Essential Reading for those Practicing Self-Enquiry

 Essential reading for those practicing self-enquiry, a booklet of discourses by the semi-legendary 20th century Ch'an Master Hsu Yun.

 

https://app.box.com/file/802262751784?s=pmohiv4nd2n0nj2hgz3oy46l09uspirc

 

 

 

 

Mahamudra: A Practical Guide

 https://www.amazon.sg/Mahamudra-Eminence-Twelfth-Gharwang-Rinpoche/dp/1614295875?fbclid=IwAR0cfKSjU9z4By4fPQiffkLs1TcrwLR1wVsVLJatT0AqWXXpwhpMZl1JBs0

John and I found this good and resonating. Only flipped through, will read more when I have time.

They have a dharma center in Singapore http://www.zurmangkagyud.org/ ,

https://m.facebook.com/zurmang.gharwang

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https://m.facebook.com/zkbcSingapore/

[1:07 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: What do you think of this teacher? He has a dharma center in singapore and comes here from time to time
[1:08 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: He seems to be recommended by hh sakya trizin
[1:08 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: Trichen
[1:29 PM, 4/20/2021] John Tan: Quite good but is vajrayana
[1:31 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: Mahamudra
[1:31 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: Kagyu
[1:31 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: https://m.facebook.com/zurmang.gharwang
[1:32 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: http://www.zurmangkagyud.org/dharma/index.php/2-uncategorised/601-gharwang-rinpoche-s-2016-schedule
[1:32 PM, 4/20/2021] John Tan: No wonder.  Mahamudra is more direct at appearance is mind and mind is empty.
[1:33 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: Oic.. sounds very much anatta
[1:33 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: I think very rare in singapore to find dharma centers expounding anatta
[1:35 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: Might pay them a visit see see the dharma center
[1:36 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: They seem to go through the seven phases starting from I AM first
[1:40 PM, 4/20/2021] John Tan: Yeah

Joyfully Delight in Uninterrupted Vision

 

Joyfully delight in the uninterrupted vision of the objects of the six senses!
Whatever you enjoy, bodhi will blaze more and more.
When one has obtained the power of the supreme presence and become familiar with it,
Meditating means leaving the six sense consciousness free and relaxed!

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It is thought that creates the duality of mind and object;
It is wisdom that perceives them as non-dual.
Meditation means understanding there is nothing to enter into or exit from.
Not grasping what appears is the state of self-liberation!

~ Dzogchen book The Supreme Source

Meditate in Nature

Buddha attained enlightenment while meditating under a bodhi tree for 49 days. He frequently spent months each year in forests practicing mindfulness of breathing, even after his enlightenment, as a pleasant abiding and to set a good example to his students. He died peacefully in a forested area. 

 

It is my recommendation that all Buddhists should meditate often in nature, under a tree, etc. 

 

(Of course, meditation goes far beyond that, it should be 24/7)

 

 

Hum was the Expression of Everything

 Postings by Juliette Paul at https://www.facebook.com/groups/AwakeningToReality/permalink/5316809895027064/?__cft__[0]=AZUOB-M3fHdGmm3Ak27Izuy_HecqO_ncTIXSBJEkQbmGa1qPGjK8ENVYJztgMED_6pfg9ywA7LG-olw8nMNO-h5NhY34z6EGZMG0Db9jnPI_prM2EO6VUQIBl8ko322BPQa58ZsVyhp5_u4ZUKjFH4dkDTmCDNhddW8f72DvdsuqL3tIkXI501yUOwX1JgOGHkI&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

Juliette Paul
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Reality has opened up again and shown itself. I broke a belief holding back what I think may be total exertion. It was some form of thought about how visual sense and auditory sense depend on each other in real time. I wasn't able to see that before, but once this was resolved in my sit, a series of strange transitions occurred. First I saw that each sensation was self-arisen. It could not have come from anything else. Next was seeing that each sensation depends on the totality. And that when the hum of the refrigerator next to me is clear, the totality is dark, but since it doesn't exist without dependency, that hum was the expression of everything. Everything coming together to hummmmmmmm..... No more problem with any particular sensations, no need to focus to maintain pristine contact with the senses, always just sensations rolling on. Listening to teacher talks on youtube today after this, felt like there was no distance between this teaching live and present experiencing. Heart to heart, mind to mind, directly touching, very hard to describe. It was like a direct connection from the teachers energy system to mine own. A 3-dimensional meeting of 2 energy systems arose in the "internal" visual sense, moving and swaying with the external visual sense in real time. Aversion seems like the farthest thing possible with this view. Each sensation is the expression of the entire universe, how could one even push that away and what would be the point? Unclear if this will stay effortless to perceive, but this certainly relieves a lot of suffering.
Edit: Added a missing step in the transition
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Juliette Paul
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More thoughts on this came to me. Taking the phrase "Hearing hearing hearing" that I have heard as descriptions of total exertion from Dogen and commentaries of such. If you look at the experience of hearing, we can break down each word following and b…
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Angelo Grr
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Awesome man

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Soh Wei Yu
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John tan:
After stability of direct experiences and insights, he must clear cognitive obscurations to fully open up. Is there externality or no externality? Are there cause and effect or no cause or effect? Existence of no existence if he is into mmk (this is esp imp as existence is one's main grasping).

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Soh Wei Yu
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Jt:
“But for now imo he should stabilize his experiences and insights first and go slow on analysis...just keep opening up for 2-3 years.”

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Spontaneous Presence Bliss

 

Sleep is bliss... so is sitting in a park... so is anywhere when actualized in its true nature. Total spontaneous-presence-bliss.

9th Karmapa's Mahamudra Pointing out Instructions in Relation to Body and Appearances

John Tan:

Yes very good👍

 

 Andre:

The 9th Karmapa, pointing out a section of Mahamudra vipasyana, in "Moonbeams of Mahamudra."

(Click on photo to see it full)