Buddhism
azw3 |eng | 2005-12-15 | Author:Donald S. Lopez Jr.

Having thus dismissed the opinion of the majority and the authority of the enlightened as standards of truth, GC finally introduces the topic of pramana, valid knowledge. His hypothetical interlocutor ...
( Category: Regional January 22,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2012-02-09 | Author:Taranatha, Kunga Nyingpo [Taranatha, Kunga Nyingpo]

* * * In the middle of the ocean there is a small island, named Damidodvipa that one can reach from southern India by sailing straight towards the west. It ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3, pdf |eng | 1995-03-30 | Author:Ringu Tulku

A. It is up to you. Your mind is not outside or inside so you do not need to focus anywhere. Just be aware of your breathing. It does not ...
( Category: Meditation January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-06-25 | Author:His Holiness the Dalai Lamai

Three Extra Verses The following three verses continue with the comparison of the Mahayana scriptures and the Hinayana scriptures. However, according to the Indian commentator Prajnakaramati, these three verses are ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 2010-04-10 | Author:Spellmeyer, Kurt [Spellmeyer, Kurt]

But doesn’t this way of thinking simply reinstate the world-creating/ world-destroying attitude that brought us to our impasse now? What if the world has never needed to be saved? What ...
( Category: Zen Philosophy January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2010-05-10 | Author:Anyen Rinpoche

▶ The second metaphor depicts the consciousness as a traveler. The meaning of this metaphor is that our consciousness isn’t always going to be in the same body or in ...
( Category: Death January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2011-12-13 | Author:Urgyen, Tulku Rinpoche [Urgyen, Tulku Rinpoche]

DEVOTION AND COMPASSION The play of overwhelming compassion being unobstructed, In the moment of love the empty essence nakedly dawns. May we constantly practice, day and night, This supreme path ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2011-10-04 | Author:Loori, John Daido & Tanahashi, Kazuaki [Loori, John Daido]

CAPPING VERSE The mountain form is the body of truth; only the ear can see it. The valley sounds are the voice of the teachings; only the eye can hear ...
( Category: Zen Philosophy January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2007-07-05 | Author:Lama Thubten Yeshe & Nicholas Ribush

Q: How do you check up on your own mind? How do you do it? Lama: A simple way of checking up on your own mind is to investigate how ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2009-01-06 | Author:His Holiness The Dalai Lama & Jeffrey Ph.d. Hopkins

It is well that aging happens little by little. If it happened all at once, it would be intolerable. —GAMAPA, TIBETAN YOGI With aging, your fine body deteriorates. Strength weakens. ...
( Category: Inspirational January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-07-09 | Author:Chödrön, Pema [Chödrön, Pema]

*The ‘great vehicle,’ which presents vision based on emptiness, compassion, and acknowledgment of universal buddha nature. thirteen taking refuge Today I want to talk about taking refuge in the three ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3, mobi, pdf |eng | 2007-11-15 | Author:Longchenpa

They are non-referential when they operate in the direction of deliverance And they will be mastered by those who are compassion themselves. Those who are unhappy or tormented by frustrations, ...
( Category: Tibetan January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2007-03-25 | Author:Taranatha & Jeffrey Hopkins

Hence, all exalted body, pristine wisdom, qualities, and activities that are included within the ultimate abide primordially in the matrix-of-One-Gone-Thus. When a person is Buddhafied, those are not newly attained ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice January 22,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2012-09-04 | Author:Thondup, Tulku [Thondup, Tulku]

HELL IS THE UNEXCELLED PURE LAND: THE EXPERIENCE OF TSOPHU DORLO This delog account is a work of deep meaning, beautifully written in the original Tibetan. Tsophu Dorlo felt that ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice January 22,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2009-02-15 | Author:Lama Zopa Rinpoche & Ailsa Cameron

Like a person with jaundice sees a white conch as yellow, Because the veils of my evil karma and obscurations are so thick, I see the faultless as having only ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )