No Secrets, No Sides
by Tashi Nyima
- Mine is not a nirvana that exists, a created one, or one with attributes. The cessation of the consciousness that projects what we know, this is my nirvana. This is the cause and supporting condition whereby thoughts create the body; … Continue reading →
- Everything is understood, yet there is no understanding. Everything is cultivated, yet there is no cultivation. Everything is realized, yet there is no realization. Everything is explained, yet there is nothing to explain. The profound Dharma lacks any notion of … Continue reading →
- You’re overjoyed if you get what you want. If you don’t, you writhe, a hunter pierced by your own arrow, born of desire, engendering desire, desire driven. But if you’re mindful, you evade desire as easily as side-stepping a snake. … Continue reading →
- Noble Lady, irreducible mother of the three worlds, revealed terribly in all beings, Great Vajra Yidam! Throne of Enlightenment, invincible and uncontrollable; powerful eyes that shine, burning the poisons; Maiden with petrifying tusks uncovered, frightening, spoiling, and immolating; Universal Queen, … Continue reading →
- With the Three Higher Trainings 𑁋Discipline, Meditation, and Wisdom𑁋 we remove gross obstacles, accumulate merit, directly perceive dependent arising, renounce separation, cultivate equanimity, manifest perfection, dispel subtle afflictions, recognize absolute reality, and manifest Buddha Nature.
- 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 →