Many people are confused about emptiness, but it is not such a difficult subject when seen from the point of view of figure and ground. Emptiness is the ground, and interdependent manifestation, samsara, is the figure imposed on the ground. In this way, emptiness becomes the reason why anything is possible. It is the ground […]
We have to overcome our defilements and they are fueled by immorality. An action is defined as either “immoral” or “moral” depending on whether it feeds the defilements or not. If it does it is immoral and if it purifies and transforms them it is moral. Things do not become moral or immoral because rules […]
There is no sentient being who cannot improve and become enlightened eventually. This is so because every sentient being has buddha nature, regardless of the realm that sentient being belongs to. Every sentient being is ultimately perfect. Tai Situ Rinpoche
Now the four obstacles that one has to overcome, the four obstacles of a meditator; […] The first obstacle is that we don’t recognize our essence because it is so close, so good, and so intimate. It is like our eyes, we cannot see our eyes. In the same way we are not able to […]
Mind is empty, it doesn’t have any solid tangible reality; that is dharmakaya. But it is clear, it is always clear and that is sambhogakaya. But that clarity is the clarity of that emptiness and that emptiness is the emptiness of that clarity. They are not two things glued together by force, no! Emptiness is […]
We should never get tired of doing our best. It should be a pleasure and an honour to do our best and every moment is so wonderful and so precious – that is how our attitude should be. Our attitude should not be “not again, I have done that already”. Tai Situ Rinpoche
Turning our mind from samsara to enlightenment means that instead of going in circles we now decide to go straight; because if we go in circles, no matter how big or how small the circles are, we still end up in the same place. Tai Situ Rinpoche
