No Secrets, No Sides
by Tashi Nyima
- Self-occurring wisdom is pure from the beginning. It is free from habitual patterns, even those of the *five hindrances, just like a lotus is free from mud. Use this to teach the way of enlightenment! 𑁋The Great Tantra of Vajrasattva … Continue reading →
- When sentient beings have faith in the Tathagata and those sentient beings conceive him with permanence, bliss, being, and purity, they do not go astray. Those sentient beings have the Right View. Why so? Because the Dharmakaya of the Tathagata … Continue reading →
- If you really wish to escape the worldly ocean to reach the dry shore of liberation beyond, the boat of lasting joy is the qualified spiritual guide on whom you must respectfully, inerrantly rely. Avoid procrastination and indolence, be quick … Continue reading →
- A historical characteristic of Buddhism is the tendency to elevate one text and practice above all others. Most lineages also classify some texts as provisional and others as definitive. We accept all the teachings of the Three Wheels of the … Continue reading →
- We think, “My suffering is the greatest and most important.” Do we exaggerate? Our suffering is indeed immense because there is no separation from others and their suffering. The guy with the scratched Ferrari is not independent of the pain … Continue reading →
- The problems that we cannot solve due to lack of capacity or proximity motivate us to act more decisively and effectively in our direct surroundings. What improves here improves there. In Suchness, there is no separation between one situation and … Continue reading →
- I shall cultivate diligence of body through prostration, pilgrimage, and circumambulation; of speech through recitation; and of mind through meditation. 𑁋Jetsun Taranata To perform prostrations is to cultivate humility. To go on pilgrimage is to join the Sangha. Circumambulation is … Continue reading →
- Child of the Buddha, do you realize that this is your last thought? A single remembrance of the Buddha at this moment outweighs the karmic acts of a lifetime. If this instant should pass you by, rebirth in samsara will … Continue reading →
- Virtue is purified by wisdom; wisdom is purified by virtue. Where there is virtue, there is wisdom. Where there is wisdom, there is virtue. For the virtuous, there is wisdom; for the wise, there is virtue. Virtue and wisdom are … Continue reading →
- The body, friends, is not self. If this body were self, this body would not lead to affliction and suffering, and it would be possible to obtain with regard to the body: “Let the body be thus; let the body … Continue reading →