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Exposition of the Views of the Four Indian Schools
With regard to the view in the nine yanas, the explanation of the
Nyingma is a unique one in that it connects the views of the yanas
with the philosophical schools so that sravakayana is connected with
the view of the Vaibhasika and so on...
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Four Short Suttas
Thus I heard: when Buddha was once residing at Jetavana, the vihâra of Anâthapi.n.dika, in the vicinity of the city of Sâvatthi, a certain deva possessed of pleasing appearance, approached Buddha, after the expiration of the first ten hours of the night (in the middle of the night)...
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Gates to Buddhist Practice (excerpt)
To understand how delusion arises, practice watching your mind. Begin
by simply letting it relax. Without thinking of the past or the future,
without feeling hope or fear about this thing or that, let it rest
comfortably, open and natural...
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Gospel Parallels from Pali Texts
These files are transcriptions of a series of articles written by Albert J. Edmunds in support of his thesis that the early Christian movement grew at least partially out of the influence of Buddhist missionaries on the religious thought of the Levant...
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Harmony of Difference and Sameness
The mind of the great sage of India
is intimately transmitted from west to east.
While human faculties are sharp or dull,
the Way has no northern or southern ancestors.
The spiritual source shines clear in the light;...
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Homage to Chagdud Rinpoche
This poem was written in the Trinity Alps of Northern California at
Rigdzin Ling, the main center of Tibetan Lama Chagdud Tulku. It was
my second time there...
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How The Cyclone Came to the West
Once there lived a family in the village of Joephu, in the Palrong
valley of the Dhoshul region in Eastern Tibet. There was a father,
mother, two sisters, and two brothers. Like many Tibetan families
they were very devout...
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How To Live Free of Fear of Death
Everybody is worried about dying, the Tibetan teacher Sogyal
Rinpoche said. "But to die is extremely simple. You breathe out,
and you don't breathe in."...
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Hymn of Praise
I hold aloft the scepter of compassion, the diamond thunderbolt of
love. Its' five prongs showing the five wisdoms, conquering the five
passions. I must be worthy to uphold it...
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Incense Offering
Incense offering, or Sang-sol, is a ceremony performed by Tibetans
from all walks of life to mark important events in their lives. A
widespread national custom, it can be preformed individually or in
groups, on occasions such as the Dalai Lama's birthday, marriages,
third day of the Tibetan New Year, or preceding other important events...
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Interview with Dalai Lama in Thailand (2/18/93)
THAILAND - BANGKOK TV INTERVIEWS DALAI LAMA (FEB. 18) PAC RIM INTELLIGENCE REPORT - (Dalai Lama) This time,the main purpose of my
visit is organized by some Nobel laureates concerning about human
rights in general, in particularly, the safety or release of Aung
San Suu Kyi, the fellow Nobel laureate as a freedom fighter...
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Is Practice an Informed Choice? by Lama Choedak
Ngondro is an indispensable foundation practice for all those who have embarked on the path of Vajrayana Buddhism. By practising Ngondro with firm faith, inspiration, diligence and patience according to the unmistaken practices of the lineage and completing at least the prescribed number...
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KHUDDAKA PÁTHA
Khuddaka Pá.tha, or "Lesser Readings," is one of the books of the Buddhist Scriptures. It is the first of the fifteen divisions of Khuddaka Nikáya, and immediately precedes Dhammapada...
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Mahâ-samaya-sutta
Thus I heard. When Buddha was once residing in the forest called Mahâ-vana, situated in the city of Kapilavatthu in the country of Sakya, attended by a numerous retinue of bhikkhus, all of them arahats, amounting to about five hundred in number...
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Mind Inscription
The nature of the mind is un-born. Why should it be necessary to know this? Fundamentally there is not one single phenomenon; who then can speak about defilement and purification? There is no end to coming and going, and no matter how much one seeks, one will never realize it! When everything is inactive, then the bright stillness will manifest by itself.
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Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate
Buddhism makes mind its foundation and no-gate its gate.
Now, how do you pass through this no-gate?
It is said that things coming in through the gate can never be your own treasures. What is gained from external circumstances will perish in the end...
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New York Times Interview with the Dalai Lama
The last place one expects to find His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th
Dalai Lama of Tibet, the exiled secular and religious leader of the Tibetanpeople, the winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, the world's leadingexponent of nonviolent political change, is at a glitzy Tucson, Ariz., golfing resort called the Sheraton El Conquistador...
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Nyingma Empowerment
The Practice of the Yeshe Tsogyel Awareness-spell encourages the
Strong Laughter of the Dakinis as an aspect of one's existence. This
means that one's circumstances become vivid with opportunities for
Practices...
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Om Mani Padme Hum by The Dalai Lama
It is very good to recite the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM, but while
you are doing it, you should be thinking on its meaning, for the
meaning of the six syllables is great and vast. The first, OM, is
composed of three pure letters, A, U, and M. These symbolize the
practitioner's impure body, speech, and mind; they also symbolize the
pure exalted body, speech and mind of a Buddha...
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Only Dreaming by Bill Gorvine
Approximately one-third of our lives are spent while asleep. Consider
that for a person who lives for sixty years, twenty years of that
lifetime are passed unconsciously. Moreover, it is no mistake that
enlightenment and other exalted states of consciousness are described as
one who has overcome the sleep of ignorance...
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Prayer Flags
The hoisting of flags to ensure good fortune is one of the many
customs within the nomadic communities of Tibet that have changed very
little for several thousand years. However, the meaning of this ritual
has gradually evolved from being of militaristic to religious
significance...
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Prayer for a Swift Return
O Gurus abiding in the ten directions' infinite realms,
Buddhas, bodhisattvas, shravakas, pratyekabuddhas and dharmapalas -
Pray oceanic sources of refuge generate the power of compassion
To grant siddhi of our desired wishes' fulfilment here and now!...
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Protectors in Vajrayana Buddhism
The following is an attempt to try to explain the significance of
"protectors" in the context of Vajrayana Buddhism. I have to
confess with all honesty that my knowledge in this particular
subject is extremely limited...
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Psychedelic Tibetan Book of the Dead
A psychedelic experience is a journey to new realms of consciousness. The scope and content of the experience is limitless, but its characteristic features are the transcendence of verbal concepts, of space-time dimensions, and of the ego or identity...
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Seeing Nakedly: an Exploration of the Buddhist Tradition of Valid Cognition by E
This article introduces the Buddhist tradition of Valid Cognition (a form of Jnana Yoga), and explores the phenomenon know within this tradition as "seeing nakedly." It also presents a yogic description of the sense faculties.
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