Practice for protection from pestilence
This is a terma treasure that was taught by C. R. Lama as a protection from pestilence and plague.
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Garab Dorje’s Three statements that hit the key points
The Mirror of luminous revelation, Aracena, 2016
This text comes from Nuden Dorje, the first incarnation of my own teacher, C R Lama. We believe that Nuden Dorje was himself an incarnation of one of the close disciples of Padmasambhava, and that Padmasambhava came directly from the pure heart of Amitabha.
Buddhist texts often include a history of how the text arose, from whom, where and when. To say that a text came directly from Padmasambhava or from the mind of another great teacher, what does this mean? Why should we trust it? Who should we trust? You come here and I am telling you a lot of things. Why should you trust me? If you trust there is a chance you will be cheated, but if you don’t trust it’s difficult to proceed.
Buddhist English
Encountering translations of Tibetan Buddhist texts is to enter a realm of technical terms embedded in an ethos that has few resonances with the beliefs and concepts that we are familiar with in the Greek and Judaeo-Christian traditions. Translators attempting to make traditional Tibetan Buddhist texts available are faced with a complex task. Texts written into Tibetan have arisen in […]
» Read moreSaraha. Treasury of songs.
Although Saraha had a scholar’s training his style here is to offer a simple sharing of his experience. He presents the ground: the simplicity of the base and source of experience. Then the path: the way to not stray from the ground. And finally the result: abiding at ease in the ground without reification or attachment. There is no discussion or debate for this is not a proposition but a revelation.
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New Recording. Wendy has recorded herself reading the Dhammapada and you can listen to this on her blog and download it. https://simplybeing-sw.co.uk/audios-of-the-dhammapada-from-finding-freedom. Posted 20 06 2021
» Read moreA indicação direta da experiência da budeidade que está além de qualquer classificação
Por Nuden Dorje Dropen Lingpa Drolo Tsal. Chapter 8 of the book “Simply Being” by James Low. Traduzido em português brasileiro por João Vale Neto, May 2018 Open and Download PDF
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