#Naropa

[mahayanapilgrim]

The Fool Waits

The fool waits

For conditions

To be right before

Being happy.

And even then, it is fleeting

Maintain a joyous

Attitude, always....

An open heart is the best medicine,

Open it a little more

Wth every breath.

Approach every act

As if it were your

Last on Earth.

Think,

If my next birth were

Determined by this act alone,

What karmic impact

Will be left on my loved ones and

The world in general.

By this word, thought, or deed?"

Seek to make

Peace without

Judging who is

Right or wrong.

Walk away

From argument.

Heal old and new

Wounds before

They get infected.

Do not talk about people behind their back, Quickly over look their mistakes,

As well as your own.

If you stop from doing just these things, you will

Have produced more positive karmic seeds, than there are atoms

Scattered though-out the entire Universe!

At various times and various places,

There will be earthquakes,

Floods, famine, fire, disease,

And even collisions with astral bodies.

Such things are not to be feared...

If you are living with the thought,

"Like me all that live want to be protected, Loved and accepted I will help them"

During troubled

Times, if someone

Says,

"Pray to my God

Or lose your head!"

Better to live without

A head then to live

With one owned

By another.

Find your own truth,

Question everything.

Do the next right thing,

And your life will be like sweet incense...

Be sincere,

Live according to your true nature.

It's better to be a sincere fool,

Than to fake that you are wise.

People can be helped

By the truth of your brokenness,

But not by the lie of your wholeness.

When you do these practices

Stress and worry cannot

Find you.

from "Stones To Shatter The Mirror:

The Fearless Teachings of Tilopa To Naropa

#buddha #buddhist #buddhism #dharma #sangha #mahayana #zen #milarepa #tibetan buddhism #thich nhat hanh #Naropa

[authordanielpawlowski]

Boulder Noir: The Shadow Knows

Frank now felt he was officially a PI since someone had whispered "Psst" from out of the shadows.

Walking back to his car Frank heard someone utter. “Psst Buddy” out of the shadows. Wow, his first case and his first “Psst” from the shadows all in the same week. Things were really shaping up. Frank walked towards the shadow to investigate but he became a bit disoriented. It was 6 pm and the Sun was shining directly on the bare front of a building. There should not have been any shadow to hide…

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#doppelganger #Naropa #shadow

[livingwellnessblog]

Tantra: Tilopa’s Song of Mahamudra

Explore the profound world of Tantra and the teachings of Tilopa, an Indian Buddhist monk in the tantric Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Delve into the essence of Mahamudra, a set of spiritual practices that accelerate the path to Buddhahood.

Tantra The Supreme Understanding Tantra:  The Supreme Understanding Introduction Tilopa’s Song of Mahamudra A deep and insightful look into the underlying ideas of Tantra. Walking the road to enlightenment by embodying the full acceptance of all that is. A commentary on Tilopa’s marvelous song.    Tilopa, was an Indian Buddhist monk in the tantric Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.  He…

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#6 Yogas of Naropa #Anuttarayoga Tantra #Buddhahood #Buddhist masters #Compassion #Divine Feminine #Essence of teachings #Ganges river #Guru yoga #Kagyu lineage #Mahamudra #Mahamudra Song #Marpa Lotsawa #Naropa #Primordial Buddha #Supreme Understanding #Tantra #tantric buddhist #Tibet #tibetan buddhism #tilopa #Vajradhara #Wisdom #Yogi Milarepa

[soulsoldier7]

May 8, 2016: While this was a pinnacle day in my life, aspects of it were only surface level. This past summer on the pacific crest summit was a beginning of a want to look closer at the overview of aspects of my life touched while attaining a contemplative degree, in yoga and taiji, at Naropa University. #naropa https://www.instagram.com/p/CjzPymGLEXN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#naropa

[nicksalius]

Comprendere mente e meditazione - Sogyal Rinpoche

Comprendere mente e meditazione – Sogyal Rinpoche

Sogyal Rinpoche – maestro buddhista di fama mondiale, nonché l’autore del Libro tibetano del vivere e del morire – ci spiega come comprendere e trasformare la mente costituisca l’essenza degli insegnamenti del Buddha e l’obiettivo più importante della nostra vita. È la meditazione che aiuta la mente ad acquietarsi, liberandone lo straordinario potere di guarigione e producendo una profonda…

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#apparenza #armonia #benefici #benessere #buddha #buddhismo #essenza #essere #felicità #guarire #illuminazione #illusione #meditare #meditazione #mente #Naropa #nirvana #pace #Padmasambhava #paradiso #potere #rilassamento #risorse #salute #samsara #sofferenza #Sogyal Rinpoche

[lindasaccoccio-7]

After the student panel With Huckleberry & Sam Photo credit student coordinator Mary Shoen 23 June 2022 Naropa University SWP #poetry #pain #paintings #silence #recovery #discovery #student #panel #jackkerouacschoolofdisembodiedpoetics #swp #naropa #boulder #colorado #june #2022 #lsaccoccio7 (at Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfacudML2QX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#poetry #pain #paintings #silence #recovery #discovery #student #panel #jackkerouacschoolofdisembodiedpoetics #swp #naropa #boulder #colorado #june #2022 #lsaccoccio7

[sakuradesigns]

The Last of the Beat Poets~ The Naropa Summer Writing Program 2023

I’m privileged to be participating in the Naropa Summer Writing Program at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics… Admittedly 30 years now from the first time! Here is Andrew Schelling and famous beat poet Anne Waldman, our chair, reading, and well as amazing faculty like Ronaldo V. Wilson, and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth. I know many of my friends attended Naropa, here are some…

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#jack kerouac #naropa summer writing program

[sex-death-rebirth]

Vajrayogini by unknown artist of the Naropa tradition, 19th c.

#19th century art #vajrayogini

[radical-revolution]

The famous meditation master Tilopa once said to his student Naropa: "Son, it is not appearances that bind you, it is your Shenpa to them." Shenpa is a Tibetan term that refers to all the grasping and aversion we have to experience - all the push and pull.

So what Tilopa is suggesting, is that it is not the thoughts and emotions that rough you up, but rather all of our preferences and clinging

~ Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel

[alchemisoul]

"You can alter your surroundings by altering your point of observation, and that is an act of magic that is performed by every artist. You can't teach anybody anything, they don't know, already on some level. You can't show anyone anything they haven't already seen. They just won't see it.

Of course, there are people who just don't want to see. There's always the danger to see more than you can take, and consider the dedicated professional non-seers are in all positions of power. And non-seeing is an escalating process. The less you see today, the less you will see and so forth."

William S. Burroughs

The Technology of Wishing, Part 1

(Convention @ Naropa University, 1968)

#william s. burroughs #magic #artist #art #perspective #philosophy #sight #vision #meditation #yoga #the beats #beatniks #the beatniks #beat generation #heretics #poet #bard #writer #writing #quote #philosophy quotes

[mahayanapilgrim]

Samsara ~ Naropa

The mind, deluded by the appearance of samsara, Sees the faults of others with the senses.

It is darkened by the prison of samsara;

It is made intolerable by the fire of samsara;

It is caught in the spider web of samsara;

It is stuck in samsara as the bee is in nectar;

It is encased in samsara like a silkworm in a cocoon.

There is no substance to the hollow tree of samsara.

Samsara is like the moon's reflection in water, Without essence;

Samsara is like an animal chasing a mirage;

He who desires samsara falls into a pit.

Samsara is like being trapped in the jaws of a crocodile;

Samsara is like wandering in the land of the rakshas;

Samsara is like a poisonous snake which destroys anyone who sees or touches it;

Samsara is bordered by the precipice of karma;

Samsara is like a wave in water, or fog;

Samsara is tied by the lasso of karma;

Samsara is bound by the seal of karma;

Samsara is the density of darkness;

Samsara is the deep mud of the three poisons;

Samsara is the dance of impermanence;

Samsara is the enchantment of this life;

Samsara is the shadow of birth and death;

Samsara is a merciless hunter;

Samsara is snared by the hound of death;

Samsara is a vast, sorrowful field of grasping and fixation;

Samsara is the galloping horse of the eight worldly dharmas;

Samsara si caught by the iron hook of desire;

Why should I not search for the Lama While I have this precious, impermanent body?

Mahasiddha Naropa

quoted in the book The Great Kagyu Masters: The Golden Lineage Treasury

#buddha #buddhism #buddhist #dharma #sangha #mahayana #zen #milarepa #tibetan buddhism #thich nhat hanh #Naropa

[talonabraxas]

"True illuminates have no dreams. Dreams are for those who are asleep. True illuminates live in the higher worlds, out of the physical body, in a state of intensified wakefulness without ever dreaming." - Samael Aun Weor

Dream Yoga

The effort to awaken the consciousness in the dream state is called Dream Yoga. This term is most known from the tradition of Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa, and Milarepa, although the tradition of Niguma also includes Dream Yoga. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word "yug," which means to "reunite" or "yoke together." This is the same as the root of our word religion, the Latin word "religare,"which means "to bind together." What is sought in both cases is the union of our consciousness with its source, but this can only happen when our consciousness is awakened and purified of all that is unclean.

The yogic tradition of Tilopa has been maintained in Tibetan Buddhism for hundreds of years. It is a series of teachings of which dream yoga is a vital part. It has been practiced and taught by all the Dalai Lamas, and such great initiates as Tsongkhapa and Milarepa.

The basic goal of Dream Yoga is to harness the power of the dream state and use it to awaken the consciousness. You can learn more about this by reading scriptures from the tradition.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The fool waits For conditions To be right before Being happy. And even then, it is fleeting Maintain a joyous Attitude, always.... An open heart is the best medicine, Open it a little more Wth every breath. Approach every act As if it were your Last on Earth. Think, If my next birth were Determined by this act alone, What karmic impact Will be left on my loved ones and The world in general. By this word, thought, or deed?" Seek to make Peace without Judging who is Right or wrong. Walk away From argument. Heal old and new Wounds before They get infected. Do not talk about people behind their back, Quickly over look their mistakes, As well as your own. If you stop from doing just these things, you will Have produced more positive karmic seeds, than are atoms Scattered though-out the entire Universe! At various times and various places, There will be earthquakes, Floods, famine, fire, disease, And even collisions with astral bodies. Such things are not to be feared... If you are living with the thought, "Like me all that live want to be protected, Loved and accepted I will help them" During troubled Times, if someone Says, “Pray to my God Or lose your head!" Better to live without A head then to live With one owned By another. Find your own truth, Question everything. Do the next right thing, And your life will be like sweet incense... Be sincere, Live according to your true nature. It's better to be a sincere fool, Than to fake that you are wise. People can be helped By the truth of your brokenness, But not by the lie of your wholeness. When you do these practices Stress and worry cannot Find you. from "Stones To Shatter The Mirror: The Fearless Teachings of Tilopa To Naropa ~Kiley Clark

#poem #poetry #Buddhist #meditation #contemplation #be here now

[notasfilosoficas]

"Quien se aferra a la mente, no ve la verdad de lo que está más allá de la mente.

Quien se esfuerza en practicar el dharma, no encuentra la verdad que está más allá de la práctica.

Para conocer lo que está más allá de ambas, mente y práctica, uno debe cortar de raíz la mente y observarlo todo en total desnudez.

De esta forma, uno deja de lado toda distinción y permanece tranquilo"

Tilopa

Tilopa fue un gurú nacido en Bengala hoy Bangladesh en el año 988 de nuestra era. Llevó sus enseñanzas tántricas desde la India hasta el Tibet y se le atribuye el desarrollo de la doctrina mahamudra o método budista que conduce a la naturaleza propia de la mente estabilizada, no dual y sin apego.

Reconocido como fundador de una de las seis escuelas del Budismo Tibetano el denominado linaje Kagyu.

De acuerdo con algunas fuentes Tilopa nació en una familia real, la cual abandonó para adoptar una existencia errante de mendigo, recibiendo enseñanzas de diversos gurús a lo largo de su vida.

De acuerdo con una leyenda, se dice que recibió las enseñanzas del mahamudra directamente del Buda Vajradhara.

Se cuenta que Tilopa le dió seis consejos a su discípulo Naropa los cuales hablan de la mente liberada carente de tiempo, sin apegos ni juicios, como un medio para alcanzar el estado de Buda.

“Deja ir lo que ya pasó”, “Deja ir lo que pueda pasar”, “Deja ir lo que sucede ahora”, “No trates de interpretar nada”, “No trates de hacer que algo suceda”, “Relájate ahora y descansa”.

#citas de reflexion #budismo #tilopa #filosofia budista #cantos de tilopa #mahamudra #tibet #budismo tibetano #filosofía budista #notasfilosoficas #frases celebres

[bloodfreakcastiel]

You should try the social sciences department at the university of Chicago. Or Burning Man. Or the hippier parts of rural New England or the Pacific Northwest. Try taking an EMT training course then doing a 10 day silent meditation retreat. Then go wander around Meow Wolf in Santa Fe. That should put you in the right headspace. You’ll likely find yourself a Misha-ish type somewhere around there. NPR headquarters also probably a good place to lurk looking for Mishalikes. Possibly the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University in Colorado? #WheresMisha #NevermindI’llFindSomeoneLikeYouuuu

you are so right bestie!! finding a misha is actually a science and i'm trying to develop a master thesis on it alskdfj

#asks #ask.anon

[lindasaccoccio-7]

Poet Marwa Helal A raging fire with clear intention I took this photo before I knew anything about her work, before she began to speak, because I sensed her power, her get down to business nature, a potency for change She did not disappoint, she broke boundaries These are the types of people you find at the Summer Writing Program at Naropa University ~ Happy Summer Solstice All! ☀️ #jackkerouacschoolofdisembodiedpoetics #naropa #bouldercolorado #change #poem #marwahelal #summer #solstice #2022 (at Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfGAaKXs8Dy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#jackkerouacschoolofdisembodiedpoetics #naropa #bouldercolorado #change #poem #marwahelal #summer #solstice #2022