Tuning oneself

Reciting mantra is a process of tuning oneself like a musical instrument.  One begins to resonate with the power of the mantra.

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Essentially sacred

Because you’re a symbol of your beginningless nondual condition—and because all beings likewise are symbols—there can be no being who is not essentially scared according to the pure vision of Vajrayana.

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State of being

Meditation is not fundamentally a technique – it is a state of being.

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Prejudice to appreciation

From the perspective of the visionary practices of Vajrayana we become able to transform every aspect of prejudice against otherness in terms of vibrant appreciation.

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A sad waste of time

Bringing one’s creative ideas into the nirmanakaya is important in being a mensch.  To be a person who merely talks about their wonderful ideas without ever making them a reality is a sad waste of time.

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