In The Sutra on Contemplation of Amitayus (Jpn: Kammuryoju Kyo), the introduction describes Prince Ajatashatru locking his mother away for defying his orders. While under the corrupting influence of the Buddha's wicked cousin, Devadatta, Prince Ajatashatru was determined to kill

Good evening! May all avoid pain and sorrow May all have neither fury nor hate May noble and sublime silence permeate all hearts May serene and pure happiness well up in all beings ❤️

Achala raja namo

Information gathering can be a major obstacle to the spiritual path too. My dad’s lama says that for every 1 hour we spend reading, we should spend 4 hours reflecting and 8 hours meditating / practicing. Stop looking for information; start looking for awakening.

The mind cannot recognize rigpa. Mind is always present, and pure awareness is always present, too, except it hardly gets used. Pure awareness is your reality, it is the genuine you, but you ignore it and prioritize an artificial intellectual awareness. ~ Jigme Losel Wangpo

There's a lot of discussion around DEI on the TL, with one aspect being to what extent Boomers should be blamed for its implementation. I don't have a confident answer to that, but I think I have a clue as to why they oversaw such a civilizationally suicidal process. Recently an

For those interested in Buddha’s genuine teachings, but certain that they do not want a “guru,” the simple solution is to ask the lineage teacher to be a “spiritual friend.” Every Tibetan sangha I know of includes a “self-directed” path within their structured offerings. (1/

one of my favorite epithets for enlightenment from the suttas: to "become invisible to the King of Death" (adassanaṁ maccurājassa gacche) [Ud 5.10]

You can tell a great deal about a person by how they treat people at the start of a ladder they’ve long since climbed

Everyone needs to hear this…

Both samsara and nirvana arise from the pure ground of pristine awareness…

“I am endowed with five forms In order to benefit the fools Who don’t know me as present In the body of every man.” -Vajrasattva’s words to the the Golden Dakini Consort ‘The Tantra of Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa’

Cintamani Lokesvara: A form of Avalokitesvara unique to the Newar Buddhist art where the Bodhisattva embodies cintamani-the wish-fulfilling jewel. Depicted standing crossed legged at the ankles,the right hand forms varada;the left grasps gems from the celestial tree kalpavriksa.

The inclusion and role of the Magi in the account of Christ’s birth is wildly underappreciated, perhaps because of uncomfortable implication that Zoroastrianism and earlier Vedic religions contain Divine Truth

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Rejection of astrology is an enormous tell you’ve never spent any time around anybody important

Did you know Hokusai published 3 volumes of art instruction on simplification? Which means we can study instructional drawings from one of the most renowned artists in history

Shakyamuni, by Kawanabe Kyosai, 1876

Gao Yang Can't reply because I'm blocked, but regarding Nichiren and "superstitious rituals": Shakyamuni taught many "superstitious" practices such as mudras, mantras, and dharani in the sutras, something Nichiren never denied. Rather he tended to place the Mahavairocana and Vajra Peak