tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833406.post2313008799485783977..comments2023-03-25T05:19:53.826-07:00Comments on Gandhara: Realizing EmptinessSageb1http://www.blogger.com/profile/16365805627259717062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833406.post-56933069344237206602010-06-28T13:33:57.864-07:002010-06-28T13:33:57.864-07:00The jewel of faith, the jewel of discipline,
The j...The jewel of faith, the jewel of discipline,<br />The jewel of giving, the jewel of learning,<br />The jewel of dignity, the jewel of self-control,<br />And the jewel of wisdom—these are the seven riches.<br /><br />These most sacred forms of wealth<br />Are seven riches that can not be exhausted. -- The Jewel Rosary of Bodhisattvas<br />http://www.lotsawahouse.org/lojong/rosary.htmlSageb1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16365805627259717062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833406.post-49144914790705485432010-06-28T13:06:36.876-07:002010-06-28T13:06:36.876-07:00This is why meditation works: it treats the mind a...This is why meditation works: it treats the mind as real.<br /><br />Medication only helps to inspire healing by freeing the mind from unrest.<br /><br />Yet it is by listening to the Buddhist masters that we find rest:<br /><br /> When nothing whatsoever is conceptualized,<br /> How could you possibly go astray?<br /> Annihilate your conceptions. And rest. - ibid.Sageb1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16365805627259717062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833406.post-89242458065860905152010-06-28T13:03:39.949-07:002010-06-28T13:03:39.949-07:00Since mind is not a duality,
Look as if there...Since mind is not a duality,<br /><br /> Look as if there is nothing to be looked at.<br /><br /> This mind of ours is not seen by any ‘looking’.<br /><br /> Mind’s very nature of mind is not realized by being ‘seen.’<br /><br /> In fact, there is not the tiniest fraction<br /><br /> Of something to be looked at.<br />-- Machik LabdrönSageb1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16365805627259717062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833406.post-14767459507963766312010-06-28T12:56:41.935-07:002010-06-28T12:56:41.935-07:00"Emptiness means perceiving neither ‘empty’ n..."Emptiness means perceiving neither ‘empty’ nor ‘non-empty.’ The natural radiance of emptiness can appear as anything at all. Since it is empty as it appears, appearance and emptiness are a unity. This can only be known by looking inwards. It is within the domain of your own self-knowing awareness-wisdom." - Nirvana SutraSageb1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16365805627259717062noreply@blogger.com