Dharmata teachings.
Dharmata teachings.
“We are each living in our own soap opera. We do not see things as they really are. We see only our interpretations. This is because our minds are always so busy...But when the mind calms down, it becomes clear. This mental clarity enables us to see things as they really are, instead of projecting our commentary on everything.” Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
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He is a great teacher.
There is not only nothingness because there is always, and always can manifest. - Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
Re: Dharmata teachings.
Yes, I knew him when he first came to America.
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I wouldn't mind hearing more about that, if it's not too personal or whatever.ngodrup wrote:Yes, I knew him when he first came to America.
There is not only nothingness because there is always, and always can manifest. - Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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What would you like to know? I could tell lots of stories.
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Well, I'd be happy to hear anything you'd like to share. How did you meet him? Were you a student of his? I'm just curious.
I have been to several of his teachings and I was very impressed.
I have been to several of his teachings and I was very impressed.
There is not only nothingness because there is always, and always can manifest. - Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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Love The World Madly.
http://www.dharmata.org/teachings/
http://www.dharmata.org/teachings/
“We are each living in our own soap opera. We do not see things as they really are. We see only our interpretations. This is because our minds are always so busy...But when the mind calms down, it becomes clear. This mental clarity enables us to see things as they really are, instead of projecting our commentary on everything.” Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
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One of my favorite quotes of his, demonstrating his rather unconventional style:
If some stranger showed up and said, “Hey, luminous mind is the truth. This is what you are seeking. When you pause, there is naked awareness, the absence of thoughts, the groundless ground that you feel. This is what you are searching for. This is all you need.” Would we be ready to say, Yes and kneel on the ground at the feet of this stranger? Would we say ecstatically, “You’re right! This is all I need.” Would we be ready to be that flexible, and not so stubborn?
It requires that kind of totally out of proportion devotion, going through all of the hardships and finally meeting with a holy master who has this holy grail and is ready to present the highest teachings to us. It requires such a trick. It is such a beautiful deception to finally convince the mind that unconditional freedom is already here.
This undistracted state of ordinary mind
Is the meditation.
One will understand it in due course.
--Gampopa
Is the meditation.
One will understand it in due course.
--Gampopa
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Wonderful and inspiring!muni wrote:Love The World Madly.
http://www.dharmata.org/teachings/
Thank you
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"Love The World Madly" 21:20:
I hope that people won't use so much this word 'truth' as times goes by. It's a beautiful word, but a word that sucks, utlimately.
There is not only nothingness because there is always, and always can manifest. - Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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when I first came to the U.S., I was very close-minded and very close-hearted about Western food.
I was very afraid of two things, the tomato and the avocado. The tomato reminded me of a clot of blood and the
avocado reminded me of some kind of very repulsive grease. I had pictures in my mind and stories about them simply
because my mind and my heart were not open to them. I was trying to defend my old belief systems about taste and
diet. I wasn’t ready to open my heart to the tomato and the avocado. There was no way. All of these negative
thoughts kept coming into my mind. “Well, the tomato may be delicious. Perhaps I should try it sometime, but not
today. Maybe tomorrow or in another few months I will be ready to taste the avocado, but definitely not now.”
Actually there was really no good reason not to try a tomato or an avocado, but my mind came up with one reason
after another. “Maybe it isn’t delicious. Maybe it’s disgusting. It looks like blood, very yucky.” This was enough to
keep me from trying either the tomato or the avocado and so my heart wasn’t open for a very long time. Then one
day, accidentally, my mind and my heart were totally open to the tomato and the avocado and I tried them. They
were quite good. Now I love avocados and tomatoes so much that I actually cannot imagine life without them. They
are truly amazingly delicious. They have totally changed my life. Sometimes I feel like holding my palms together in
praise to express my gratitude to the tomato and the avocado.
The truth is similar to that. We just don't open our heart and mind because we haven't experienced the benefit of that.
Once we have experienced the truth, there isn’t even an issue. There is no worry. The whole question of whether we are
ready to open our heart and mind to the truth isn't even a concern." Anam Thubten.
“We are each living in our own soap opera. We do not see things as they really are. We see only our interpretations. This is because our minds are always so busy...But when the mind calms down, it becomes clear. This mental clarity enables us to see things as they really are, instead of projecting our commentary on everything.” Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
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Woopsee! I forgot a part preceding this story to post and will do it here right now:
From here: https://www.sites.google.com/site/dharm ... mata-Maine"Nirvana, or whatever you want to call it, means the complete deconstruction of all of our rigid mental patterns and
habits as well as the deconstruction of all of our limiting beliefs. This deconstruction creates a space for true inquiry.
When we open our hearts and our minds completely, we are in a place where we can experience something new, a
new truth, a new reality, a miracle that we haven’t experienced in the past. We can see things differently and they
present new, expanded opportunities, new horizons. Therefore an open mind is required. This is true not only in
relationship to the truth but in relationship to everyday life as well.
“We are each living in our own soap opera. We do not see things as they really are. We see only our interpretations. This is because our minds are always so busy...But when the mind calms down, it becomes clear. This mental clarity enables us to see things as they really are, instead of projecting our commentary on everything.” Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
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Just saw the man today. The vibrations were outstanding.
There is not only nothingness because there is always, and always can manifest. - Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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BTW, a fair number of his talks can be found here:
http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/335/
http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/335/
There is not only nothingness because there is always, and always can manifest. - Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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Many thanks Dzogchungpa.
“We are each living in our own soap opera. We do not see things as they really are. We see only our interpretations. This is because our minds are always so busy...But when the mind calms down, it becomes clear. This mental clarity enables us to see things as they really are, instead of projecting our commentary on everything.” Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
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Anam Thubten:
“Our true nature has always been perfect. It doesn’t have to be improved and it never can be changed.”
“When we don’t believe in our thoughts we are always awakened. When we believe in our thoughts we are unawakened.”
https://www.facebook.com/JoanTollifson/ ... 0847647540" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;“Many of us have this feeling that we want to transcend something. We feel that things are not totally OK the way that they currently are….But what do we want to transcend? It turns out to be quite ironic because everything we want to transcend doesn’t really exist in the ultimate sense. It only exists as our own mind’s display… Crazy love is a very ecstatic way of transcending this mind and its ultimate mistake of buying into its own display. We just see everything as sacred and love everything without having any specific object of love….Love without boundaries, crazy love, is sacred perception….Crazy love loves everything…. The question is how do we, in this very ordinary moment, jump into that realm of crazy love? Instead of holding an answer as a kind of recipe, let’s keep asking the question….”
“We are each living in our own soap opera. We do not see things as they really are. We see only our interpretations. This is because our minds are always so busy...But when the mind calms down, it becomes clear. This mental clarity enables us to see things as they really are, instead of projecting our commentary on everything.” Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
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Youtube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaXtcLs ... g0w/videos
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaXtcLs ... g0w/videos
There is not only nothingness because there is always, and always can manifest. - Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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Dzogchungpa, thanks!
Here a talk by Anam Thubten and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel.
Anam Thubtens' talk start from about 38.00. He gives here also the precious gift on turning the gaze within.
Here a talk by Anam Thubten and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel.
Anam Thubtens' talk start from about 38.00. He gives here also the precious gift on turning the gaze within.
“We are each living in our own soap opera. We do not see things as they really are. We see only our interpretations. This is because our minds are always so busy...But when the mind calms down, it becomes clear. This mental clarity enables us to see things as they really are, instead of projecting our commentary on everything.” Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
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I know this is hosted at a controversial website, but I just stumbled on this picture and I can't resist posting it:
There is not only nothingness because there is always, and always can manifest. - Thinley Norbu Rinpoche