"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough," --Albert Einstein "The nature of our mind is "great bliss" and full of awakened qualities, this is like a very "positive" view of emptiness." Two views of emptiness "in a nutshell" Recently I created two new reels (see below) on the two views… Continue reading THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SHINING SUN AND PASSING CLOUDS: The Empty-of-Self vs Empty-of-Other views compared and contrasted in plain English terms (and two new reels)
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THE GREAT WISDOM MOTHER (YUM CHENMO) NEW ART, BOOK EDITION AND WEBSITE: TĀRANĀTHA’S COMMENTARY ON THE HEART SŪTRA. Second edition of book with original Tibetan calligraphy artwork and new project/website dedicated to Tāranātha’s Life and Works
"Empty does not mean completely empty, but primordial awareness empty of dualistic appearances.""[The Heart Sūtra] teaches that the ultimate perfectly established [nature] is empty of apparent saṁsara and nirvana. The primordial awareness of the perfectly established ultimate nature pervades all of saṁsara and nirvana but is not contaminated by either saṁsara or nirvana. Since it… Continue reading THE GREAT WISDOM MOTHER (YUM CHENMO) NEW ART, BOOK EDITION AND WEBSITE: TĀRANĀTHA’S COMMENTARY ON THE HEART SŪTRA. Second edition of book with original Tibetan calligraphy artwork and new project/website dedicated to Tāranātha’s Life and Works
MOTHER OF ALL THE BUDDHAS: PRAJNAPARAMITA AND THE ULTIMATE HEART ESSENCE
"Empty does not mean completely empty but primordial awareness empty of dualistic appearances." "[The Heart Sutra] teaches that the ultimate perfectly established [nature] is empty of apparent samsara and nirvana. The primordial awareness of the perfectly established ultimate nature pervades all of samsara and nirvana but is not contaminated by either samsara or nirvana. Since… Continue reading MOTHER OF ALL THE BUDDHAS: PRAJNAPARAMITA AND THE ULTIMATE HEART ESSENCE
THE ‘MOTHER OF WISDOM’: Pictures, poems and songs on Mother’s Day!
'Like a mother who protects her child, her only child, with her own life, one should cultivate a heart of unlimited love and compassion towards all living beings.'Gautama Buddha Today, is Mother’s Day in many countries, a time for all to remember the great and unrepayable kindness of mothers everywhere. Many great texts compare Bodhisattvas… Continue reading THE ‘MOTHER OF WISDOM’: Pictures, poems and songs on Mother’s Day!