Mahamudra, often translated as the "Great Seal," is a profound and comprehensive path in Tibetan Buddhism, celebrated for its simplicity and depth. Emerging primarily from the so called Kagyu lineage, it integrates the essence of Vajrayana Buddhism with the directness of meditative insight. The term "Great Seal" signifies the ultimate reality that pervades all phenomena, … Continue reading Mahamudra Meditation for us
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Ultimate Non-Dual Awareness: Tibetan Dzogchen Explained based on the Buddhist master Longchenpa
Within the vast expanse of awareness, all phenomena arise and dissolve, much like illusions in a dream. This poetic insight, drawn from Tibetan Dzogchen teachings, captures the essence of a tradition that seeks to point directly to the nature of the mind. Imagine the boundless ocean, with its ceaselessly shifting surface currents, yet beneath it … Continue reading Ultimate Non-Dual Awareness: Tibetan Dzogchen Explained based on the Buddhist master Longchenpa
Self Enquiry, keep quite and don’t make effort – Papaji’s teachings of simplicity
Self Enquiry is the way for Papaji, a student of Ramana Maharshi from the advaita-schools. Let us listen to his simple and profound message for the modern seeker. "Keep quite and don't make effort!" Papaji's teaching of "Keep quiet and don't make effort" is both profound and disarmingly simple, a direct invitation to transcend the … Continue reading Self Enquiry, keep quite and don’t make effort – Papaji’s teachings of simplicity
Is Meditation Useful..and for who?
Krishnamurti is one of the greatest thinkers ever on spiritual topics. He is totally against mechanical approaches, against dogma's and against following masters. Here the essence of why he thinks meditation does not make sense at all. In one of his most incisive dialogues, Jiddu Krishnamurti turns a piercing gaze upon the widely accepted practices … Continue reading Is Meditation Useful..and for who?
Shamanic Healing Session: what happens…
At our meditation centre Quinta Quixote we often do shamanic circles with drumming and shamanic singing and also we do individual sessions. Those sessions can be pretty intense. Shamanic healing has undergone a profound transformation over the last 25 years in the West. What was once seen as an esoteric or exotic practice has gradually … Continue reading Shamanic Healing Session: what happens…
Meditation: Surrendering to the Vastness of Being
Meditation is often misunderstood as something we must do—a task to accomplish, a state to achieve. But true meditation, as it reveals itself, is not an act of doing; it is an act of surrender. This surrender is not passive, nor is it an escape. It is the gentle yielding of effort, allowing the natural … Continue reading Meditation: Surrendering to the Vastness of Being
Conceptual Mind and Rigpa Wisdom: A Teaching by Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
On April 1, 2013, during the One Month Dzogchen Retreat at Padma Samye Ling, Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche delivered a profound teaching on the nature of conceptual mind and Rigpa, or wisdom awareness. Drawing from the Vajra Heart teachings of Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Khenpo Rinpoche illuminated the distinction between the compounded, ever-changing nature of … Continue reading Conceptual Mind and Rigpa Wisdom: A Teaching by Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
Identification as the source of war and misery, a talk by J. Krishnamurti
Identification is blindness. Krishnamurti invites us here to go deep and see the source of all identification. Together with OSHO, Krishnamurti was my most revered teacher. I learned a lot by listening and absorbing his talks. He always asks for active participation in his thinking. He is a real Jnana yogi! https://youtu.be/aZPa-BNNjiU?si=aPlBiIQwmx2oyYjf Jiddu Krishnamurti, a … Continue reading Identification as the source of war and misery, a talk by J. Krishnamurti
The Timeless Wisdom of Mahamudra: Teachings of His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche
As I regard myself Mahamudra as the quickest and easiest path to reach insight in the essence of my mind and find there luminosity and spaciousness, I looked for good teachings to give more context to this ultimate path, and thus found this teaching. https://youtu.be/7_8Df7BsKlg?si=Dizjd7ylcm8kRoMI His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche, an esteemed master of the Drikung … Continue reading The Timeless Wisdom of Mahamudra: Teachings of His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche
Mahamudra: direct insight in the Essence of Mind
I sit and meditate. Long, short. One time I experience this, other time that. Often many spaces of empty mind. Than once I see phosphenes coming. All kinds and after some time bluring in a white light, a light beyond light, you could call it surrealistic and directly also dimension-less and I am in that … Continue reading Mahamudra: direct insight in the Essence of Mind
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