Quote
February 28, 2013
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"Our root fantasy is that “I” am real and there’s a way to make “me” happy. The reason we meditate is to let that fantasy unravel. After a while, we notice that much of what we took to be real and permanent about ourselves isn’t so solid–it’s a string of thoughts we hold together with tremendous effort."

— Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Turning the Mind Into an Ally (via wordslessspoken)

(Source: tmshkr, via wordslessspoken)

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Photo
April 08, 2012
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I asked the facilitator of Queer Dharma to tell me about the fierce demon looking deity on the scroll I photographed. Turns out it’s Mahakala.  He’s essentially a dharma keeper … and dharma keepers are those upsetting events in life that cause one to wake up and shed the ego.  He told me “it looks like bad news but it’s not.”  We read a Lo-Jong slogan today that advised us to honor the dharma keepers and invite them into our lives.  Boy, does my ego rankle at the thought!

I asked the facilitator of Queer Dharma to tell me about the fierce demon looking deity on the scroll I photographed. Turns out it’s Mahakala.  He’s essentially a dharma keeper … and dharma keepers are those upsetting events in life that cause one to wake up and shed the ego.  He told me “it looks like bad news but it’s not.”  We read a Lo-Jong slogan today that advised us to honor the dharma keepers and invite them into our lives.  Boy, does my ego rankle at the thought!

Tags: Buddhism Shambhala Mahakala

Photo
March 18, 2012
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Taken with Instagram at Shambhala Center

Taken with Instagram at Shambhala Center

Tags: Buddhism Demons Tantra Shambhala