The path of spiritual practice is often accompanied by hardships
We often wish each other “May you be filled with Dharma joy,” but it may not come swiftly. Conversely, “Dharma suffering” remains a constant companion on our journey.
How should we practice in the present moment?
Instead, our primary focus is on gradual cultivation, a process of accumulating insights that lead to heightened spiritual experiences. Through extensive meditation, these experiences gradually evolve into relatively stable states. These stable states are then dismantled one by one, ultimately leading to no more stage.
The Interrelationships Among the Bodhisattva’s Six Pāramitās (PART 1)
If we seek liberation and aspire to become a true bodhisattva—or ultimately a Buddha—we must cultivate these six practices. By training in the first five, we lay the conditions for the arising of prajñā.
Problems encountered during a seven-day meditation retreat and their solutions
When you feel uncomfortable while meditating,what should you do? The key is to learn to adjust by taking a break and relaxing
Can one truly find liberation through online spiritual workshops?
These workshops and courses might give you a temporary feel-good boost, but they are not the same as true liberation.
What is our practice about?
Dzogche says: “All experiences and feelings will vanish like clouds drifting across the sky,” leaving behind only the pure awareness of the mind. Seeing it is what we call realization or awakening.
How Is Inner Quality Developed Through Practice?
With the continued cultivation of bodhicitta, one gradually discovers oneself becoming gentler, and both body and mind grow more supple and open. As a result, one quickly accumulates merit and purifies obscurations, and one’s practice advances accordingly.
How can we expand sensory perception through technology?
Humans have expanded the range of their sensory perception through the use of physical tools brought forth by the development of scientific technology, such as telescopes, microscopes, sonar, and so on.
How Sincere Are the Vows You Have Made?
All Dharma practice is fundamentally for the cultivation of the mind, and it begins with a choice: to become a Buddha for the benefit of all sentient beings.
It is difficult to fully and deeply understand the world through technology
Due to the limitations of the cognitive tools and the incomplete logical parameters, we are limited in our ability to draw comprehensive conclusions about the material world.
No matter how advanced the tools are, they can never replace the humans
Because the essence of cognition still falls within the domain of the human six-sense organs, it is difficult to bring about a fundamental shift in the results of human cognition.
Why We Fail To Cultivate Forbearance?
As Master Hanshan observed, practice requires great resolve, great diligence, and great forbearance. This, and this alone, is what genuine “mind cultivation” truly means.
Why an Arhat’s Four Immeasurables Are Not Bodhicitta?
As for the Arhat, since the Four Immeasurables are not equivalent to the Bodhisattva’s conventional bodhicitta, Arhats lack the intense aspiration and clear vision to lead all beings to Buddhahood.
The True“Lying Flat” Turns Out to Be a Dzogchen Pith Instruction？
In fact, the practice of Dzogchen is exactly like this: when the nature of non-doing is recognized, although nothing is done, nothing can go wrong.
Why are humans the ruler of the Earth?
Faith-based cognition, thinking-based cognition, and logical cognition are prerequisites for human beings to pursue the truth.
What is Thinking-based cognition？
Thinking-based cognition is the conclusion that humans draw from their sense organs and mental consciousness through coarse thinking.
What is logical cognition?
To deny that mathematics is the foundation of science is to deny all of the existing cognitive methods of mankind.
What is faith-based cognition?
Grounded in cultural traditions or religious doctrines, faith-based cognitions offer personal lenses through which humans interpret reality.
The key to Dzogchen practice is “doing nothing”
The practice of Dzogchen is like this. You do nothing, but you will never make any mistakes. This is called "effortless enlightenment."
Do we really share a common world?
Yogacara does not acknowledge the inherent existence of matter, but we do the opposite way.Spiritual practice aims to change these misconceptions.