultimate nature of phenomena is beyond ordinary consciousness- to speak of realization on even the relative level is nothing but deluded. What can be shown at this point is the transcendence of view and meditation, in which nothing need be done regarding realization, nothing need be “directly introduced”, and no state of meditation need be cultivated. So there is the expression 'it is irrelevant whether or not one has realization'."
~ Via Radical Ati Dzogchen
The reason why no seeking, no practices, no learning and no meditation nor effort is required regarding being what you already are, Awareness rigpa, is because all negative mental or emotional states, thoughts, stressful experiences, have no effect on what you already are. Awareness cannot be tainted by anything
It is vital you understand this:
What you Already ARE Is Awareness Perfection.
We go off the rails by thinking. We ‘think,’ we are unhappy right now, in a mess, or angry. We seek something better for ourself from this ‘tedium.’ This thinking creates another thought, by meditating and studying, we can get to a better place. A divine place of bliss and happiness. A better ‘me,’ than the present version.
Yet Awareness has no contact with anything either ‘out there, in the world or in mental arisings, no contact with karma, thoughts, mental or emotional states. It’s like a mirror where no reflection can alter or change. The reflections have no contact with the mirror.
All the practice, meditation or study can’t benefit your Natural Awareness, it doesn’t even need to be realised, recognised nor stabilised. It already is.
You are already that which is Aware and pure
Longchenpa address this vital point:
"Because Awareness Rigpa has no finite essence, and because suchness and deliberate activity are mutually exclusive, and because Awareness is already timelessly and spontaneously present, nothing need be done concerning levels of realisation on which to train, spiritual paths to traverse, mandalas to visualise, empowerments to be bestowed, paths to cultivate in meditation, samaya to uphold, enlightened activities to accomplish, and so forth. This is because there is no need to accomplish anew what is already timelessly and spontaneously accomplished. If there were such need, it would be inappropriate to use the conventional designation "spontaneously present and uncompounded." And it would follow that dharmakaya was subject to destruction, because it would be compounded, and this because it would be created by causes and conditions." (practices etc.)
Longchenpa. ‘A Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission.’
And again here, Longchenps’s clear teaching sounds out
"Since all phenomena are timelessly free, nothing need be done to free them anew through realisation."
“Even the thought that freedom comes about through “direct introduction” is deluded. One strives to free this essence from whatever binds it, but nothing need be done to free it, for unobstructed Awareness, which has never existed as anything whatsoever, does not entail any duality of something to be realized and someone to realize it. There is equalness because nothing is improved by realization or worsened by its absence, so there is no need for any adventitious realisation. And because there never has existed anything to realize- for the ultimate nature of phenomena is beyond ordinary consciousness- to speak of realization on even the relative level is nothing but deluded. What can be shown at this point is the transcendence of view and meditation, in which nothing need be done regarding realization, nothing need be “directly introduced”, and no state of meditation need be cultivated. So there is the expression 'it is irrelevant whether or not one has realization'."
~ Via Radical Ati Dzogchen
Forwarded from Vajrarastra
Although your realization is equal to that of the Buddhas, make offerings to the Three Jewels.
Although you have gained mastery over your mind, direct your innermost aims towards the Dharma.
Although the nature of the Great Perfection is supreme, don't disparage other teachings.
Although you have realized that Buddhas and sentient beings are equal, embrace all beings with compassion.
Although the paths and bhumis are beyond training and journeying, don't forsake purifying your obscurations through Dharma activities.
Although the accumulations are beyond gathering, don't sever the roots of conditioned virtue.
Although your mind lies beyond birth and death, this illusory body does die, so practice while remembering death.
Although you experience dharmata free from thought, maintain the attitude of bodhicitta.
Although you have attained the fruition of Dharmakaya, keep company with your yidam deity.
Although Dharmakaya is not some other place, seek the true meaning.
Although Buddhahood is not anywhere else, dedicate any virtue you create towards unexcelled enlightenment.
Although everything experienced is original wakefulness, don't let your mind stray into samsara.
Although your mind essence is the awakened one, always worship the deity and your master.
Although you have realized the nature of the Great Perfection, don't abandon your yidam deity.
Those who, instead of doing this, speak foolishly with boastful words only damage the Three Jewels and will find not even an instant of happiness.
- Guru Padmasambhava
Although you have gained mastery over your mind, direct your innermost aims towards the Dharma.
Although the nature of the Great Perfection is supreme, don't disparage other teachings.
Although you have realized that Buddhas and sentient beings are equal, embrace all beings with compassion.
Although the paths and bhumis are beyond training and journeying, don't forsake purifying your obscurations through Dharma activities.
Although the accumulations are beyond gathering, don't sever the roots of conditioned virtue.
Although your mind lies beyond birth and death, this illusory body does die, so practice while remembering death.
Although you experience dharmata free from thought, maintain the attitude of bodhicitta.
Although you have attained the fruition of Dharmakaya, keep company with your yidam deity.
Although Dharmakaya is not some other place, seek the true meaning.
Although Buddhahood is not anywhere else, dedicate any virtue you create towards unexcelled enlightenment.
Although everything experienced is original wakefulness, don't let your mind stray into samsara.
Although your mind essence is the awakened one, always worship the deity and your master.
Although you have realized the nature of the Great Perfection, don't abandon your yidam deity.
Those who, instead of doing this, speak foolishly with boastful words only damage the Three Jewels and will find not even an instant of happiness.
- Guru Padmasambhava
Forwarded from Orphic Inscendence (Naida)
"For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known."
- Corinthians
- Corinthians
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Forwarded from Vajrarastra
"When your realization of the emptiness of all phenomena becomes as vast as the sky, your confidence in the law of causality of actions will grow proportionately, and you will become aware of the real significance of your conduct.
In fact, relative truth is inseparable from absolute truth. The profound realization of the empty nature of all things has never led anyone to believe that positive actions do not create happiness and negative actions do not cause suffering".
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
In fact, relative truth is inseparable from absolute truth. The profound realization of the empty nature of all things has never led anyone to believe that positive actions do not create happiness and negative actions do not cause suffering".
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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Forwarded from The Elders of the Black Sun II
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Forwarded from Practical Buddhism for the Modern World (🩸)
These next pics are all varieties of what are called 'liberation upon seeing'.
Looking at them plants the seeds for various positive long-term results.
Some of them are called 'dakini script'. Dakini are sort of symbolic of 'female spirits', but are more practically references to the apparently constantly changing nature of samsara around us.
Dakini script, as far as I know, is generally something only 'tertons', or 'treasure-revealers', can understand or reveal.
Looking at them plants the seeds for various positive long-term results.
Some of them are called 'dakini script'. Dakini are sort of symbolic of 'female spirits', but are more practically references to the apparently constantly changing nature of samsara around us.
Dakini script, as far as I know, is generally something only 'tertons', or 'treasure-revealers', can understand or reveal.
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Forwarded from Practical Buddhism for the Modern World (🩸)