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Mystic MonkWhen All You Can Talk About is SpiritualityIs it common for meditators or spiritual seekers to reach a point where normal mundane conversation feels hollow or even painful, and all they want to speak about is the spiritual path? Do Eastern traditions like Buddhism or Vedanta say anything about this? The answer is, yes. Eastern spirituality does speak about this—both directly and indirectly. Here are some relevant ideas from different traditions:Sometimes it’s a call to retreat. Other times it’s a test of integration. Navigating this kind of shift—where spiritual depth makes ordinary conversation feel grating or pointless—requires sensitivity, discernment, and compassion...
2025-03-2215 min
Mystic MonkBeyond The Limits of Human ThinkingPeople naturally try to fit everything into simple categories—things either exist or they don’t. Something is either true or false. But what if reality isn’t that simple? Some of the deepest spiritual traditions in the world, especially those from India and Tibet, suggest that ultimate truth is beyond all the categories we try to place it in. There is a concept in ancient philosophy that challenges how we think about reality—one that says truth is not just beyond "yes" and "no," but also beyond "both" and "neither."
2025-03-2008 minMystic MonkWhat Are The 8 Worldly Dharmas?In Tibetan Buddhism, the Eight Worldly Dharmas refer to the common attachments and aversions that keep people trapped in samsara. They represent pairs of hopes and fears that arise from attachment to worldly conditions:Pleasure vs. Pain – Seeking sensory or material pleasure and fearing discomfort or suffering.Gain vs. Loss – Desiring material wealth, success, or resources and fearing losing them.Praise vs. Blame – Craving approval, compliments, and recognition while fearing criticism or reprimand.Fame vs. Disgrace – Wanting reputation, status, and renown while dreading obscurity or dishonor.These concerns are consider...
2025-03-2002 minMystic MonkReincarnation: What's The Deal?Many people hear about Buddhism and assume it teaches reincarnation—the idea that we are reborn into new lives, carrying our souls from one body to the next. While this might sound familiar from Hindu or New Age beliefs, Buddhism takes a different approach.The Buddhist concept is more accurately described as rebirth or transmigration, and it doesn’t involve an eternal soul at all. Instead, it’s more like a chain reaction of causes and effects that continues beyond death.So, what actually gets reborn? And if there’s no soul, what moves from one life...
2025-02-1206 minMystic MonkThe 3 Personality Types in Buddhist PsychologyBuddhist psychology isn’t just about meditation and mindfulness—it’s a deep dive into the mechanics of the mind, revealing why we think, feel, and act the way we do. At the heart of this wisdom is the concept of the three root personality types. Are you driven by desire, fueled by anger, or caught in confusion? These three core tendencies—greed-based (lobha), hatred-based (dosa), and delusion-based (moha). But here’s the good news: by understanding these patterns, we gain the power to transform them, unlocking a path to deeper self-awareness, wisdom, and compassion.1. The Greedy/Gr...
2025-02-1208 minMystic MonkBlissful Meditation StatesAs meditation deepens, different types of bliss arise. These are the primary types, how they manifest, and their role on the path to enlightenment.Bodily Bliss and Mental BlissIn Theravāda texts,sukha refers broadly to happiness or pleasure, but in meditation, it is often classified into bodily and mental dimensions:Physical Bliss: A pleasant feeling that permeates the body, often felt as lightness, warmth, or an absence of pain. This is common in the early stages of meditation when the body becomes deeply relaxed.Mental Bliss: A...
2025-02-1010 minMystic MonkHow To Become A Buddhist (Taking Refuge)What does it mean to "take refuge" in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha? What it really means is to stop taking refuge in everything else. Things and experiences which are (1) impermanent, (2) unsatisfying, and (3) not self. Things which don't last, experiences which can't truly satisfy you, and identities which don't actually define you.
Taking refuge in the Buddha means shifting our reliance away from everything that is inherently unstable, unsatisfying, and illusory.
In Buddhist thought, all phenomena—including our thoughts, emotions, and even our identities—are marked by impermanence (anicca), unsatisfactoriness (dukkha), and non-self (anat...
2025-02-0103 minMystic Monk3 Spheres of Awareness - Guided MeditationYou have a body, feelings, and thoughts, but you are more than these. You can choose to go into any of these spheres of awareness, or step outside of them and rest in pure awareness. Who is it that has these spheres of body, feelings, and thoughts? This is an adaptation of a meditation method called “Psychosynthesis” which comes from Transpersonal Psychology. Originally developed by Italian psychiatrist, Roberto Assagioli.
Learn more about psychosynthesis here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosynthesis
2025-01-1810 minMystic MonkBe The Mountain - Guided MeditationMountain Meditation is normally introduced during the Day Of Mindfulness-All Day Session of an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program. The script is adapted from Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mountain Meditation.
Learn more about Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness-based_stress_reduction
2025-01-1814 minMystic MonkReducing Pain & Suffering - Guided MeditationThis meditation is especially helpful if you are struggling with intense pain, either physical or emotional. This technique is often taught by Shinzen Young. Instead of just focusing on the breath, we're going to do so in a very special way. On the outbreath for example, notice how your body naturally relaxes. It takes no effort to breath out. It is more like an easy letting go.
2025-01-1807 minMystic MonkEye of The Storm - Guided MeditationA quick and easy 5 minute guided meditation on finding equanimity during times of stress and difficulty.
2025-01-1804 minMystic MonkBasic Mindfulness - Guided MeditationThis is an easy practice for anyone learning the basics of mindfulness. We take a few moments to observe the here and now, through each of the five senses. Then we take a couple of minutes to simply rest in the space of restorative, open awareness.
This first meditation that we're going to do together is very easy.
Everyone can do this and in fact we do it many times throughout the day.
We just tend not to notice it.
We're just going to be here now.
2025-01-1807 minMystic MonkWhere Do The Enlightened Go After Death?In the Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta (MN 72), the wanderer Vacchagotta questions the Buddha on various metaphysical topics, including the nature of the cosmos and the existence of the Tathāgata (the Buddha) after death. The Buddha refrains from engaging in speculative views, describing them as a "thicket of views" that lead to suffering and do not contribute to enlightenment.
To elucidate his perspective, the Buddha employs the analogy of an extinguished fire. He explains that just as a fire, dependent on fuel, ceases without direction when the fuel is exhausted, similarly, a Tathāgata, having relinquished all attachments and id...
2025-01-1403 minMystic MonkThe Fire SermonThe Ādittasutta, commonly known as The Fire Sermon, is one of the most renowned teachings of the Buddha, delivered to a group of ascetics shortly after his enlightenment. The Buddha employs the metaphor of fire to describe the burning nature of human experience, emphasizing how the senses and their objects are aflame with passion, hatred, and delusion. This nicely encapsulates the essence of the Buddha's teachings on impermanence and non-attachment.
The Ādittasutta is found in the Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases; Saṁyutta Nikāya 35:28.
"At one time the Buddha was staying near Gayā on Gayā H...
2025-01-1402 minMystic MonkShankara's Crest JewelShankara’s Crest Jewel of Discrimination (Vivekachudamani) is a timeless spiritual text that has guided seekers on the path to self-realization for centuries. Composed by Adi Shankara, an 8th-century Indian philosopher and theologian, this work is a cornerstone of Advaita Vedanta, a non-dualistic philosophy rooted in the ancient teachings of the Upanishads.
The title itself reveals its purpose: Vivekachudamani translates to "The Crest Jewel of Discrimination," emphasizing the role of discernment in distinguishing the eternal from the transient, the real from the unreal. Shankara’s poetic verses offer a profound roadmap to enlightenment, teaching aspirants how to navi...
2025-01-1406 minMystic MonkTantra LokaTantra Loka is not only a philosophical masterpiece but also a practical roadmap to the highest states of awareness. Its teachings challenge the seeker to go beyond conventional religious practices and embrace a vision of spirituality that is dynamic, inclusive, and transformative. Through its systematic exposition, Tantra Loka reveals that the ultimate truth is not found in a distant heaven but within the very core of one's being.
READ MORE: https://archive.org/details/tantraloka
The following verses capture the essence of Tantra Loka, offering insights into its central themes of non-duality, self-recognition, and the...
2025-01-1306 minMystic MonkIntro to Tantric Philosophy“In Tantric thought the human body is visualized as a microcosm of the universe. It is believed that the complete drama of the universe is repeated in this very body. The whole body with its biological and psychological processes becomes an instrument through which the cosmic power reveals itself.” - Stanford University
From the beginning, the Vedas and the institutions promoting the Vedic cause have held the same place in India as the Bible and the Church hold in Christianity. Six systems of Indian philosophy—Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Sankhya, Yoga, Mimamsa, and Vedanta—accepted the Vedas as the final au...
2025-01-1303 minMystic MonkSosan's Verses (Third Zen Patriarch)This teaching is from Kanchi Sosan, third patriarch of the Zen Buddhist tradition. Translated into English by Richard B. Clarke
The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent, everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinions for or against anything. To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease of the mind. When the deep meaning of things is not understood...
2025-01-1310 minMystic MonkRamakrishna's SynthesisSelected quotes from the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna
whose life and teachings continue to inspire seekers around the world. His life was a testament to the possibility of attaining divine realization while embracing the richness of human experience. His teachings emphasized the direct experience of God, selfless love, and unwavering faith, resonating deeply with seekers from all walks of life.
2025-01-1304 minMystic MonkThe UpanishadsSelected verses from The Upanishads, a collection of ancient Indian texts that form the philosophical foundation of Hinduism, offering profound insights into the nature of reality, self, and the ultimate truth (Brahman).
Often referred to as the culmination of the Vedas, these texts explore the relationship between the individual soul (Atman) and the universal essence (Brahman), emphasizing self-realization as the path to liberation (moksha).
Selected Verses From The Upanishads
God is the ONE life shining forth from every creature. Seeing him present in ALL, the wise man is humble and puts not himself...
2025-01-1306 minMystic MonkThe Heart SutraThe Heart Sutra serves as a guide for transcending duality and realizing ultimate wisdom, making it a cornerstone of Buddhist philosophy and practice. It is one of the most revered texts in Mahayana Buddhism, celebrated for its profound teachings on emptiness.
Despite its brevity, this sutra distills the essence of the Perfection of Wisdom tradition, offering deep insight into the nature of reality. Its famous declaration, "Form is emptiness; emptiness is form," challenges conventional perceptions, pointing to the interdependent and impermanent nature of all phenomena.
The Heart Sutra (short version)
Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, doing...
2025-01-1302 minMystic MonkVivekananda's Highest TeachingThese are my favorite excerpts from Swami Vivekananda's highest teachings, from classes and letters which were written just before he died. Most of these can be found in a book called "Inspired Talks" based on teachings given to his closest disciples at Thousand Island Park, in New York. Other statements can be found in Volumes 8 and 9 of the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda.
Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything for ourselves. We want a...
2025-01-1307 minMystic MonkThe Diamond SutraThe Diamond Sutra, one of the most revered texts in Mahayana Buddhism, is a profound discourse on the nature of reality, wisdom, and non-attachment. Its full title, The Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, translates to "The Diamond Cutter Perfection of Wisdom," symbolizing its ability to cut through illusions and delusions like a diamond. Highly metaphorical and poetic, the Diamond Sutra serves as a guide for those seeking to transcend dualistic thinking and awaken to the truth of interconnectedness and the boundless nature of reality.
Practicing compassion and charity without attachment is the way to reach the highes...
2025-01-1307 minMystic MonkThe Shiva SutrasThe Shiva Sutras is one of Kashmir Shaivism’s most important and revered texts. It instructs us in the glorious journey of the Supreme Awakening; to absolute oneness with God/The Universe as the body of God.
This particular summary was adapted from the translations of Swami Lakshmanjoo. You can acquire the full text of the Sutra, with the original Sanskrit, and his detailed commentaries, in his book: Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening.
1.1 One Supreme Consciousness is the reality of everything.
1.2 Knowing differentiation is bondage.
1.6 By meditating on the wheel of ener...
2025-01-1208 minMystic MonkThe Yoga SutrasSelected verses from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a foundational text of classical yoga philosophy. It offers seekers a comprehensive guide for mastering the mind, transcending ego, and achieving spiritual enlightenment, emphasizing self-discipline, mindfulness, and inner transformation.
I highly recommend the translation by Prabhavananda. You can find it under the title, "How To Know God". Published by Vedanta Press.
https://www.vedanta.com/store/how_to_know_god_patanjali_aphorisms.htm
1.2 Yoga is the control of the thought-waves in your mind.
1.3 When the mind is perfectly still, then you abide in...
2025-01-1207 minMystic MonkMeal PrayerThis meal prayer is recited by many Hindu monks, such as those of the Ramakrishna Order. It is from the Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, Verse 24. It is a Sanskrit verse often chanted before meals to consecrate the act of eating as a spiritual offering.
The prayer emphasizes the idea that all aspects of life, including eating, can be acts of worship when performed with the right mindset.
This prayer also reflects the non-duality philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, that all actions and objects are seen as expressions of the same one divine reality (Brahman).
Here's...
2025-01-1202 minMystic MonkHow To Meditate (Advice to Rahula)Selected verses from The Buddha's advice to his son, Rahula. (MN:62) Mahārāhulovādasutta. How to meditate like earth, water, fire, wind, and space. Plus other profound instructions...
https://suttacentral.net/mn62/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain
Meditate like the earth. For when you meditate like the earth, pleasant and unpleasant contacts will not occupy your mind. Suppose they were to toss both clean and unclean things on the earth, like feces, urine, spit, pus, and blood. The earth isn’t horrified, repelled, and disgusted because of this. In the same way, meditate like...
2025-01-1003 minMystic MonkThe 4 Sublime StatesThe Buddha's teaching on the 4 sublime abidings as described in the early Buddhist texts (Digha Nikaya 13). These 4 meditative moods are said to be sublime because they are the ideal way of conduct towards all living beings. They are the great removers of tension, great peace-makers in social conflict, and great healers of wounds suffered in the struggle of existence. They level social barriers, build harmonious communities, awaken slumbering magnanimity, revive joy and hope, and promote human brotherhood/sisterhood against the forces of egotism.
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nyanaponika/wheel006.html
The Basic Passage...
2025-01-1003 minMystic MonkThe Buddha's Words on Loving Kindness“This is what should be doneBy one who is skilled in goodness,And who knows the path of peace:Let them be able and upright,Straightforward and gentle in speech,Humble and not conceited,Contented and easily satisfied,Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways.Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful,Not proud or demanding in nature.Let them not do the slightest thingThat the wise would later reprove.Wishing: In gladness and in safety,May all beings be at ease.Wh...
2025-01-1002 minMystic MonkThe Direct Path to EnlightenmentLady Tsogyal asked the master: How does one then attain enlightenment? The master replied: You are not enlightened through fabricated dharmas; You need a dharma beyond fabrication. You are not enlightened through indicated dharmas; You need a dharma beyond indication. You are not enlightened through explained dharmas; You need a dharma beyond explanation. You are not enlightened through cultivated dharmas; You need a dharma beyond cultivation.
Don’t do anything. Don’t go anywhere.Don’t think. Don’t construct.Don’t judge. Don’t focus.Don’t support. Don’t take aim. Don’t cling.With...
2025-01-1001 minMystic MonkMeditation for Pain ReductionThis meditation is especially helpful if you are struggling with intense pain, either physical or emotional. This technique is something I learned from meditation master, Shinzen Young.
Instead of simply watching our breath, We're going to do so in a very special way.
The mind can only focus well on one or two things at a time, So for this meditation we're going to take a few moments to focus on your breath,
The physical sensation of breathing in and out.
We're going to explore two pleasant sensations associated with breathing...
2025-01-0908 minMystic MonkBreathing TechniquesWhat is the best way to breathe while meditating? Why do so many meditation teachers talk about meditating on the breath?
Breathwork refers to a range of breathing techniques and practices designed to improve physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It encompasses methods that can induce relaxation, increase energy, and facilitate altered states of consciousness. Breathwork is often used in therapy, meditation, and spiritual practices.
Coherent Breathing involves maintaining a steady breathing rhythm, typically around 5-6 breaths per minute, to achieve optimal heart rate variability (HRV) and a state of balance between the body and mind...
2025-01-0906 minMystic MonkMeditation PosturesMokshadas explains the best meditation postures for achieving relaxation and focus, emphasizing the importance of finding a comfortable position that suits your body. Here are the key positions covered:
Chair-Sitting Meditation: Perfect for work or travel, this position involves sitting upright with feet flat on the floor and knees at a 90-degree angle, ensuring your back and neck are aligned.
Standing Meditation: For those who prefer being upright, this posture involves standing tall, feet shoulder-width apart, with slightly bent knees and a focus on grounding through the feet.
Kneeling Meditation: This pose offers...
2025-01-0904 minMystic Monk5 Ways To FocusA convenient way to classify meditation techniques. Five main ways to focus. Try each type many times. Only then can you skillfully choose whichever works best for you, and when.
Focus In (internal subjective thoughts and feelings)
Focus Out (the objective external world)
Focus on Rest (peace, stillness, relaxation)
Focus on Change (impermanence, emptiness, flow)
Focus on Positive (images, words, feelings)
2025-01-0602 minMystic Monk4 Ways Up The Mountain (4 Yogas)You want to see things from the mountain top? According to Vedanta, these are the four main ways to ascend to the mountain top of Enlightenment. Ideally, we recommend combining the four main practices or alternating between them, for the integral development of body, mind and soul.
Karma Yoga is the path of physical action and suits people with active temperaments . To practice this path involves performing actions selflessly – without thinking of success or reward – which purifies the heart and reduces the ego.
Bhakti Yoga is the yoga of devotion and is perfect for people who a...
2025-01-0610 minMystic MonkThe Dangers of MeditatingMeditation is generally considered safe and beneficial for most individuals, offering advantages such as reduced stress, improved concentration, and enhanced emotional well-being. However, some people may experience challenges or adverse effects, particularly if they have certain mental health conditions or engage in intensive meditation practices without proper guidance.
Potential Risks:
Emotional Distress: Some individuals may encounter increased anxiety, panic attacks, or resurfacing of traumatic memories during meditation sessions.
Dissociation: Feelings of detachment from reality or oneself can occur, especially during deep or prolonged meditation.
Physical Discomfort: Extended periods of sitting can...
2025-01-0602 minMystic MonkRenounce Selfishness Not The WorldWhat does renunciation mean? Try not to see it only through a negative lens. Renunciation is not just about giving things up. More than just dispassion for "the world", it means even more so, longing for communion with God.
"Sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and follow me." - says the Christ.
True renunciation is the total absence of selfish motives not the mere abstinence from physical contact. True renunciation does not come by laborious efforts but comes spontaneously. You don't really renounce things so much as they drop away...
2025-01-0610 minMystic MonkMantra ScienceEverything in the universe vibrates, all the way down to the bedrock of existence. From the smallest part of the atom all the way up to pulsating stars, everything vibrates. Atoms upon atoms, upon atoms, a whole ocean of electrons, protons, neutrons - making molecules upon molecules upon molecules.
Light is just vibration. Colors are just vibrations. Sounds are vibrations. Many of these things can be measured. Brainwaves like alpha, beta, and delta, are just vibrations of mental energies. Your whole life, and the whole Universe, is vibrating. The fundamental laws of nature are what keep everything in...
2025-01-0505 minMystic MonkInter-Being“If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for the paper to exist. If the cloud is not here, the sheet of paper cannot be here either. So we can say that the cloud and the paper inter-are.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
The Buddha called this Dependent Origination, sometimes also known as Interdependent Co-arising, or even Inter-being, a term coined by Ze...
2025-01-0505 minMystic MonkSix Unsurpassable ThingsSelected verses from the Anuttariya Sutta (AN 6:30) of Theravada Buddhism.
“Monks, these six things are unsurpassable. Which six? The unsurpassable seeing, listening, acquisition, training, service, and recollection.
And what is the unsurpassable seeing? Some people go to see an elephant-treasure, a horse-treasure, a jewel-treasure, or a diverse spectrum of sights; or ascetics and brahmins of wrong view and wrong practice. There is such a seeing, I don’t deny it. That seeing is low, crude, ordinary, ignoble, and pointless. It doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. The unsurpassable seeing is when some...
2025-01-0306 minMystic MonkHow To Choose a Meditation MethodNot sure which technique is best for you? Not sure how to find out or where to begin? Here is my short, straightforward answer. Try a variety of methods, multiple times.
2025-01-0201 minMystic MonkDefining Mindfulness in 3 MinutesWe usually react to life by either: wanting, rejecting, or ignoring. But a fourth possibility is mindfulness.
Jon Kabat Zinn defines mindfulness as a combination of three things: (1) Intentionally paying attention (2) in the present moment (3) nonjudgmentally.
Shinzen Young and his work at Harvard Medical, defines mindfulness as a combination of three things: (1) Focused awareness (2) sensory clarity (3) equanimity.
Use whichever terminology you prefer. And you can use just about anything as an object of meditation. But pure unbroken focus alone is not “mindfulness”. To qualify as mindfulness meditation, it must have the 3 qualities listed above...
2025-01-0203 minMystic MonkIncreasing 5 Kinds of HappinessMeditation master Shinzen Young says, mindfulness meditation increases total happiness in five ways:
1. Reduces Suffering & Stress
2. Elevates Positive Feelings of Fulfillment
3. Gives You a Deeper Understanding of Yourself at All Levels
4. Helps You Make Positive Behavior Changes
5. Elevates Your Feelings of Connection to Others
See the full happiness grid chart here:
https://www.shinzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Happiness.pdf
2025-01-0205 minMystic MonkThe Sage at PeaceSelected verses from the Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta (Majjhima Nikāya 140) of Theravada Buddhism.
“He understands thus: ‘If I were to direct this equanimity, so purified and bright, to the base of infinite space and to develop my mind accordingly, then this equanimity of mine, supported by that base, clinging to it, would remain for a very long time. If I were to direct this equanimity, so purified and bright, to the base of infinite consciousness… …to the base of nothingness…to the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception and to develop my mind accordingly, then this equanimity of mine, supported by t...
2025-01-0107 minMystic MonkDaily PrayerAn infinite array of worlds; an infinite ocean of realms…
As I bring them all to mind, I hold with compassion all the beings they contain.
My body, enjoyments, and whatever I own; my aggregates, elements, and senses; my aspirations and everything I grasp as mine…
Letting them all go, may I be blessed with the end of self-grasping.
May I now release all forms of greed, hatred, and delusion.
Completely liberated from the bounds of real and unreal; transcending all concepts of arising, cessation, and abiding; attainment and non-atta...
2024-12-3101 minMystic MonkAshtavakra's SongSelected verses from the Ashtavakra Gita. A beloved book from the Advaita Vedanta tradition. Translated by Thomas Byrom and published as "Heart of Awareness" by Shambhala Dragon Editions. Earlier translations are available through Vedanta Press.
"Rare is the broad-minded person who has neither attraction for nor aversion to: duty, prosperity, desire, liberation, life, and death."
"A person of Knowledge does not desire the dissolution of the universe, nor has aversion to its existence. Therefore, One lives happily on whatever subsistence comes as a matter of course."
"Where is delusion, where is...
2024-12-3101 minMystic MonkDzogchen: The Great PerfectionSelected verses from The Gospel of Garab Dorje: The Highest Secret Teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. Translated by Christopher Wilkinson. Published by Lotus Press.
You are and always have been Infinite Consciousness, the living presence and creative power of the Divine, the vast spaciousness of being, always good, and beyond the grasp of the intellect.
Perfect love being your essence, attainment is already complete, and there is no need to strive at practicing compassion.
Phenomena are not other than the True Condition, the Great Perfection. Without input on our part, phenomena appear and disappear...
2024-12-3008 minMystic MonkThe "I AM" PrincipleThis is where it all starts. An invitation to spend more time tending the garden of your mind. Beginning with understanding the "I AM" principle.
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