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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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25 December 2013
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
30 November, 2013
An Arhat's Dream By Julian Colgan
Climbing the ever winding
steps of Mt.Sumeru,
this arhat's dream
is to develop the vision
where everyone is my good master.
Climbing out of my lotus flower encasing,
this arhat's dream
is to conquer the world
of conditioned reactions.
Climbing out of my former
mind and livelihood,
this arhat's dream
is to arise to the occasion
whenever that occasion does arise.
Climbing out of my prior
engagements with others,
this arhat's dream
is to create a new mental space
where everyone can feel comfortable in.
Climbing out of the
world's anxieties and affairs,
this arhat's dream
is to chant and meditate with
the bodhisattvas of ancient antiquity.
Climbing the musical scale
of a compassionate heart,
this arhat's dream
is to sing the pure buddha dharma
to all who abide in the nothingness of space
and in the grounded qualities of the earth.
Arriving at this arhat's dream,
the lotus flower of this buddha's mind
sprinkles forth the essential extract
of a purified nature; which is
the state of bodhichitta.
Generating the stage of world enlightenment
for all sentient beings, may everyone
become a perfected buddha
who is a master of this arhat's dream.
By Julain Colgan (Copyright)
Awake to Buddhahood
http://emptinessofmind.blogspot.ca/
29 November, 2013
28 November, 2013
27 November, 2013
On inner light!
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves: Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so other
people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other
people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence
automatically liberates others."
Marianne Williamson
26 November, 2013
On trouble...
“Our freedom is not in being saved troubles, but is the freedom to take
trouble for our own good, and make the trouble an element in our joy.”
Rabindranath Tagore
25 November, 2013
Zen wisdom
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“Many people are afraid to empty their minds lest they may plunge into the Void.
They do not know that their own Mind is the Void. The ignorant eschew
phenomena but not thought; the wise eschew thought but not phenomena.”
Huang Po, Zen Teaching of Huang Po
22 November, 2013
21 November, 2013
20 November, 2013
19 November, 2013
Generation Of Bhodichitta
are like the illusory reflections of the moon in water,
Beings wander endlessly astray in samsara’s vicious cycle.
In order that they may find comfort and ease in the luminosity
and all-pervading space of the true nature of their minds,
I generate the immeasurable love, compassion, joy and equanimity
of the awakened mind, the heart of Bodhicitta.
JIKMÉ LINGPA
18 November, 2013
17 November, 2013
Tolle quote: A new Earth
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful
for the evolution of your consciousness.
for the evolution of your consciousness.
How do you know this is the experience you need?
Because this is the experience you are having
at this moment.
at this moment.
Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth
15 November, 2013
14 November, 2013
The Rainbow In My Life by Julian Colgan
The rainbow in my life is anyone who
takes great joy in liberating
sluggish mentalities from the great selfishness
of a severely watered down conception of being.
The rainbow in my life is anyone who
commits to their vow to be
a healing herb for the sick and wounded
and to be a tree of compassion for
those who have been burned by
the scorching rays of overly heated individuals.
The rainbow in my life is anyone who
deflects the impurity that is samsaric sorrow
from reaching more and more defenseless
and innocent new born children;
knowing that the future depends upon
the health and sanity of mature growing adults.
The rainbow in my life is anyone who
cannot stand the treasonous actions
of corporations who are too lustfully stupid
to know the difference between harmony and deliberate disharmony.
The rainbow in my life is anyone who
shows goods deeds and motivations
to be better than the opposite route of
criminal behavior as it morphs into pledging allegiance
to a number of flags and badges which are soaked in the blood
of past generations, present generations and future generations of bodhisattvas.
The rainbow in my life is anyone who
recognizes mara as their own unbridled and reckless minds.
Habituated to slide between the pros and cons of mindfulness,
there is only virtue and merit in learning how to
comfortably sit on the mind's disruptiveness
as a sage glides on the winds as if it were second nature.
The rainbow in my life is anyone who
loves the dharma as an ultimate guide to
navigating the ocean of suffering
which stems from unregulated desires
and uncertainty in being able to overcome
the influences of one's own deep seated desire to desire.
The rainbow in my life is anyone who
prepares for their own enlightenment
as the sun takes on its own effulgence
or as the sky looks so pure just by being so open and wide.
The rainbow in my life
is our own mind transformed
from a rock like immovable state
to a gushing and free flowing state of awakening.
Julian Colgan (Copyright)
Emptinessofmind.blogspot/ca
Awake to Buddhahood
13 November, 2013
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