Tuesday, October 15, 2013

understand that virtuous deeds lead to happiness.
therefore at all times gather your energy and generously dedicate it to all sentient beings,
praying that your happiness and virtuous deeds may nurture all beings.

all discernible appearances, both outer and inner phenomena,
are like dreams and illusions-
in the past they did not exist, in the end they will not exist,
and in between they appear through a chain of interdependent factors.

although they appear,
from the very beginning phenomena are empty of true existence;
intrinsically, they are without essence,
nor do they remain.

with consummate skill,
rest in simplicity, letting everything be
in a state free of taking things as real.

this is the fundamental nature beyond speech and intellect,
the definitive meaning, the transcendent perfection of wisdom
that can only be realized through one's own awareness.
be determined to master this understanding!

relax into unbroken pristine simplicity.

do not fail to destroy the mental fixations
of a materialistic point of view

foster freedom from clinging and all mental constructs.
Bodhicitta is a compassion for all beings, accompanied by a falling away of the attachment to the illusion of an inherently-existing self.
This spark of compassion motivates one to achieve omniscient Buddhahood as quickly as possible, so that one may benefit infinite sentient beings. Bodhicitta is a felt need to replace others' suffering with bliss. Since the ultimate end of suffering is moksha, bodhicitta necessarily involves a motivation to help others to awaken (to find bodhi).
One for whom bodhicitta is the prime motivation for all actions is called a bodhisattva.

How is one to practice?
Not allowing free rein to ordinary thoughts.
Master them with mindfulness.
Then to completely purify the entire field of your action.
Emptiness with compassion as its very essence.

Develop gentle love and the rest of the four boundless qualities,
especially the miraculous great compassion.

Monday, October 7, 2013

He actually didn’t put much importance on spiritual experiences. His emphasis was reducing egoistic selfishness through love, and the power of his influence was that he exemplified it sincerely. His motto was “Mastery in Servitude,” which was put on his tomb.


"in this active sense, the function of mapping is less to mirror reality than to engender the re-shaping of the worlds in which people live"
"so when you map kids' energies are you reshaping your world?"
"I'm hoping to reshape the world we share.  to be peaceful  harmonious."

http://sanskritdocuments.org/articles/Notes_on_PATTHANA_DHAMMA.pdf

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

One who sees perception and formations as not-self fully understands nutriment consisting of mental volition.  He abandons the perversion of perceiving self in the not-self.  He crosses the flood of views.  He is loose from the bond of views.  He breaks the bodily tie of interpretations (insistence) that 'This is the truth'.  He does not cling with self-theory clinging.