Tag Archives: Hongaku
If You Seek Enlightenment, You Have Failed
from The Great Image Biography compiled by Yudra Nyingpo Then Vairotsana requested instruction from a wise Chinese mendicant, yoginī, and hermitess, who said: If you seek enlightenment, let go of striving. If you seek to watch the mind, focus on … Continue reading
Awakening to Our Nature
There is a view that sees nirvana as the termination of excessive influence by trsna (Skt) or tanha (Pāli), literally meaning “thirst” but usually suggestive of “desire” or “craving.” There is nothing wrong with being thirsty; it’s the value we put … Continue reading
The Myth of Original Enlightenment
A person has six properties, six media of sensory contact, eighteen considerations, & four determinations. He has been stilled where the currents of construing do not flow. And when the currents of construing do not flow, he is said to … Continue reading
Fists Full of Sand 