Therefore we understand that all our experiences of happiness and suffering originate in our own mind. Enlightenment is when all of that is cleared away and when the sense of a self is purified. So on the ultimate level, within the real nature of the mind there is no division between self and other. And…
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you will always need renunciation, bodhicitta and right view
When you want to drink tea, then no matter which variety that you decide to make, you will always need water, a pot, and heat. If you lack any one of these, there will be no tea. Likewise, when you choose one of the many paths that lead to buddhahood, you will always need renunciation,…
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There are three main reasons sentient beings perpetuate in samsara: first, clinging to impermanence as permanence; second, seeing activities that are inherently unsatisfactory as joyful; third, mistaking a non-existent self for a truly existent self. With these three forms of attachment, good and bad karma is created. With good karma, beings take rebirth in the…
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