The ground,
self-awareness,
is utterly luminous wisdom.
It is Prajnaparamita,
which thoroughly distinguishes among things.
Its nature is awareness unobscured by ignorance.
It is emptiness and lucidity united,
the very nature of luminosity.
The radiant rays of this light fill (all) quarters of space.
May the merit of this light bring happiness to all beings.
The nature of this light is the very nature of all things.
May the light of the Buddha's wisdom be revealed.
Written by HH 17th Karmapa Urgyen Trinle Dorje,
on the 16th of August 1999. May it be auspicious.
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"Once you have the View, although the delusory perceptions
of samsara may arise in your mind, you will be like the sky; when
a rainbow appears in front of it, it's not particularly flattered, and when the
clouds appear, it's not particularly dissapointed either. There is a deep sense
of contentment. You chuckle from the inside as you see the facade
of samsara and nirvana; the View will keep you constantly amused, with a little
inner smile bubbling away all the time."
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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The essential nature of mind
No words can describe it
No example can point to it
Samsara does not make it worse
Nirvana does not make it better
It has never been born
It has never ceased
It has never been liberated
It has never been deluded
It has never existed
It has never been nonexistent
It has no limits at all
It does not fall into any kind of category
Dudjom Rinpoche
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"Human beings spend their lives preparing,
preparing, preparing.....Only to meet the next
life unprepared"
Drakpa Gyaltsen
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A Christian Missionary once scolded a Zen Master, saying "Do you not realize that if you do not receive Jesus as your Savior, you will be condemned to an eternity of suffering in Hell?" The Zen Master calmly replied, in the spirit of the "Vow of the Bodhisattva", "Most gladly will I enter into numberless hells, for countless eternities, until I have helped all the suffering beings in those Hells to achieve their own liberation."
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Due to having faith one relies on the practices,
Due to having wisdom one truly knows.
Of these two wisdom is the chief,
Faith is the prerequisite.
Nagarjuna "Precious Garland 5"
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