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Turning of the Wheel of Dharma

November 26, 2024November 27, 2024 Yogi Prabodha Jnana 0 Comments awakening, dharmacakra, enlightenment

Turning of the Wheel of Dharma (Dharma Cakra Pravartana) – the process by which the Buddha’s teachings transform our minds

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This Moment – The Delight in this Day of Excellence

June 6, 2021November 20, 2024 Yogi Prabodha Jnana 0 Comments awakening, mindfulness

The door to peace and wisdom that the Buddha showed is not in tomorrow and not after death. It is here, now, at this very moment. The present moment is the only way for us to be in contact with reality. The present, this moment, comes between the past and the future without abiding for even a moment. Yet, in this seemingly little moment is the expansive openness! This very moment opens up vast possibilities.

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Awakening is in Our Nature – The Buddha Nature

December 7, 2017March 4, 2019 Yogi Prabodha Jnana 7 Comments awakening, buddha-nature, emptiness, nature of mind

The qualities of awakening – profound peace, luminosity, compassion, etc. – are naturally present as the true nature of mind – the Buddha nature. Here, we shall see how the natural state remains obscured and can be rediscovered.

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The Fleeting Dreams of Reality – On the Nature of Dream and Reality

September 1, 2017March 4, 2019 Yogi Prabodha Jnana 3 Comments awakening, emptiness, impermanence

The solidity that we attribute to our existence is similar to the solidity that we attribute to dreams while we are in the dream. This article explores the empty nature of reality in experiential terms through parallels between dream state and waking state

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The Splendor of Transience – Lalitavistara Sutra on Impermanence

September 1, 2017September 21, 2021 Yogi Prabodha Jnana 0 Comments awakening, impermanence, mahayana

For someone who do not notice the dreamlike nature of life, impermanence of life can be a depressing fact. But, contemplating on impermanence in this way breaks open the cocoon of wrong view. Then, we can recognize the play of awareness in its full splendor and beauty, all through this life and beyond. In Lalitavistara Sutra Buddha points to this fact.

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Sahaja Yoga – The Way of Saraha

August 30, 2017March 4, 2019 Yogini Abhaya Devi 4 Comments awakening, mahasiddhas, Masters, nature of mind, non-duality, sahaja, saraha

Dohakosha of Mahasiddha Saraha is one of the first in the doha style of poetry to appear in India. In this beautiful song, Saraha teaches the path of Sahaja-yoga (the natural way). Saraha (सरहा /Sarahapada) was one of the great Indian Buddhist Mahasiddhas.

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The Three Full Moons

May 18, 2017March 4, 2019 Yogi Prabodha Jnana 0 Comments awakening, buddha

The Three Full Moons – “…. Though the full moon of that night too vanished, the moon light of awakening never waned. …” – A poetry on the three full moons of Vaisakha month associated with the Buddha’s life.

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The Crystal Mirror Theater of One’s Own Awareness

February 24, 2017March 4, 2019 Yogi Prabodha Jnana 0 Comments awakening, dzogchen, emptiness, nature of mind

Thinley Norbu Rinpoche: “In the crystal mirror theater of awareness, mind the supreme artist, performs his magical displays, but rare is the clear insight audience capable of viewing this wisdom. ”

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Knowing One Thing Liberates All

January 20, 2017July 19, 2021 Yogi Prabodha Jnana 7 Comments awakening, dzogchen, nature of mind, padmasambhava, view

Although hundreds or thousands of explanations are given, there is only one thing to be understood – know the one thing that liberates everything – awareness itself, your true nature. If that one thing is ignored, everything else turn into speculative philosophy and mere proliferation of concepts.

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Natural Meditation

December 31, 2016June 27, 2018 Yogi Prabodha Jnana 1 Comment awakening, dilgo khyentse rinpoche, dudjom rinpoche, dzogchen, jigme lingpa, meditation, nature of mind, non-duality

Though there are many ways to meditate, ultimately meditation means to familiarize with the recognition of the nature of one’s own awareness. As you effortlessly maintain an unceasing flow of that recognition, whatever thoughts and perceptions arise are like the waves of an ocean of awareness.