MahaYog - Yoga 🔱 and Buddhism ☸️
19.04.202505:29
The sutras say that Mara (“devil” in Buddhism) is an insidious character and a skilled archer. It takes great effort to avoid being caught in the crosshairs of one of his five arrows, because each one targets our most vulnerable places.
The first of Mara's arrows is aimed at those who take great pride in their accomplishments or their material or spiritual wealth.
The second is aimed at those who are ignorant because they have no idea which activities and relationships to abandon and which to embrace.
The third is for those who have wrong views, for example, they do not believe in cause, condition, and effect.
The fourth is aimed at those whose forgetfulness constantly distracts them from mindfulness.
The fifth is directed at those who are distracted by the eight worldly dharmas.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
The first of Mara's arrows is aimed at those who take great pride in their accomplishments or their material or spiritual wealth.
The second is aimed at those who are ignorant because they have no idea which activities and relationships to abandon and which to embrace.
The third is for those who have wrong views, for example, they do not believe in cause, condition, and effect.
The fourth is aimed at those whose forgetfulness constantly distracts them from mindfulness.
The fifth is directed at those who are distracted by the eight worldly dharmas.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
16.04.202504:47
Our true mind is like a lotus - originally pure, untainted, and full of perfect qualities.
Even if the lotus grows in water, the water cannot pollute it.
So is the mind: although it is immersed in thoughts and emotions, its essence remains intact, like lotus petals in the morning sun.
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Even if the lotus grows in water, the water cannot pollute it.
So is the mind: although it is immersed in thoughts and emotions, its essence remains intact, like lotus petals in the morning sun.
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
13.04.202507:57
Even if you look into the nature of your mind for a billion years, you will never see any particular “thing” there, only emptiness. That is the Dharmakaya deity; you see it when you look there. No matter how much you investigate, no matter how much you analyze, with all diligence, this nature of mind, you will never find any concrete content or material filling in it. That is why it is called uncreated emptiness. Realizing this, you come face to face with, or attain, the vision of the Buddha Dharmakaya. Who sees that the mind is empty after all? You have some cognizing quality of knowledge that can see its emptiness. It is different from space, for space does not see itself. The mind, on the other hand, is cognizing and yet is empty. The emptiness quality is Dharmakaya, the cognizing quality is Sambhogakaya, and their unity is Nirmanakaya.
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
09.04.202506:48
The only difference between meditation and the normal, everyday process of thinking, feeling, and sensorics is the application of the simple, unvarnished awareness that arises when you allow your mind to rest as it is - without chasing thoughts or being distracted by feelings or sensorics.
Mingyur Rinpoche
Mingyur Rinpoche
07.04.202506:45
There is only one reality. And you are it, although you do not know it. But when you awaken to that reality, you are no longer something, you are everything and always. And that is all.
Kalu Rinpoche
Kalu Rinpoche
04.04.202506:37
Guru is the nature of our mind. If we have realized the nature of mind, there is no need for an external guru. If comprehension of [the nature of] the mind is maintained in and out of meditation, then the guru is beyond meeting and parting.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
18.04.202507:37
If you carry out auspicious activities and create favorable circumstances,
This will help your mind to follow the right direction.
If your mind follows the right direction,
It will help you improve and increase meditative experiences.
If you have proper meditative experiences,
This will help you attain perfect enlightenment.
Guru Padmasambhava
This will help your mind to follow the right direction.
If your mind follows the right direction,
It will help you improve and increase meditative experiences.
If you have proper meditative experiences,
This will help you attain perfect enlightenment.
Guru Padmasambhava
15.04.202512:05
Seeing a monk circumambulating around a stupa one day, Dromtonpa addressed him: “Doing circumambulation is good, but it would be better to practice Dharma.”
The monk thought, “Perhaps it would be better to do prostrations.” Seeing the monk doing prostrations, Dromtonpa said to him, "It is good that you are prostrating, but it would be better to practice Dharma."
When the monk tried reciting prayers and meditation, Dromtonpa repeated the same words again. Finally, the monk asked Dromtonpa, “So what should I do?” Dromtonpa replied, “Turn away in your heart from this life!”
Dromtonpa repeated three times, “Turn away in your heart from this life!”
Lama Sopa Rinpoche
The monk thought, “Perhaps it would be better to do prostrations.” Seeing the monk doing prostrations, Dromtonpa said to him, "It is good that you are prostrating, but it would be better to practice Dharma."
When the monk tried reciting prayers and meditation, Dromtonpa repeated the same words again. Finally, the monk asked Dromtonpa, “So what should I do?” Dromtonpa replied, “Turn away in your heart from this life!”
Dromtonpa repeated three times, “Turn away in your heart from this life!”
Lama Sopa Rinpoche
12.04.202506:27
The perception of the external world depends on the mind. We cannot find a material world that exists completely separate from the mind. The material world is a reflection of the mind, not something independently existing.
If your understanding of this leads you to realize the nature of the mind, you will automatically realize the nature of the external world. There is no need to study the nature of the world separately. We realize the nature of the external world through realizing the nature of the mind because it is unity in diversity.
This is the same as comprehending non-different wisdom.
Gampopa
If your understanding of this leads you to realize the nature of the mind, you will automatically realize the nature of the external world. There is no need to study the nature of the world separately. We realize the nature of the external world through realizing the nature of the mind because it is unity in diversity.
This is the same as comprehending non-different wisdom.
Gampopa
08.04.202514:10
Patience is essentially the ability to endure suffering. It is the fertile soil in which the flowers of the Dharma (in other words, the three disciplines) can grow and spread the fragrance of good qualities.
Three kinds of patience surround these flowers like a protective fence. The first is the patience to endure the suffering and difficulties that arise when one strives to achieve the twin goals of becoming a Buddha for one's own sake and the well-being of others.
The second kind of patience is the ability to put up with the injuries that others may inflict. In contrast, the third kind is the ability to face the doctrine of emptiness and other profound teachings without fear or apprehension.
Kangyur Rinpoche
Three kinds of patience surround these flowers like a protective fence. The first is the patience to endure the suffering and difficulties that arise when one strives to achieve the twin goals of becoming a Buddha for one's own sake and the well-being of others.
The second kind of patience is the ability to put up with the injuries that others may inflict. In contrast, the third kind is the ability to face the doctrine of emptiness and other profound teachings without fear or apprehension.
Kangyur Rinpoche
06.04.202506:56
There is a misconception that the task of spiritual development can be accomplished in a few months. In fact, it may take many rebirths. One should avoid impatience and haste. It is not the time frame that is important, but the attitude of continuing uninterrupted practice until the goal is attained, no matter how long it takes.
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
02.04.202506:25
Consciousness seeking for support fetters itself.
Saraha
Saraha
17.04.202512:11
One of the questions I am most often asked in public teachings and private conversations is, "How do I get rid of attachment? How do I get rid of hope and fear?".
The answer is simple: “By giving up trying.” Why?
Because by trying to get rid of something, we are actually only increasing hope and fear. If we treat a state, feeling, sensation, or any other experience as an enemy, we only make it stronger: we resist it and succumb to it at the same time. The middle path suggested by the Buddha begins by simply looking at what we are thinking or feeling, whatever that experience may be: I am angry, I am jealous, I am tired, I am afraid.
In the process of such observation, we gradually begin to notice that thoughts and feelings are not as solid and durable as they first seemed. Impermanence has its advantages. Everything changes - even our hopes and fears.
Yonge Mingyur Rinpoche
The answer is simple: “By giving up trying.” Why?
Because by trying to get rid of something, we are actually only increasing hope and fear. If we treat a state, feeling, sensation, or any other experience as an enemy, we only make it stronger: we resist it and succumb to it at the same time. The middle path suggested by the Buddha begins by simply looking at what we are thinking or feeling, whatever that experience may be: I am angry, I am jealous, I am tired, I am afraid.
In the process of such observation, we gradually begin to notice that thoughts and feelings are not as solid and durable as they first seemed. Impermanence has its advantages. Everything changes - even our hopes and fears.
Yonge Mingyur Rinpoche
15.04.202505:46
Be content with what you have, be happy with what happens to you. When you realize that you do not lack anything, the whole universe will belong to you.
Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu
11.04.202505:11
The most important disadvantage of smoking is that it closes a man's Brahma door on the top of his head. So at the time of his death, it will be extremely difficult for him to practice Pho-wa in an attempt to bring his consciousness through this door in order to either free himself from cyclic existence or to pass into one of the three higher worlds.
For the benefit of self and others, all Dharma practitioners should avoid smoking altogether!
Chatral Rinpoche
For the benefit of self and others, all Dharma practitioners should avoid smoking altogether!
Chatral Rinpoche
08.04.202505:58
Do not repay with anger the one who is angry with you -
And you will win a battle that is hard to win.
He who knows that the other is seized with anger,
But consciously keeps peace in his soul, practicing for the good of both,
For the good of himself and the good of the other.
Sanyutta-nikaya
And you will win a battle that is hard to win.
He who knows that the other is seized with anger,
But consciously keeps peace in his soul, practicing for the good of both,
For the good of himself and the good of the other.
Sanyutta-nikaya
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Dharma - The Way Things Are
05.04.202511:28
On another occasion, the Buddha said: «Brothers, when I speak to you, do not accept my words blindly merely out of love and respect for me. But test it, test it, test it as a goldsmith tests gold by cutting it, subjecting it to fire, and striking it with a hammer to determine whether it is genuine or counterfeit. Take my words to heart and follow them only if you find them reasonable». This is also the Buddha's way. This is how the Buddha encouraged everyone to think through ideas and concepts by themselves, with their own minds.
Some religions warn against this and ask you simply to believe what they say and teach. Otherwise, their god will send them to hell. The Buddha never uttered curses and never promised punishment to those who did not believe in him.
As for worship rituals, they have no place at all in the Buddha's teachings. You may ask why Buddhists lay flowers in front of the Buddha's image. However, by doing so, they are only showing their gratitude to the greatest Guru for his selfless, lifelong service to all mankind, for his teachings, and for opening the righteous path to the whole world. This is by no means a ritual.
It is not so important whether you take refuge in the Buddha or not. What is important is to lead a good life by following the path he pointed out. The Buddha had one devoted and respectful disciple. One day, sitting down next to him, he looked directly at the Buddha, who was at that moment in his holiest and most beautiful form. The Buddha understood the disciple's condition and said: «What is the use of looking at this body, a mass of flesh and bones? ... Get out of here and look at the Dhamma» (i.e., practice the virtues, follow the law of truth).
Whether you take refuge or not is not as important as living a good life, pure in deed, word, and thought. You are a true follower of the Buddha if you try to lead a pure life.
Venerable Balangoda Anandamaitreya
Some religions warn against this and ask you simply to believe what they say and teach. Otherwise, their god will send them to hell. The Buddha never uttered curses and never promised punishment to those who did not believe in him.
As for worship rituals, they have no place at all in the Buddha's teachings. You may ask why Buddhists lay flowers in front of the Buddha's image. However, by doing so, they are only showing their gratitude to the greatest Guru for his selfless, lifelong service to all mankind, for his teachings, and for opening the righteous path to the whole world. This is by no means a ritual.
It is not so important whether you take refuge in the Buddha or not. What is important is to lead a good life by following the path he pointed out. The Buddha had one devoted and respectful disciple. One day, sitting down next to him, he looked directly at the Buddha, who was at that moment in his holiest and most beautiful form. The Buddha understood the disciple's condition and said: «What is the use of looking at this body, a mass of flesh and bones? ... Get out of here and look at the Dhamma» (i.e., practice the virtues, follow the law of truth).
Whether you take refuge or not is not as important as living a good life, pure in deed, word, and thought. You are a true follower of the Buddha if you try to lead a pure life.
Venerable Balangoda Anandamaitreya
01.04.202511:54
I experienced one such buddha moment during my first teaching tour in California, when people urged me to swim as a form of exercise. I didn't want to go, but my hosts had already set up an appointment at a local club, which was outfitted with an Olympic sized pool. I jumped in and was immediately a success-at swimming underwater: which is to say, I sank like a stone. I kept trying to push myself along underwater, but I couldn't last for more than a minute. My arms and legs got tired and I couldn't hold my breath. "Okay," I figured, "you're being too tense, trying to accomplish something." So I let my muscles relax completely, floated up to the surface, and again was successful-at sinking.
Then I remembered something: As a child I used to swim in a small pond near my home. It was not a very deep pond, and my swimming style wasn't exactly what you'd call elegant-just flapping along dog paddling. The people who'd brought me to the club were amazed. "One minute you were sinking," they said, "and the next minute you were swimming. How did you do that?" "I remembered," I answered. "For a few moments I was confused by the size of the pool. Then I remembered that I could swim."
This experience is similar - perhaps on a small scale - to the recollection of the power and potential of buddha nature. Deep within us lies the capacity for boundless wisdom, capability, and compassion. We tend not to remember our ability until we're thrust into sink-or-swim situations.
Yonge Mingyur Rinpoche
Then I remembered something: As a child I used to swim in a small pond near my home. It was not a very deep pond, and my swimming style wasn't exactly what you'd call elegant-just flapping along dog paddling. The people who'd brought me to the club were amazed. "One minute you were sinking," they said, "and the next minute you were swimming. How did you do that?" "I remembered," I answered. "For a few moments I was confused by the size of the pool. Then I remembered that I could swim."
This experience is similar - perhaps on a small scale - to the recollection of the power and potential of buddha nature. Deep within us lies the capacity for boundless wisdom, capability, and compassion. We tend not to remember our ability until we're thrust into sink-or-swim situations.
Yonge Mingyur Rinpoche
17.04.202505:19
Yoga is not something you do. It is whom you become through practice.
B.K.S. Iyengar
B.K.S. Iyengar
14.04.202506:10
If the practitioner does not make the basis of his practice the self-release of thoughts at the moment of their arising, the continuous flow of subconscious discursive thinking generated by the mind will cause the accumulation of karma that keeps him in the cycle of existence.
So, the continuous release of all gross and subtle thoughts at the very moment of their arising is the basis of practice.
Patrul Rinpoche
So, the continuous release of all gross and subtle thoughts at the very moment of their arising is the basis of practice.
Patrul Rinpoche
10.04.202502:14
When sunlight falls on the crystal, lights of all the colors of the rainbow appear, but no substance in them can be grasped. Similarly, all thoughts in their infinite variety - devotion, compassion, harm, desire - are utterly meaningless.
There is no thought that is anything other than emptiness; if you recognize the empty nature of thoughts the moment they arise, they will dissolve.
Attachment and hatred can never disturb the mind. Deceptive emotions will collapse on their own. No negative actions accumulate so that no suffering will follow.
Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche
There is no thought that is anything other than emptiness; if you recognize the empty nature of thoughts the moment they arise, they will dissolve.
Attachment and hatred can never disturb the mind. Deceptive emotions will collapse on their own. No negative actions accumulate so that no suffering will follow.
Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche
07.04.202515:17
If we catch a glimpse of nondual perception, our preoccupation with the external appearance of things begins to fade.
The more our preoccupation with the appearance of things, our inner fixation, disappears, the more our inner sense of solid concreteness disappears.
The more we train in the awakened state, the more clearly we will see the world around us for what it truly is — a play of illusions devoid of solidity.
Great masters who came to realization could walk on water, pass through stone walls, and remain unscathed by fire. The external elements are but the fruit of clouded perception. No one but ourselves created them; therefore, when our inner fixation collapses, their pseudo-existence collapses with it.
All external appearances are devoid of substance, like smoke and mist. We perceive appearances, but only as a magical game of obfuscation.
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
The more our preoccupation with the appearance of things, our inner fixation, disappears, the more our inner sense of solid concreteness disappears.
The more we train in the awakened state, the more clearly we will see the world around us for what it truly is — a play of illusions devoid of solidity.
Great masters who came to realization could walk on water, pass through stone walls, and remain unscathed by fire. The external elements are but the fruit of clouded perception. No one but ourselves created them; therefore, when our inner fixation collapses, their pseudo-existence collapses with it.
All external appearances are devoid of substance, like smoke and mist. We perceive appearances, but only as a magical game of obfuscation.
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
05.04.202506:25
The source of all demons is in the mind itself. When awareness holds and embraces any external object, it is at the mercy of the demon.
Machig Labdron
Machig Labdron
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01.04.202506:26
Surrounded by darkness, Shouldn't you search for light?
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