Forwarded from Gnostic Intel
"Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another."
― Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal)
Image: Night by Tair Zairov
― Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal)
Image: Night by Tair Zairov
Forwarded from Egbert Moray-Falls
The Prayer of Kungtazangpo, The Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra
Ho!
Everything – appearance and existence, samsara and nirvana –
Has a single Ground, yet two paths and two fruitions,
And magically displays as Awareness or unawareness.
Through Kuntuzangpo’s prayer, may all beings become Buddhas,
Completely perfected in the abode of the Dharmadhatu.
The Ground of all is uncompounded,
And the self-arising Great Expanse, beyond expression,
Has neither the name “samsara” nor “nirvana.”
Realizing just this, you are a Buddha;
Not realizing this, you are a being wandering in samsara.
I pray that all you beings of the three realms
May realize the true meaning of the inexpressible Ground...
It is unstained by outer expression and inner thought,
Affirmation or denial, and is not defiled
By the darkness of unmindfulness.
Thus this self-manifesting display is free from defects.
I, Kuntuzangpo, abide as Intrinsic Awareness.
Even though the three realms were to be destroyed, there is
no fear.
Ho!
Everything – appearance and existence, samsara and nirvana –
Has a single Ground, yet two paths and two fruitions,
And magically displays as Awareness or unawareness.
Through Kuntuzangpo’s prayer, may all beings become Buddhas,
Completely perfected in the abode of the Dharmadhatu.
The Ground of all is uncompounded,
And the self-arising Great Expanse, beyond expression,
Has neither the name “samsara” nor “nirvana.”
Realizing just this, you are a Buddha;
Not realizing this, you are a being wandering in samsara.
I pray that all you beings of the three realms
May realize the true meaning of the inexpressible Ground...
It is unstained by outer expression and inner thought,
Affirmation or denial, and is not defiled
By the darkness of unmindfulness.
Thus this self-manifesting display is free from defects.
I, Kuntuzangpo, abide as Intrinsic Awareness.
Even though the three realms were to be destroyed, there is
no fear.
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Forwarded from The Jolly Reiver
The ‘King in the Mountain’ belief is one of my favourite folklore tropes and is found across Europe & the world. Highly mysterious, this idea remains very popular in many countries and usually involves a heroic figure resting/sleeping (not dead) in a place of beauty or significance. Often they’re alone, but are believed to lie in wait with their armies in many cases. It’s believed that one day they will awaken and save their people and restore/usher in a golden age.
Some examples include:
🇬🇧 King Arthur
🏴 King Harold
🇮🇪 Fionn Mac Cumhaill
🏴 Owain Glyndŵr
🇩🇪 Barbarossa
🇱🇹 Vytautas the Great
🇫🇮 Väinämöinen
🇪🇸 King Pelayo
🇵🇱 Bolesław the Great
Some examples include:
🇬🇧 King Arthur
🏴 King Harold
🇮🇪 Fionn Mac Cumhaill
🏴 Owain Glyndŵr
🇩🇪 Barbarossa
🇱🇹 Vytautas the Great
🇫🇮 Väinämöinen
🇪🇸 King Pelayo
🇵🇱 Bolesław the Great
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Embrace the Third Position
Beyond Reason and Unreason
Beyond Based and Cringe
Embrace the Third Position
Beyond Reason and Unreason
Beyond Based and Cringe
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Forwarded from Self-Immolation
"Individual karmas are varied and of different kinds. Some karmas may not be modified. In this case, if we carry the karma for such a painful event to occur, it will occur. If, on the contrary, we do not have the karma for such a happy circumstance to manifest, it will not manifest. The prayer will hardly be able to modify things.
When we say that the law of karma is infallible, it means that a cause will necessarily produce its effect if nothing prevents it from happening. But if new elements come into play, a change is possible. Sincere devotion and prayer, as well as regret of past negative acts, are factors that can modify karma. There are profound means related to genuinely awakened beings or deities like Tara. That is why these means allow purification to change karma. Besides putting into work such factors, karma effectively produces its effects in an infallible way.
The seed of a weed will grow in an infallible way, unless we pull out the young sprout."
Bokar Rinpoche
When we say that the law of karma is infallible, it means that a cause will necessarily produce its effect if nothing prevents it from happening. But if new elements come into play, a change is possible. Sincere devotion and prayer, as well as regret of past negative acts, are factors that can modify karma. There are profound means related to genuinely awakened beings or deities like Tara. That is why these means allow purification to change karma. Besides putting into work such factors, karma effectively produces its effects in an infallible way.
The seed of a weed will grow in an infallible way, unless we pull out the young sprout."
Bokar Rinpoche