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31 December, 2013
30 December, 2013
Tommorrow never comes by Leo Duse
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Images of past arise
Thoughts of future die
Tomorrow, yesterday
always now they say.
Bodies, ticking seconds
Illusions beckon
The Luminous essence
Exists in our presence
Ocean deep, vast as sky
Minus all that is an I
Phenomena a speck of dust
All but one turn to rust
In an atom a universe
Impossible to disperse
In each body trillion worlds
Ever waiting to unfold
Beyond infinite time creation
The road to lasting illumination
Leo Duse
Book of Poems (Copyright)
29 December, 2013
On the essence of emptiness
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“There is a sphere where there is neither earth
nor water nor heat nor air, for it is beyond the
field of matter; nor is it the sphere of infinite
space, or consciousness, for it is beyond the
field of mind. There is not the condition of
nothingness, neither is there the state of this
world or another world, nor sun nor moon.
This is the uncreated. This condition I call
neither arising nor passing away, neither
dying nor being born. It is without form
and without change. It is the eternal,
which never originates and never passes
away. To find it is the end of sorrow.”
Udana Sutta
28 December, 2013
Alone And Drinking Under The Moon: Li Po
Amongst the flowers I
am alone with my pot of wine
drinking by myself; then lifting
my cup I asked the moon
to drink with me, its reflection
and mine in the wine cup, just
the three of us; then I sigh
for the moon cannot drink,
and my shadow goes emptily along
with me never saying a word;
with no other friends here, I can
but use these two for company;
in the time of happiness, I
too must be happy with all
around me; I sit and sing
and it is as if the moon
accompanies me; then if I
dance, it is my shadow that
dances along with me; while
still not drunk, I am glad
to make the moon and my shadow
into friends, but then when
I have drunk too much, we
all part; yet these are
friends I can always count on
these who have no emotion
whatsoever; I hope that one day
we three will meet again,
deep in the Milky Way.
Li Po
26 December, 2013
25 December, 2013
On infinity...
“As great as the infinite space beyond is the
space within the lotus of the heart. Both
heaven and earth are contained in that inner
space, both fire and air, sun and moon,
lightning and stars. Whether we know it in
this world or know it not, everything is
contained in that inner space.”
Chandogya Upanishad
24 December, 2013
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23 December, 2013
22 December, 2013
Equanimity...bliss!
“The master goes about his business with
perfect equanimity. He is happy when he
sits, Happy when he talks and eats,
perfect equanimity. He is happy when he
sits, Happy when he talks and eats,
Happy asleep, Happy coming and going.
Because he knows his own nature,
He does what he has to without feeling
ruffled like ordinary people. Smooth and
shining like the surface of a vast lake.
ruffled like ordinary people. Smooth and
shining like the surface of a vast lake.
His sorrows are at an end.”
Ashtavakra Gita
20 December, 2013
On friendship...
“It is harmful to make a multitude of foes,
But it is ten times worse to give up the friendship
of the worthy.”
Tirukkural
19 December, 2013
18 December, 2013
17 December, 2013
Universe within...
“Therefore it is said that the whole universe is just
an illusion, unless you immediately realize the vehicle of
truth and attain the mystic path all at once, forgetting
all about subject and object, arriving at basic unminding,
seeing through worldly troubles, understanding gangs
of devils. If you effectively understand this, it will make
you happy for life. If you still don't understand,
its just because you yourselves
are avoiding it.”
Hui-lin
16 December, 2013
Dhammapada wisdom!
“Be quick in doing what's admirable. Restrain your mind from what's evil.
When you're slow in making merit, evil delights the mind.”
Dhammapada, (translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu).
15 December, 2013
Life In A Love
Escape me?
Never...
Beloved!
While I am I, and you are you,
So long as the world contains us both,
Me the loving and you the loth
While the one eludes, must the other pursue.
My life is a fault at last, I fear:
It seems too much like a fate, indeed!
Though I do my best I shall scarce succeed.
But what if I fail of my purpose here?
It is but to keep the nerves at strain,
To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall,
And, baffled, get up and begin again,---
So the chace takes up one's life ' that's all.
While, look but once from your farthest bound
At me so deep in the dust and dark,
No sooner the old hope goes to ground
Than a new one, straight to the self-same mark,
I shape me...
Ever
Removed!
Robert Browning
13 December, 2013
Common threads in Wisdom...
“Arjuna, those who eat too much or eat too little, who
sleep too much or sleep too little, will not succeed
in meditation. But those who are temperate in eating and
sleeping, work and recreation, will come to the end
of sorrow through meditation. Through constant effort
they learn to withdraw the mind from selfish
sleep too much or sleep too little, will not succeed
in meditation. But those who are temperate in eating and
sleeping, work and recreation, will come to the end
of sorrow through meditation. Through constant effort
they learn to withdraw the mind from selfish
cravings and absorb it in the Self. Thus they
attain the state of union.”
attain the state of union.”
Bhagavad Gita
12 December, 2013
The Sign Of No Sign by Julian Colgan
Reducing everything down to consciousness,
what else is there to do but to be conscious.
To be conscious is to be aware of
the infinite buddha nature that masquerades as
an ordinary and somewhat blunt mind.
Attributing many signs and sayings to
a purely historical buddha,
the real buddha is you as you are.
Attached to the signs and sayings of
a far and distant past, the dharma is no longer
valid if it becomes another source of attachment.
Attaching yourself to the buddha is not the goal
of accomplishment because the goal of a buddha
is to no longer have to have goals.
Consciously above all designations and not having
any one religion to care for,
liberation cannot be formatted into a set code
of conduct or into a series of religious formalities.
Those who think that it can or that it should have
not realized what the infinite buddha nature is.
Too close to notice and too far away to quickly care,
thoughts are mirrors of the Ultimate Reality
and desires are generators of unlimited aspirational prayers.
Thinking and desiring as a Buddha, compose
your own narrations of nirvana.
Expecting no sign or saying from the
the Buddha is when you are completely at ease
with all that permeates every wheel of time.
Samsara spinning out of time and nirvana coming closer
to mind, find what is always there while looking
in the mirror of self contemplation.
Racing towards nothing that is in sight,
what is spectacular is never out of sight.
Liberated or in turmoil,
the mind is the same.
Sameness being equal, equalize yourself
in the infinite Buddha nature once and for all.
By Julian Colgan (Copyright)
Awake to Buddhahood
emptinessofmind.blogspot.com
By Julian Colgan (Copyright)
Awake to Buddhahood
emptinessofmind.blogspot.com
10 December, 2013
09 December, 2013
On direct experience...
“A king asked a sage to explain the Truth. In response
the sage asked the king how he would convey the
taste of a mango to someone who had never
eaten anything sweet. No matter how hard
the king tried, he could not adequately
describe the flavor of the fruit, and, in frustration,
he demanded of the sage "Tell me then, how would
you describe it?" The sage picked up a mango and
handed it to the king saying "This is very sweet.
Try eating it!"”
Try eating it!"”
Hindu Wisdom
08 December, 2013
On hard work...
“Hard work spotlights the character of people:
some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses,
and some don't turn up at all.”
Sam Ewing
07 December, 2013
06 December, 2013
On Mindful attention...
“Just as the footprints of any creature that walks
the earth can be placed in the elephants footprint,
which is the largest of all: even so mindful
attention is the one quality that ensures ease
of mind at all times. Mindful attention causes
beneficial thoughts that have not yet arisen to
arise. It also causes harmful thoughts that
have already arisen to vanish. In the one who is
mindful, the good that is to be will be realized.”
Anguttara Nikay
05 December, 2013
On The Nature Of Emptiness by Julian Colgan
Emptiness cannot be realized
because there is nothing to realize
that is beyond your own diamond forged mind.
Emptiness cannot be seen
because there is nothing that is intrinsically
representative of formless formlessness.
Emptiness cannot be defined
because the nature of defining something
means that there is something that can be defined.
The middle way is not the middle way
when there is a mind to divide and label
something that appears to be extreme as being extreme.
The lotus is empty of a buddha
when the Buddha renounces his or her Buddha nature.
By saying that a buddha is a buddha,
Buddhahood is lost.
Though losing something is empty of meaning,
making senses of emptiness is a meaningless task.
Working for what does not exist,
what does exist is beyond the mountain range of nirvana.
Sitting in a lotus position,
what you are sitting on
is sitting in you.
Every time an argument is made,
a counter argument is nowhere to be heard.
Seeing a rainbow encircled around your mind,
the rainbow of benedictions
is always there because there is nothing there.
Reading many sutras,
the only sutra that is never read
is the sutra of spontaneous
relinquishments of all destructive desires.
Never looking into future or past lives,
the eternity of buddhahood
rings as clear as a silver bell
when placed in a high location or atmosphere.
Nirvana being a stream
and samsara a bridge,
not one step is needed to cross
that bridge of illusory apparitions.
Already there without being there,
the nature of emptiness is no better than samsara,
for samsara points the way to what is in need
of being seen as empty.
Neither found in the dharma or in the sangha,
emptiness is the perception of non-perception.
That which is eternal is always changing
and that which is stable is always fading.
Governed by the karma of no karma,
set yourself free of needless worries.
Anxious over what does not exist,
what does exist is the union
of a particular nature with no particular nature.
A simple and complex puzzle,
the mind is all there is to know.
by Julian Colgan (Copyright)
Awake to Buddhahood
http://emptinessofmind.blogspot.ca/
03 December, 2013
On the Master...
and simply opening your heart and mind to the embodiment of truth,
really does bless and transform your mind. As you invoke Buddha, your own
Buddha nature is inspired to awaken and blossom,
as naturally as a flower in sunlight."
Sogyal Rinpoche
02 December, 2013
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