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Mahamudra practice is directly dealing with the essence of everything and everyone. The purpose of the entire practice of Dharma is to attain Buddhahood. There is no other purpose. And the purpose of attaining Buddhahood is to assist all sentient beings to attain Buddhahood. There is no other purpose. Continue reading “Mahamudra by Tai Situ”
If you understand that all the misleading appearances of worldly existence are not intrinsically real, they will not tend to mislead you.
If you have attachment to friends and enemies as being real, they will mislead you. But if you have equanimity towards both, they will not mislead or deceive you.
If you see a lot of change or transition, that will tend to mislead you. But if you understand the intrinsic nature beyond change, it will not be misleading.
If you cling to the reality of birth and death, there is much deception. But if you realize there is no birth and death, there’s no deception.
If you believe in the existence of suffering, there’s much deception. But if you realize there’s no suffering, there’s no deception.
If you believe that self and other are separate, there’s much deception. But if you recognize that they are not two separate things, there’s no deception.
If you understand this true nature of deception, discursive thoughts will be liberated in their own place.
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Creation & Completion, Vajravairochana Translation Committee, October 1995 & June 1996, p. 9-10. Translated by Sarah Harding
All thoughts, being dharmakaya, are free.
The nature of thoughts is luminous clarity, which is the true nature of mind-beyond fabrication, transcending all conceptual descriptions. Luminous clarity is the dharmakaya of natural purity. What is this dharmakaya like?
Awareness is luminous, in its depths is bliss.
The experience of dharmakaya has three characteristics: awareness, luminosity, and bliss. How do you meditate on that?
And resting without contrivance is equipoise.
Without trying to create or to stop anything, just let go and relax. That is meditation. There is no clearer explanation.
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, The Union of Sutra and Tantra, Karme Choling, 2001, p. 70. Translated by Ari Goldfield.
The sacred practice of Chenrezig was favored by Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche as most beneficial to western students. Yidam practice in general is one of the most powerful Vajrayana methods for achieving enlightenment.
The practice of Chenrezig is required daily of all dharma path students and is highly recommended as an essential practice for all dharma students that have received the empowerment.
Chenrezig’s mantra is om mani peme hung. The mantra recitation is suggested for all to do.
Lama Karma Chotso Chants the Complete Chenrezi Saddhana:
Lama Karma Chötso chants Perfect Seeing:
HH 17th Karmapa’s official website
KagyuOffice.org
HE Tai Situ Rinpoche’s monastery
Palpung.org
Kagyu Karma Triyana monastery in NY
Kagyu.org
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
KTGRinpoche.org
Ari Goldfield and Rose Taylor’s website in San Francisco
WisdomSun.org
Lama Karma Chötso’s artwork
Dharmagraphy.com
Milarepa Osel Chö Dzong teaching & retreat center in NC
MOCD.org
Phakyab Rinpoche’s biography (Helen Park Foundation)
Illuminations.org
Kagyu Samye Ling monastery in Scotland
SamyeLing.org
These are the southernmost Tibetan stupas in the U.S. As with all stupas, they were built to counter negativity and balance the elements, thereby benefiting the physical environment and all the beings sharing that environment. A basic design was shown by Buddha Shakyamuni when his disciples asked him how a reliquary should be constructed and what it should symbolize. The Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism has kept the basic design. These four stupas in Miami, Florida were built to face the four cardinal directions and symbolize various events in the life of the Buddha. Come experience the peace of our garden.
Tours of this beautiful Garden are available during Merit Days.
A small donation of $5 per person is suggested.