In a pellucid ocean, bubbles arise and dissolve again; Just so, thoughts are no different from ultimate reality; So don’t find fault; remain at ease. Whatever arises, whatever occurs, Don’t grasp—release it on the spot. * * * * * Mind is beyond the extremes of birth and death The nature of mind, awareness, Uses… Read More Thoughts No Different from Ultimate Reality
Enlightenment. You can’t produce it. You can’t achieve it. You can’t add to it or diminish it. It is the nature of Reality. Your reality. It permeates all of existence. Your existence. You are always already enlightened. It is no different than your ordinary mind. “There is no difference between this moment and enlightenment.” (Dzogchen… Read More Suchness
Like many of you, I get dharma quotes from Pema Chodron and other published teachers in my mailbox everyday. This quote from Pema’s book, “The Wisdom of No Escape”, seems particularly relevant because she asks us to acknowledge the suffering of the world. It asks us not to numb it with addiction, or avoid it with distractions and consumption,… Read More Pema: Holding the Suffering of the World
Mark Power, a senior Western teacher and meditation instructor of Nalandabodhi, gives us a glimpse of the nature of compassion and its possibilities. Recorded in June 2013.
Buddhism is not concerned just with private destiny, but with the lives and consciousness of all beings. Any attempt to understand Buddhism apart from its social dimension is fundamentally a mistake. Until Western Buddhists understand this, their embrace of Buddhism will not help very much in the efforts to bring about meaningful and positive social… Read More Sulak Sivaraksa: Buddhism as Social Movement
“You have no power here. Be gone before someone drops a house on you!”
I’ve spent most of my life with outcastes, drunks and queers mostly; second to that, artists and academics, and of course activists. Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time with Buddhists, but don’t let their calm demeanour fool you; most of ‘em don’t have it together either. I’ve spent most of my life with… Read More Outcastes As Activists: A Tantric Approach to Engaged Buddhism
