No Secrets, No Sides
by Tashi Nyima
- A Beautiful Story for Three Kings Day When I was a child, each year in December, I was given the task of arranging the manger scene in our home. I would place the figures carefully – the Virgin Mary, St. … Continue reading →
- Lewis Bollard I recently attended the annual Animal Advocates Online Meditation Retreat, led by the Venerable Tashi Nyima — a monk, longtime animal activist, and one of the calmest and most joyful people I’ve met. Someone asked how he maintains … Continue reading →
- Superior beings need the Dharma. Without it, they are like lofty eagles 𑁋even though perched on the highest mountain tops, they exist only to service their pride. Average beings have need of the Dharma. Without it, they are like snarling … Continue reading →
- Namo Guruvé! I prostrate before my spiritual father, Buddha Vajradhara,And express here the few words that flow from my heart… This life’s appearances are like rainbows;Don’t chase after them, I beseech you! These appearances and what is made by mind … Continue reading →
- Buddhism presents a fascinating study of how a religious tradition adapts to diverse cultural contexts while maintaining its essential teachings. This process has been central to Buddhism’s remarkable spread across Asia and, more recently, to Western societies. Historical Patterns of … Continue reading →
- When you abuse, harass, and attack us who do not abuse, harass, and attack, I don’t accept it. It still belongs to you, it still belongs to you! Someone who, when abused, harassed, and attacked, abuses, harasses, and attacks in return … Continue reading →
- Impermanence: This world is impermanent. Nations are fragile and dangerous. The four elements that comprise the body are sources of suffering and emptiness. The five aggregates are not-self. Birth and death, coming and going, are like phantoms, dreams, or bubbles, like dew or lightning. Nothing is permanent. Contentment: Having many […]
- TADYATHĀ OṂ AMṚTE AMṚTAVAREVARE VARE PRAVARE VIŚUDDHE HŪṂ HŪṂ PHAṬ PHAṬ SVĀHĀ OṂ AMṚTAVILOKINI GARBHESAṂRAKṢAṆI ĀKARṢAṆI HŪṂ HŪṂ PHAṬ PHAṬ SVĀHĀ OṂ VIMALE VIPULE JAYAVARE JAYAVĀHINIAMṚTE VIRAJE HŪṂ HŪṂ PHAṬ PHAṬ SVĀHĀ OṂ BHARA BHARA SAMBHARA SAMBHARAINDRIYABALA VIŚODHANI RURU CALE … Continue reading →
- It is strange indeed that those who rely on the path of the Buddha advocating universal impermanence should yet cling to things with arguments, when analysis reveals that neither “this” nor “that” is found. What sage will argue for the … Continue reading →
- Rest like space, in vast empty clarity. Rest like the sun, self-clarity without fixation. Rest like the ocean, clear and still. Rest like a mountain, motionless, and unchanging. Rest in a state of empty clarity, brilliant and crystal clear. Rest in … Continue reading →