October 2011
3 posts
Vivid Awareness Blog 8 Mandala Practice
Thrangu Meditation Center Outline for 10-9-2011
Quote of the Week: When a simpleton abused him, Buddha listened to him in silence, but when the man had finished, asked him, “Son, if a man declined to accept a present offered to him, to whom would it belong?” The man answered, “To him who offered it.”
“My son,” Buddha said, “I decline to accept your abuse. Keep it for yourself.”
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Vivid Awareness Blog 7 Vajrasattva
Below is the Vajrasattva mantra in two forms. The first is how the mantra is said with a Sanskrit pronunciation and the second is how the mantra is said with a Tibetan pronunciation. There are also several variations of this mantra, but this is the one that is used in Kagyu Ngondro. Finally, there is the short Vajrasattva mantra.
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And below is a photo...
Vivid Awareness Blog 6
Denver Center Meditation Group Outline for 10-2-2011 (Vivid Awareness 6)
Last week (page 35-36 of Vivid Awareness) we discussed the first uncommon preliminary which is refuge and bodhichitta. We engage our mind by visualizing the lineage tree, we engage our speech by saying the refuge prayer and we engage our body by doing prostrations in front of the visualized refuge tree. I found this in...
