“Row, row, row, your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.” This is how everything appears coming out of deep meditation on emptiness. We see things, but we know they are not real. They are like images in a dream upon awakening. Poof, they are not really there! Things are not substantial or solid. When the Buddha taught emptiness, he started by explaining the two truths: ultimate truth where intrinsic things do not exist at all; and conventional truth where things exist, but only relatively. The deeper our understanding and experience of emptiness, the more conventional reality appears like an illusion. Happy Saga Dawa, Buddha’s enlightenment, birth, and passing into parinirvana.
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Strongly felt ‘I’
Disappointment can be a tremendous inspiration. It can give us the opportunity to see ourself more deeply, as we really are. When bad news is received, the normal reaction is become upset, sometimes angry, or […]
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Living in the world
Living in the world, but not part of the world is the best way to serve others. A Bodhisattva strives to help all others. In order to help, we must know their thoughts, feelings, intentions, […]
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The blocks to unconditional love
It comes down to unconditional love. The blocks to unconditional love, or Bodhicitta, are our destructive emotions like anger, jealously, pride, and selfishness. These are all rooted in a delusion that we and things exist […]