Oh beautiful, I will research!
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“The key message was, “You are already in deep hypnosis by your conditioning and your daily trance. That’s why you have to dehypnotize yourself.””
Amen Brother!
Not familiar with his work or meditations but looks very interesting
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Thank you for these sacred teachings!
Loved them both, especially the second 1.
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Had a dream last night that involved a 4 Lotus teaching, or 4 names that each included Lotus in their title.
Google said this:
" The “4 lotus teaching” likely refers to the Four Noble Truths, a core teaching in Buddhism, which outlines the nature of suffering, its cause, its cessation, and the path to liberation.
Here’s a more detailed explanation:
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The Four Noble Truths:
- The Truth of Suffering (Dukkha): This truth acknowledges the inherent presence of suffering and dissatisfaction in life, encompassing physical pain, emotional distress, and the impermanence of all things.
- The Truth of the Origin of Suffering (Samudaya): This truth identifies the root cause of suffering as attachment, craving, and ignorance, which lead to a cycle of rebirth and dissatisfaction.
- The Truth of the Cessation of Suffering (Nirodha): This truth asserts that suffering can be overcome and extinguished by eliminating the causes of suffering, leading to Nirvana or enlightenment.
- The Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering (Magga): This truth outlines the Eightfold Path, a practical guide to ethical conduct, mental discipline, and wisdom that leads to the cessation of suffering.
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Lotus Sutra:
The Lotus Sutra, a significant text in Mahayana Buddhism, is also associated with the teachings of Nichiren and Soka Gakkai. According to Soka Gakkai (global), the Lotus Sutra teaches that all beings have the potential to achieve Buddhahood and that the path to enlightenment is open to everyone.
- Four Teachers of the Three Countries:
In Nichiren Buddhism, the four teachers of the three countries are Shakyamuni of India, T’ien-t’ai of China, and Dengyō and Nichiren of Japan. Nichiren Buddhism Library explains that these four teachers are seen as having revealed and transmitted the Lotus Sutra correctly."
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Buddha’s Immortal Soul:
" The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, pinyin: Fǎhuá jīng; lit. ‘Dharma Flower Sutra’)[1] is one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras.** It is the main scripture on which the Tiantai along with its derivative schools, the Japanese Tendai and Nichiren, Korean Cheontae, and Vietnamese Thiên Thai schools of Buddhism were established. It is also influential for other East Asian Buddhist schools, such as Zen. According to the British Buddhologist Paul Williams, “For many Buddhists in East Asia since early times, the Lotus Sūtra contains the final teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha—complete and sufficient for salvation.”[2] The American Buddhologist Donald S. Lopez Jr. writes that the Lotus Sūtra “is arguably the most famous of all Buddhist texts,” presenting “a radical re-vision of both the Buddhist path and of the person of the Buddha.”[3]
Two central teachings of the Lotus Sūtra have been very influential for Mahāyāna Buddhism. The first is the doctrine of the One Vehicle, which says that all Buddhist paths and practices lead to Buddhahood and so they are all actually “skillful means” of reaching Buddhahood. The second is the idea that the lifespan of the Buddha is immeasurable and that therefore, he did not really pass on into [final Nirvana](Parinirvana - Wikipedia) (he only appeared to do so as upāya), but is still active teaching the Dharma.[note 1]"
" Chapter 4: Belief and Understanding
Four senior disciples including Mahākāśyapa address the Buddha.[55] They tell the parable of the poor son and his rich father (sometimes called the “prodigal son” parable). This man left home and became a beggar for 50 years while his father became incredibly rich. One day the son arrives at the father’s estate, but the son does not recognize his father and is afraid of such a powerful man. The father therefore sends low class people to offer him a menial job cleaning trash. For over 20 years, the father gradually leads his son to more important and better jobs, such as being the accountant for all the father’s wealth. Then one day he announces his identity and the son is overjoyed. The senior disciples say that they are like the son, because initially they did not have the confidence to accept full Buddhahood, but today they are happy to accept their future Buddhahood.[56][57][44]
Beloved @Bianca_Aga
you may like this chapter:
Chapter 5: The Parable of Medicinal Herbs
This parable says that the Dharma is like a great monsoon rain that nourishes many different kinds of plants in accordance with their needs. The plants represent Śrāvakas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Bodhisattvas,[58] and all beings which receive and respond to the teachings according to their respective capacities.[59] Some versions of the sutra also contain other parables, such as one which compares the Dharma to the light of the Sun and moon, which shine equally on all. Just like that, the Buddha’s wisdom shines on everyone equally. Another parable found in some versions says that just like a potter makes different types of pots from the same clay, the Buddha teaches the same One Vehicle in different forms.[44]"
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It may refer to the Buddhist teachings of the 4 stages of growth of the lotus.
Lotus in the mud:
Represents individuals who are unable to grasp the Dharma
Lotus under water:
Represents individuals who can understand the Dharma with time and effort.
Lotus blooming on the surface:
Represents individuals who can understand the Dharma with a bit of effort and study.
Lotus in full bloom above the water:
Represents individuals who can understand the Dharma at first hearing and attain enlightenment.
Indeed i like, thank you.
Sun + Moon = Solomon
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Some sacred teachings from Comedian Duncan Trussell with music by East Forest and visuals by AI.
Duncan Trussell in dialog with his Mother who is dying of cancer. She is an incredibly wise and deep spiritual teacher about life and death.
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How to Dream Journal for Lucid Dreaming (Expert Advice)
I think all 3 are helpful, recorder, physical journal, and digital copy.
Something sentimental about keeping physical copy
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OMFL
Beloved @Bianca_Aga Thank you so much for telling me this! I think you nailed it!
Speaking of things blooming, will tag you in the Gratitude thought I was meditating on yesterday
Amen Sister
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Amen Beloved Brother
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"Drolwa (སྒྲོལ་བ་) refers to the ritual of “liberation”.—The culture of stag dance is common in many other parts of the Himalayas. In Tibet, the dance is often performed by a single dancer, who wears a large stag mask and heavy silk robe, and performs the ritual of ‘liberation’ (སྒྲོལ་བ་). While the Shazam dance in Bhutan also carries the same symbolism of Tantric practice of ‘liberation’ of demonic forces and consecration of the space, it has only four dancers, who do not openly carry out the act of ‘liberation’ or ‘ritual killing’.
The ritual of ‘liberation’ (drolwa) is one of the most esoteric and powerful practices of Vajrayāna Buddhism, which combines the altruism of Mahāyāna Buddhism to rescue all sentient beings from suffering and negative states of the mind and the exceptional expedient methods of secret Tantras to do so. It even advocates using violent and terrifying methods out of ruthless compassion in order to tame unruly beings. Thus, in a ritual of ‘liberation’, the Tantric master takes up a terrifying form externally to subjugate demonic forces and transform the negative energy into a positive one. Through the ritual, the consciousness of the target is said to be miraculously liberated while its ordinary personality is destroyed."
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"All sentient beings who hear my teaching
Dwell in various stages.
Those living among humans,
Devas, noble emperors, Śakra, and Brahma kings
Are like the small herbs.
Those who know the incorruptible Dharma,
Who are able to attain nirvana,
Have the six transcendent powers, and
Have attained the three sciences.
Those who live alone in mountain forests
Always practicing meditation, and
Who attain the enlightenment of the pratyekabuddhas
Are like the medium-sized herbs.
Those who seek the stage
Of the Bhagavat, thinking that
They will become buddhas,
And practice persistence and meditation,
Are like the large herbs.
The heirs of the buddhas
Who concentrate on the path of the Buddha,
Who always cultivate compassion within themselves
And know definitely without a doubt
That they will become buddhas,
Are like the small trees.
Those who are comfortable with transcendent powers,
Who turn the irreversible wheel [of the Dharma]
And save innumerable hundreds
Of thousands of koṭis of sentient beings,
Are the bodhisattvas
Who are like the large trees.
The Buddha’s equal teaching
Is like the rain of one flavor.
The sentient beings accept it
According to their different capacities,
Just as the grasses and trees
Each differently absorb the rain.
The Buddha reveals the single teaching
With illustrations, using skillful means
And explains it with various explanations,
And yet it is just a drop in the ocean
Compared to the Buddha’s wisdom.
I pour down the rain of the Dharma,
Fulfilling the world,
And the sentient beings
Practice the Dharma of one flavor
According to their capacities.
Just as the shrubs, herbs, and trees
Flourish in accordance with their capacities,
Reaching either a greater or lesser size,
The teaching of the buddhas
Is always of one flavor
And fulfills the entire world.
Anyone who practices it little by little
Obtains the fruit of the path.
The śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas
Living in mountain forests,
Who, in their last bodies,
Hear the Dharma and attain its fruit,
Are just like the flourishing herbs.
The bodhisattvas who are firm in wisdom,
Who completely understand the triple world,
And seek the highest vehicle,
Are just like the flourishing small trees.
Those who abide in meditation,
Attain transcendent powers,
Listen to the teaching regarding the emptiness
Of every existence with great joy,
And save sentient beings
By emitting innumerable rays of light,
Are just like the flourishing large trees.
In this way, O Kāśyapa,
The Dharma that the Buddha teaches
Is just like the great cloud that enriches human flowers
With the rain of one flavor,
So that each attains its fruits.
O Kāśyapa!
You should know that I reveal the buddha path
Using various explanations and illustrations
And that this is my skillful means.
All of the buddhas are just like this.
I will now teach the highest truth for your sake:
There are no śrāvakas who attain nirvana.
What you practice is the bodhisattva path;
And if you practice step by step,
You will all become buddhas."
Read this passage today, cool synch with this post:
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