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Seeing the mind as extraneous to oneself is indeed bewildering, yet bewilderment and non-bewilderment are of a single essence. -Guru Padmasambhava-

This done, he set sail in a ship for Sri Lanka. The Maháthera Buddhadatta had set sail that day from Sri Lanka for India. The two ships met by the intervention of Sakka Ruler of Gods. When the two elders saw each other, the Elder…

When you feel attachment towards something attractive or aversion towards something repulsive, understand that to be your mind's delusion, nothing but a magical illusion. -Guru Padmasambhava-

“And when Mahánáma had enjoyed twenty-two years’ reign upon earth and had performed a variety of meritorious works, he passed on according to his deeds”—(Mhv XXXVII.215–47). King Mahánáma is identified with the “King Sirinivása” and the…

Knowing that this body is but a pot of clay, keeping the mind as firm as a fortified city, Mara should be attacked with the weapon of wisdom. -Buddha-

There is only one instance in the Visuddhimagga where he openly advances an opinion of his own, with the words “our preference here is this” (XIII.123). He does so once in the Majjhima Nikáya Commentary, too, saying “the point is not dealt…

Being undisturbed by the pull of trivial distractions, and doing a bit more meditation and Dharma study than you usually have time for, can transform you into quite a different person much happier, much more positive…

On coming to Sri Lanka, he went to Anurádhapura, the royal capital, and set himself to study. He seems to have lived and worked there during the whole of his stay in the island, though we do not know how long that stay lasted. To render his…

Human beings don't think of death. A man's life is like a pile of chaff or a feather on a mountain pass. The demon Lord of Death comes suddenly, like an avalanche or a storm. -Guru Padmasambhava-

By Bhikku Ñāñamoli