Author Archives for Colin

Dhamma Nature

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

Dhamma Nature1 A Dhammatalk by Ajahn ChahSometimes, when a fruit tree is in bloom, a breeze stirs and scatters blossoms to the ground. Some buds remain and grow into a small green fruit. A wind blows and some of them, too, fall! Still others may become fruit or nearly ripe, or some even fully ripe, ...>

Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying at Varanasi in the Game Refuge at Isipatana. There he addressed the group of five monks:"Form, monks, is not self. If form were the self, this form would not lend itself to dis-ease. It would be possible [to say] with regard to form, 'Let ...>

True Realization of the Pure Land Way

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

Shinran 親鸞 (May 21, 1173 – January 16, 1263)To reveal, with reverence, the true realization: It is the wondrous state attained through Amida's perfect benefiting of others; it is the ultimate fruition of supreme nirvana. It arises from the Vow of necessary attainment of nirvana, also known as ...>

What Is The “Me”?

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

The following article was adapted from a talk by Toni Packer on Day 4 of the August 1997 retreat.A somber day, isn't it? Dark, cloudy, cool, moist and windy. Amazing, this whole affair of "the weather!" We call it "weather," but what is it really? Wind. Rain. Clouds slowly parting. Not the words spo ...>

Naropa - The Summary of Mahamudra

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

Homage to the state of great bliss!Concerning what is called MahamudraAll things are your own mind.Seeing objects as external is a mistaken concept;Like a dream, they are empty of concreteness.This mind, as well, is a mere movement of attentionThat has no self-nature, being merely a gust of wind.Emp ...>

Six Words of Advice from Tilopa

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

Six Words of Advice from TilopaLet go of what has passed.Let go of what may come.Let go of what is happening now.Don't try to figure anything out.Don't try to make anything happen.Relax, right now, and rest. ~End of Post~--------------------------------------Technorati: Buddhism Buddha Buddhist Dhar ...>

May luminous clarity which is the natural state of mind be understood

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

"When looking again and again at the mind, there is nothing to look at.The 'nothing to be seen' is seen vividly just as it is.This is what cuts through all doubts of 'being' or 'not being'.May I recognise myself unmistakenly.When looking at objects, there are no objects - they are seen as mind.When ...>

Niguma: Mahamudra as Spontaneous Liberation

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

Don't do anything whatsoever with the mind --Abide in an authentic, natural state.One's own mind, unwavering, is reality.The key is to meditate like this without wavering;Experience the Great [reality] beyond extremes.In a pellucid ocean,Bubbles arise and dissolve again.Just so, thoughts are no diff ...>

Practice these precepts and you will find release

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

Santipa, a Mahasiddha, taught this to his student the Mahasiddha Kotalipa.Your body has been worn down by your hard life.You have been following the karmaOf six-fold perversity:Digging the earth as generosity;Nonviolence as moral conduct;Enduring pain as patience;Persistent effort as perseverance;Un ...>

On Anatta (No Self)

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

This is a post written by a friend from 'Awakening to Reality' Blog:Wonder why but of late, the topic on anatta kept surfacing in forums. Perhaps 'yuan' (condition) has arisen. -:) I will just jot down some thoughts on my experiences of ‘no-self’. It is just a casual sharing, nothing authentic.T ...>

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