Religion & Spirituality
azw3, pdf |eng | 2011-05-16 | Author:Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

Now, this does not involve inference of any kind. It is not a matter of thinking, "Thoughts must be like this; they must come from here or go to there." ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2010-09-28 | Author:Trungpa, Chogyam & Carolyn Rose Gimian [Trungpa, Chogyam]

FOUR Something Very Tickling WHEN NAROPA FINALLY discovered Tilopa, there was no particular gracious occasion. There was no ceremonial initiation of any kind. The initiation consisted in Tilopa’s taking off ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences January 22,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2010-09-28 | Author:Chogyam Trungpa

The Lion’s Roar THE BODHISATTVA, the committed mahayana practitioner, takes a vow to work with all sentient beings and with every life-situation. Working with the emotions is a powerful part ...
( Category: Sacred Writings January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-12-14 | Author:H.H. the Dalai Lama

Their pleasure’s theirs and theirs alone. No part of it is felt by me. Nice words of praise are devoid of mind: they have no wish to say good things ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice January 22,2015 )
azw3, pdf |eng | 2006-04-12 | Author:Matthieu Ricard

THE MECHANISM OF DESIRE The craving for pleasant sensations is readily implanted in the mind, since pleasure is accommodating and always ready to offer its services. It is attractive, instills ...
( Category: Meditation January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2000-08-25 | Author:Arya Maitreya & Jamgon Kongtrul & Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso & Rosemarie Fuchs

Here, through these four stanzas [each consisting of four lines], what is limited or unlimited, what is beneficial or non-beneficial, what [yields] happiness or non-happiness, and what definitively reveals release ...
( Category: Religion & Spirituality January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2009-10-02 | Author:Dalai Lama

We also often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, overreacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally ...“ With these words, the Dalai Lama ...
( Category: Business & Money January 22,2015 )
azw3, pdf |eng | 2008-08-07 | Author:Douglas S. Duckworth

We saw how Mipam uses reason to affirm the presence of Buddha-nature and to support his tradition's claims that all appearances are divine by nature. The reasonings he employs are ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2008-10-01 | Author:Geshe Tashi Tsering & Lama Zopa Rinpoche & Gordon McDougall

When our mind becomes more subtle, the grosser minds are absorbed. When a meditator reaches a very advanced state of meditative absorption, the sensory consciousnesses totally cease. If that is ...
( Category: Philosophy January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2010-02-19 | Author:Situpa, Chamgon Kenting Tai [Situpa, Chamgon Kenting Tai]

Questions Question: I have heard of a Gelugpa Mahamudra lineage in the Kagyu, is that correct? Rinpoche: No, there is no such thing as a Gelug Mahamudra lineage in Kagyu. ...
( Category: Meditation January 22,2015 )
azw3, pdf |eng | 2012-06-04 | Author:Padmasambhava

5 The Natural Liberation of Awareness: Experiential Instructions on the Transitional Process of Meditative Stabilization In the third general topic, the transitional process of meditative stabilization—called the “natural liberation of ...
( Category: Sacred Writings January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-10-09 | Author:Chodron, Pema [Chodron, Pema]

First, come into the present. Flash on what’s happening with you right now. Be fully aware of your body, its energetic quality. Be aware of your thoughts and emotions. Next, ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2007-03-25 | Author:Dharmachakra Translation Committee

Generally, what we call knowing fact from non-fact has an extremely broad relevance. It involves knowing which causes produce which effects and which effects are based on which causes. It ...
( Category: Religion & Spirituality January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-07-10 | Author:Geshe Tashi Tsering

THE BASE, PATH, AND RESULT IN THE DEATH PRACTICE In Buddhism, the terms base, path, and result are commonly used to show where we start, what we do, and what ...
( Category: Mysticism January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2010-07-16 | Author:Chonyi Taylor

Meditation 8: I Am Not My Pain When pain becomes overwhelming, we feel as if we are nothing but pain: it will always be there. If we reflect, then we ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )