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“My father is wisdom and my mother is voidness.
My country is the country of Dharma.
I am of no caste and no creed.
I am sustained by perplexity; and I am here to destroy lust, anger and sloth.”

Padmasambhava
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“Luminous beings are we, not made of this crude matter”

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..be free of any kind.
(mine)
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Lankavatara Sutra wrote:Word-discrimination goes on by the coordination of brain, chest, nose, throat, palate, tongue, teeth and lips. Words are neither different nor not different from discrimination. Words rise from discrimination as their cause; if words were different from discrimination they could not have discrimination for their cause; then again, if words are not different, they could not carry and express meaning. Words, therefore, are produced by causation and are mutually conditioning and shifting and, just like things, are subject to birth and destruction.
Lankavatara Sutra wrote:Words and sentences are produced by the law of causation and are mutually conditioning they cannot express highest Reality. Moreover, in highest Reality there are no differentiations to be discriminated and there is nothing to be predicated in regards to it. Highest Reality is an exalted state of bliss, it is not a state of word-discrimination, and it cannot be entered into by mere statements concerning it. The Tathágatas have a better way of teaching, namely, through self-realization of Noble Wisdom.
Meditate upon Bodhicitta when afflicted by disease

Meditate upon Bodhicitta when sad

Meditate upon Bodhicitta when suffering occurs

Meditate upon Bodhicitta when you are scared

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Freedom is my religion.
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You think you’ve had a past because of your memories…

…but your memories are thoughts occurring in the present.
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Mo’ Lankavatara:

“Things are not what they seem, nor are they otherwise.”
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ...
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The more you educate yourself and work on self-development,
the less you are susceptible to toxic behavior and manipulation.
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Maya is not a separate entity. Absence of light is called darkness, so also absence of knowledge, illumination etc., is called ignorance, illusion or Maya.


Also there is a concept of "mara".
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Everyone I hear can be a target for me.
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The goal is to understand.

to be able to know what is done for what.

This is the meaning of life.

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Great effort,
No goal.

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It's never lack of time, it's always lack of focus.
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Balance is freedom.

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It’s very important that people don’t forget: Buddhism and Buddhist are two different entities. Buddhism is perfect. Buddhists are not.” ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
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Not sure if "knowing the self" is the most important.
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Not knowing is the most important.
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...then it is what it is.

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May all those who couldn't be happy go to heaven.
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"relax" the rest is not important.
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