“It is superficial to chant the scriptures without having faith.
It is superficial to behave in an altruistic way without feeling compassion.
It is superficial to act generously without being free from stinginess.
It is superficial to be a practitioner of tantra and not keep the commitments.”
It is superficial to be noble without meditating.
It is superficial to have knowledge without practicing the dharma.
It is superficial to engage oneself in a dharma that does not possess the essence of practice.
It is superficial to teach others when one does not act in accordance with the dharma oneselfIt is superficial to give advice that one does not follow oneself.
My ears are tired of listening to ‘learned’ people whose dharma practice does not tame their own minds, but who simply allow it to increase their disturbing emotions. Whatever they say is nothing but superficial talk.”
Taken from here.
The superficial practitioner as described by Padmasambhava
The superficial practitioner as described by Padmasambhava
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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Re: The superficial practitioner as described by Padmasambhava
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
Re: The superficial practitioner as described by Padmasambhava
Now I can tell people that my incarnation was foretold in a terma!
Re: The superficial practitioner as described by Padmasambhava
is that really Padmasamhava's quote? i bet it has been faked
Re: The superficial practitioner as described by Padmasambhava
I pray sincerely to measure up to these standards.
Vajra fangs deliver vajra venom to your Mara body.
Re: The superficial practitioner as described by Padmasambhava
What do you think Guru Rinpoche would have said that is contrary to this simple advice?
"All phenomena of samsara depend on the mind, so when the essence of mind is purified, samsara is purified. Since the phenomena of nirvana depend on the pristine consciousness of vidyā, because one remains in the immediacy of vidyā, buddhahood arises on its own. All critical points are summarized with those two." - Longchenpa
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Re: The superficial practitioner as described by Padmasambhava
Sounds like everybody but me.
Meditate upon Bodhicitta when afflicted by disease
Meditate upon Bodhicitta when sad
Meditate upon Bodhicitta when suffering occurs
Meditate upon Bodhicitta when you are scared
-Khunu Lama
Meditate upon Bodhicitta when sad
Meditate upon Bodhicitta when suffering occurs
Meditate upon Bodhicitta when you are scared
-Khunu Lama