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You are the Timelessness in which no death can enter
for where there is no time there is no death.
That Timelessness is Now, and that is Being.
You are Being, you are not "had been,"
and not "would be," but "Being!"
Being is always shining.
I AM is the Light of Being.
This Diamond cannot hide
and can never be hidden.
You are the Space which never moves and never travels.
Inner and outer space is due only to name and form.
Remove this form from mind by removing attachment
to any object, thought, or action.
From: 'This - Prose and Poetry of Dancing Emptiness
Sri H.W.L.Poonja (Papaji)
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Gill
www.allspirit.co.uk
posted to Allspirit
Tricycle's Daily Dharma:
In simple terms, what does karma mean? It means that whatever we
do, with our body, speech, or mind, will have a corresponding
result. Each action, even the smallest, is pregnant with its
consequences. It is said by the masters that even a little poison
can cause death, and even a tiny seed can become a huge tree. And
as Buddha said: "Do not overlook negative actions merely
because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn
down a haystack as big as a mountain." Similarly he said:
"Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no
benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge
vessel." Karma does not decay like external things, or ever
become inoperative. It cannot be destroyed by time, fire, or
water. Its power will never disappear, until it is ripened.
· --Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan
Book of Living and Dying
·
The Single Word of Heart-Advice
"Homage to all the sacred masters.
The heart-mind of all the Buddhas
of the past, the present, and the future, widely renowned as
Dharmakaya,
as Mahamudra, as enlightened mind, is precisely your own mind,
which
thinks of this and that.
Simply allow this unique awareness to rest vividly awake and
present in
its natural way.
You don't need to worry or think,
'Is this really it? Could this be Mahamudra?' Don't bother
yourself with
these doubts and questions. Don't hope for improvement or be
afraid of
degeneration.
By practicing in this extraordinarily simple way, again and
again, you
will definitely recognize the groundless, rootless open essence
of all
thoughts, appearances, and phenomena.
When that happens, realization blooms naturally. All attachments,
all
habitual patterns, all conditioning is spontaneously liberated
and
released in this blossoming of realization.
I swear there is not a more profound and ultimate instruction
from all
the holy and realized masters of the enlightened lineage that is
more
profound and more vital than this single word of my heart-advice.
Please
don't waste this. Don't squander it. Remember this teaching
always.
There is no mistake in it. Rely on the blessings of such a
teaching,
rather than on the blessings of others.
This was written by Karmapa Rangjung Dorje in the Yangon
Hermitage. May
all beings be happy. Sarva mangalam."
~The 3rd Karmapa
Daily Dharma
Q. I am not too sure what unconditional
love means.
jax: "Unconditional love" is
always non-dualistic. It doesn't take or attach to an
object. And there is no real sense of
a "subject" that is offering "unconditional
love". It actually dissolves all dualistic
relationships...hence it's absolute power. There is no trace
of self or ego in authentic "unconditional
love". It asks for nothing in return. It's free
and is always available. In the
I recommend you give up your
speculations, as though you are someone standing on the shore,
speculating as to the nature of the Ocean and just simply
"dive in" head first and plumb the depths first
hand. Trying to figure this out by using your intelligence
is a useless effort in futility... I've been there and done that!
Begin a regular "sitting
practice", in which you simply remain present to the moment
as it is, free of any deliberate mental effort or thought.
Without noticing, notice the Awareness that is your own naked
Awareness, the pure perceivingness as such. In between
thoughts, notice the nature of the Awareness that exists and is
present during that gap. That Awareness, your
own conscious presence, is the Ocean itself. Relax
into that without thought or concept... its depth is infinite and
everything you wish to know or find is there to be
experienced without effort or technique.
Dzogchen Practice
New Ramana biography in English
Dear devotees,
I am happy to let you know that a new Ramana biography in English
has been published: "Ramana Maharshi: His Life". It is
the translation of "my" German "Ramana Maharshi:
Sein Leben", very professionally translated by Victor Ward,
with a forword by Alan Adams-Jacobs. Miles has participated in
revising the glossary and making suggestions for chapter 18 (on
Ramana's teaching).
As it was done via self-publishing at LuLu I could include as
many photos as wanted. So it contains more than the German
edition.
Where to find it?
It is offered at Lulu:
http://www.lulu.com/content/208022
There is a preview as pdf-document, which you can download for
free.
The whole book can be downloaded for a fee as pdf or ordered in
print. The qualitity of paper and outlook turned out very nice.
love to all in Sri Ramana
Gabriele
posted to The Power of Silence