Dakini Niguma
A prayer to Dakini Niguma Treasured teacher, I pray to you. Give me energy to let self-fixation go. Give me energy to be free of need. Give me energy to let ordinary thinking stop. Give me energy to know mind has no beginning. Give me energy to let confusion subside on its own. Give me energy to know that experience is pure being. An advice from Dakini Niguma to Khyungpo Naljor Like and dislike are the mind’s disease, Certain to drown you in samsara’s sea. Know that there is nothing here at all, And then, my child, everything is gold. Experience arises like magic. If you practice like...
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All these forms—appearance-emptiness Like a rainbow with its shining glow In the reaches of appearance-emptiness Just let go and go where no mind goes Every sound is sound and emptiness Like the sound of an echo’s roll In the reaches of sound and emptiness Just let go and go where no mind goes Every feeling is bliss and emptiness Way beyond what words can show In the reaches of bliss and emptiness Just let go and go where no mind goes All awareness—awareness-emptiness Way beyond what thoughts can know In the reaches of awareness emptiness Let awareness go—oh, where no mind...
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A Vajra Song of Götsangpa Namo Ratna Guru I bow to the lord who grants the bliss that is utterly supreme Which takes away the suffering of illness For every being that’s everywhere throughout the reaches of space By administering the medicine of the three kayas In the pure space of the sky that’s the sky of essential mind itself The clouds of negative actions thickly gather But the mighty force of the powerful wind of the wisdom prana Doesn’t blow them away, but clears them up like this The illness and its painfulness have neither base nor root Relax into it, fresh and...
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By Prabhath P. The path to self-realization has many traps and pitfalls, often paved with exotic paranormal experiences. And only those who can keep their focus reach beyond Meditation is an adventure of the consciousness. And, like any other adventure, it can be a tricky journey. Countless spiritual aspirants have fallen into traps on the way. Some of them manage to come out while others fail. The Paranormal Trap The strange but fascinating emergence of Paranormal perceptions during the meditative process has proved to be one of the most seductive of all the traps. Hordes of New Agers...
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Thich Nhat Hanh from “Teachings on Love” Happiness is only possible with true love. True love has the power to heal and transform the situation around us and bring a deep meaning to our lives. There are people who understand the nature of true love and how to generate and nurture it. The teachings on love given by the Buddha are clear, scientific, and applicable. Every one of us can benefit from these teachings. As Brahma is the source of Love, to dwell with him you must practice the Brahmaviharas – love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.” A vihara is an abode or a dwelling...
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