Dark mood today So I'll press my blade Into the demon's heart Until I taste the blood of ཨ

"When this process unfolds in a pure way it is as follows: In the first instant, you recognise the experience as your own projection. In the second, you recognise that your own projection is unreal. In the third instant, the recogniser is liberated in the expanse of dharmakāya."

Watched the Argentina game at an Argentinian quinceañera. That was intense.

Hey, homies... 🫶

Beautiful friend (fiery searcher beetle).

Bunthunter: The Man Who Inexplicably Failed to See the Least Camouflaged Bird

The crux of delusion seems to be unawareness about how i project my core fears/desires onto the world, which then causes me to trigger myself by priming me to interpret events in a way that validates those feelings. Self imprisonment.

To fellow birdspeople: what do you use to scope birds out? Like regular ol' binocs? I'm new to caring this much.

O Ānanda, since The Perfection of Wisdom ‘In One Syllable’ will bring benefit and happiness to sentient beings, please remember it! It is like this: A

I'm working on it

The buddhas of the ten directions are my Presence. The animate and inanimate universe is my Presence. Directions and manifestations are my Presence. Outer and inner also are my Presence. The higher and lower realms are my Presence. ~ Kuntuzangpo Chewa Rangla Nepai Gyu

Not a ton o tuna in a tuna tin

What could the mind possibly experience other than a manipulation of its own nature?

I want a little atlatl and a lotta axlotl.

Still hunting that bunting

"How then, Manjusri, should the Tathagata be seen, revered and honoured? Manjusri: Through the mode of Suchness do I see the Tathagata, through the mode of nondiscrimination, in the manner of nonobservance. I see Him through the aspect of nonproduction, through the aspect of nonexistence."

A synonym for cinnamon m&ms

There's a painted bunting in the yard and I HAVE to find it

The integrity of the desire for the Supreme is by itself a call from the Supreme. Nothing, physical or mental, can give you freedom. You are free once you understand that your bondage is of your own making and you cease forging the chains that bind you.

Theorycrafting Our mind projects our world. The content of the projection is heavily conditioned by the flavor, a subtle isolating emotion we're employing as a boundary between the inner self and outer world. Our expression of personality is largely conditioned by the isolating emotion.

Paradoxically, giving it up to already have it.

Chopping up this tree for trash pickup has me feeling like an ant slowly piecing away an enormous carcass.

"No matter the energies in play, once there is familiarization with the nature of the mind, there is liberation." - Garab Dorje

"There are many, many things to study but you are going to die. So study the main thing. Explore your mind. Get close to your mind. That's where the treasure is hidden." - James Low

Direct Experience A guide takes you into a forest known to be filled with tigers. He says, don't worry, there are no tigers. You will have doubts. Your mind will not truly relax until you look for yourself and see there are no tigers. Seeing for yourself, then the emptiness becomes meaningful.

"Things are not as they seem, nor are they otherwise" - The Lankavatara Sutra

Some of my favorite images of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 🙏💜 This set is devotional.

These windstorms, dawg

And Wallis continues: "From a spiritual perspective, the most effective political, social, or environmental activism is awakening to your true nature and helping others awaken." This notion has become a refrain across teachers/authors and spiritual traditions. Don't just do something, sit there.

"Love is will, the will to share your happiness with all. Being happy, making happy: this is the rhythm of love." - Nisargadatta

Love before me Love behind me Love at my left Love at my right Love above me Love below me Love unto me Love in my surroundings Love to all Love to the universe

"When you do not alter anything, This is the view. When all experiences self-liberate, This is conduct. When there is no hope and no fear, This is fruition."

“Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.” 🖋️ Leonard Cohen, Anthem 📸 William Zhang #poetry

Eeeeee! 🫶

A funny consequence of practice is I'm struggling to respond when people ask "how was your day?" or "how was X?" It's a bit of a shock to think that way. I wasn't evaluating it. Breathed in, breathed out. It tasted like everything else.

“Having meditated on kindness and compassion, I forgot the difference between myself and others.” ~Milarepa

You are prior to the idea 'I am'. Camp yourself there, prior to the words 'I am'. ~ Nisargadatta

Had a wildly intense panic attack the other day from a supplement that was supposed to promote relaxation. Lasted a solid hour. It was hands down the best practice I've had for working with attachment to body / life. The charnel ground experience in a bottle lol. What a delight. ✨

He yell

"If I cannot help people to generate [realization of bodhicitta and emptiness], our meeting is just a waste of time. Other than that, I am the poorest by inner, outer and secret perspectives. The best side of me is only that I met the best Dharma, best practice and the best lamas." - Khadro-la

pride is forever & ever. pride is infinite. pride transcends time & space

These suuuck

Cow killa

Got a decent shot of a cuckoo wasp (they refuse to stand still!)

If the meditator is able to use whatever occurs in his life as the path, his body becomes a retreat hut. ~ Jigme Lingpa

Here in the heart of Vajrasattva, it is not as if there are no conceptions, but we refrain from thinking about them. ~ Vairochana

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After much consideration, deliberation, and pontification, I've decided this bobcat is now my spirit animal. Thank you for your support in this questionable process.

We have dwelt in a space of self-luminosity from the beginning, So we do not search for it anywhere else. We are naturally pure. Our sentience abides in space, And with it the circle of our awareness blazes in light. ~ Tantra of the Nine Jewel Spaces