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  Moon March 22, 2018 at 11:29am

  “Mind” is discovered to be without something outside or inside. It does not have someone that looks; it is not the act of looking. It is experienced as a great original wakefulness without center or edge, an immense all-pervasiveness that is primordially empty and free. This original wakefulness is intrinsic and self-existing. It is not made right now, but is present within yourself from the very beginning. Decide firmly that the view is to recognize just that! To “possess confidence” in this means to realize that like space, mind is spontaneously present from the beginning. Like the sun, it is free from any basis for the darkness of ignorance. Like a lotus flower, it is untainted by faults. Like gold, it doesn’t alter its own nature. Like the ocean, it is unmoving. Like a river, it is unceasing. Like Mount Sumeru, it is utterly unchanging.Once you realize that this is how it is [and stabilize it], that is called “possessing the view of realization.”

  – Padmasambhava
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  Moon November 7, 2017 at 5:56am

  Always recognize the dreamlike qualities of life and reduce attachment and aversion. Practise good-heartedness towards all beings. Be loving and compassionate, no matter what others do to you. What they do will not matter so much when you see it as a dream. The trick is to have a positive intention during the dream. This is the essential point.

  ~ Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
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  Moon September 2, 2017 at 2:06pm

  Listen here,
  Gyalwa Cho-yang of Nganlam!
  
  The awakened mind of enlightenment
  is not created through meditation,
  
  So, free from thinking,
  without projecting or dissolving thought,
  Remain with wide-open senses,
  letting your thinking subside in itself!
  
  Within this state,
  your thinking spontaneously dissolves
  And the wisdoms occur by themselves
  without being sought.
  This is itself the discovering
  of the awakened state.
  
  PADMASAMBHAVA: Songs to the 25 Disciples.

   
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  Moon July 14, 2017 at 12:33pm

  The pathless path is the path always under our feet. And since that path is always beneath us, if we miss it, how stupid!

  ~ Longchenpa

  

  
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  Moon May 28, 2017 at 9:00pm

  SHANTIDEVA

  And so let beings do to me
  Whatever does not bring them injury. 
  Whenever they may think of me, 
  Let this not fail to bring them benefit.

  And if in my regard they have
  A thought of anger or respect, 
  May these states always be the cause
  Whereby their good and wishes are fulfilled.

  All those who slight me to my face
  Or do to me some other evil, 
  Even if they blame or slander me, 
  May they attain the fortune of enlightenment!
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  Moon April 30, 2017 at 6:44am

  Our mind is spinning around,
  About carrying out a lot of useless projects.
  It’s a waste! Give it up!
  Thinking about the hundred plans you want to accomplish,
  With never enough time to finish them,
  Just weighs down your mind.
  You are completely distracted,
  By all of these projects, which never come to an end,
  But keep spreading out more, like ripples in water.
  Don’t be a fool. For once, just sit tight.

  ~ Patrul Rinpoche
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  Moon April 16, 2017 at 8:59am

  YONGEY MINGYUR RINPOCHE

  "Here's another secret:
  You know the real obstacle to resting meditation? It's too simple. There's no "wow" experience, there's nothing added, and there's no work to do. It's as close as the tip of your nose, meaning it's too close to see.

  Sometimes teachers tell us: "Stop meditating." This does not mean to give up awareness, but rather: "Don't use a flashlight in the sunshine." Assuming that we're inherently insufficient, we use the mind's equivalent of a flashlight to improve upon the sun.

  "Open awareness is like space. We speak of space and refer to it, but actually we don't recognize it. We only see what is in space. When we do talk about seeing space, we usually mean the valley, table, tree, or something that brings definition or perspective to an area, but not to space itself.
  In the same way that we might not believe in the benefits of recognizing space, the practice of open awareness tends to lack credibility. We don't really believe in its benefits, like the idea that we do not value what comes free. We seem to need to pay a price to guarantee value.
  With meditation, we pay this price with exercises that actually require more work than open awareness does: awareness with objects. Here the mind cannot just rest with no job to do; it must extend itself to specific sense objects for supports."

  ***"Turning Confusion Into Clarity,"
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  Moon March 26, 2017 at 7:58am

  If we could not be bought by praise or defeated by criticism, we would have incredible strength. We would be extraordinarily free, there would be no more unnecessary hopes and fears, sweat and blood and emotional reactions. We would finally be able to practice “I don’t give a damn.” Free from chasing after, and avoiding other people’s acceptance and rejection, we would be able to appreciate what we have in the present moment.

  ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
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  Moon March 20, 2017 at 6:13am

  ATISHA

  With few wants, be content with what you have,
  And with gratitude repay any kindness you receive.
  Overcome anger and arrogance,
  And let humility rule your mind.

  Give up any unwholesome kind of living,
  And pursue a livelihood in keeping with the Dharma.

  Do away with your addiction to material things,
  And adorn yourself with the riches of the highly realized beings.

  The wealth of faith, of discipline,
  Generosity and learning,
  Decency, self-control,
  And wisdom—such are the seven riches.
  These most sacred forms of wealth
  Are seven treasures that never run out.
  Do not speak of this to those who are not human.

  Drop any feelings of hostility or ill will,
  And be happy, wherever you choose to go.

  Avoid getting attached to anything at all,
  And stay free from craving and desire.
  Attachment not only keeps you from happy births,
  It kills the very life of liberation.

  ***Excerpts from: The Bodhisattva’s Garland of Jewels
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  Moon March 1, 2017 at 8:47am

  MILAREPA

  It is difficult to meet success in the effort to insure one's own spiritual welfare, even without seeking to benefit others. If you seek another's spiritual welfare before attaining your own, it would be like a helplessly drowning man trying to save another man in the same predicament. Therefore, one should not be too anxious and hasty in setting out to save others before one has, oneself, realized Truth in Its fullness. That would be like the blind leading the blind. As long as the sky endures, there will be no dearth of sentient beings for you to serve, and your opportunity for such service will come. Till it does, I exhort each one of you to keep but one resolve: namely, to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all living creatures.