No Secrets, No Sides
by Tashi Nyima
- The Paramitas (Ten Perfections) are not “perfect” because they are entirely skillful, helpful, or effective. They are perfect because they are free from the three spheres of subject, action, and object: doer, deed, and recipient. Without the wrong view of … Continue reading →
- Sentient beings deceive themselves through their own actions. They themselves perceive that “this is an ordinary man, this is a saint, this is me, this is someone else, this is the cause, this is the effect, this is tainted, this is … Continue reading →
- Listen. Think, what wanderer wanders where?There is no one wandering. There is nothing to conceptually grasp as real.[Phenomena, imputed by the mind,] are free from shape and color. They transcend dualistic grasping towards faults and qualities.In such a mind, how … Continue reading →
- A lapis lazuli jewel always radiates, but when residing in the dirt of the mine, its light does not shine forth. So, too, although the realm of reality is stainless, when covered with afflictions, its light is not seen in … Continue reading →
- Relying on a Lama will definitely bring blessings. Meditating on your Yidam will definitely bring spiritual attainment. Keeping samaya will definitely cause the Dharma guardians to gather around you. Diligently engaging in spiritual practice will definitely elicit meditative experiences and … Continue reading →
- Though you have faith in, make prayers to, make efforts in, and train in one of the Three Vehicles, you should not disparage or criticize the others. As for those who disparage or criticize just a single verse from one … Continue reading →
- The Yidam (Skt. iṣṭadevatā) is one of the Three Roots (Lama, Yidam, Dharmapala), the tutelary or chosen meditation aspect of Buddha Nature, which is the root of spiritual accomplishment. A Yidam is a personal role model representing the enlightened mind … Continue reading →
- In all my lives, wherever I am born, may I obtain the seven qualities of birth in higher realms. As soon as I am born, may I meet the Dharma and have the freedom to practice it correctly. Then, may … Continue reading →
- “Letting go” is not pushing away or merely tolerating change. It is recognizing that everything flows, everything changes, nothing remains the same. It is undivided presence, here and now.
- om ah hum All my own and others’ possessions and positive actions, accumulated in the past, present, and future, and clouds of offerings that fill the infinite realms of the three kayas, I now offer to the glorious Lama. Accept … Continue reading →