play in.
-- Michaela Haas, from "Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the
Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West"
-
+~
+Drawing from Longchenpa, Jamgon Kongtrul explains the method of awakening in
+the Dzog-chen system, calling it the “Liberation as Ever-Perfect,” as the
+primordial buddha Samantabhadra... Liberation as Ever-Perfect does not refer
+to the liberation of a buddha that has occurred in the past, such as that of
+Buddha Sakyamuni, but to the way in which countless beings are liberated right
+now and will continue to be liberated in the future simply by realizing their
+primordial purity. The basis, the path, and the ultimate result in this
+system are all of a singular, undifferentiated nature: total, pure awareness.
+Thus, the primordial freedom that one seeks to attain by practicing the
+spiritual path is something that one already possesses. Intrinsic freedom is
+itself the path that leads to the actualization of the goal.
+ -- from the Translator's Introduction, "The Treasury of Knowledge: Book One,
+ Myriad Worlds", by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye
+~
+ If we realize, “I am a human being. A human being can do anything,”
+this determination, courage, and self-confidence are important sources of
+victory and success. Without will power and determination, even something
+that you might have achieved easily cannot be achieved. If you have will
+power and reasonable courage—not blind courage but courage without
+pride—even things that seemed impossible at a certain stage turn into being
+possible because of continuing effort inspired by that courage. Thus,
+determination is important.
+ How can this be developed? Not through machines, not by money, but by our
+own inner strength based on clear realization of the value of human beings, of
+human dignity. For, once we realize that a human being is much more than just
+material, much more than just money, we can feel the importance of human life,
+from which we can feel the importance of compassion and kindness.
+ Human beings by nature want happiness and do not want suffering. With that
+feeling everyone tries to achieve happiness and tries to get rid of suffering,
+and everyone has the basic right to do this. In this way, all here are the
+same, whether rich or poor, educated or uneducated, Easterner or Westerner,
+believer or nonbeliever, and within believers whether Buddhist, Christian,
+Jewish, Muslim, and so on. Basically, from the viewpoint of real human value
+we are all the same.
+ -- His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, from "Kindness, Clarity, and Insight"
+~
+Pete's Song:
+My fur reeks like
+Racoon dead six weeks.
+Feed me!
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