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awareness

Aug
29
Unconditional Love in Dzogchen: The Practice of Showing Up

Unconditional Love in Dzogchen: The Practice of Showing Up

In Dzogchen, ultimate love is emptiness itself, an unwavering presence that shows up fully, beyond conditions or self-concern.
2 min read
Aug
21
Where Unconditioned Love Meets Relative Reality

Where Unconditioned Love Meets Relative Reality

What is the place of relative love in Dzogchen practice? Learn how Buddha nature appears in relationships while holding the ultimate view.
4 min read
Aug
19
Why Pointing-Out Instructions in Dzogchen Aren’t Enough

Why Pointing-Out Instructions in Dzogchen Aren’t Enough

Discover why Dzogchen pointing-out instructions often fail to ‘land’—rigpa can’t be defined by words, only recognized within the context of our own experience.
2 min read
Apr
23
The Obstacle Is the Path

The Obstacle Is the Path

Meeting the maras and turning obstacles into friends.
3 min read
Apr
20
One Cup, Two Ways of Seeing

One Cup, Two Ways of Seeing

Why science and Buddhist philosophers see the world so differently
2 min read
Apr
18
There Is No Mind-Body Problem

There Is No Mind-Body Problem

A Buddhist view on the false divide between mind and matter.
4 min read
Apr
11
There Is No Matter

There Is No Matter

A Metaphysical Reframing of Appearance, Energy, and Awareness from the Dzogchen View
5 min read
Apr
08
The Three Continuums: The Foundations of Buddhist Tantra

The Three Continuums: The Foundations of Buddhist Tantra

Understand the three continuums and you will know the point of every tantric ritual and practice.
3 min read
Feb
07
Compassion in an age of conflict

Compassion in an age of conflict

Conflict may seem like an inevitable age we are doomed to endure. But there is no “age” of conflict—only the reality unfolding before us. And it is up to us to decide how we will meet it.
3 min read
Jan
31
Prayer to Open the Secret Door to the Luminous Mansion of Timeless Awareness

Prayer to Open the Secret Door to the Luminous Mansion of Timeless Awareness

Dzogchen prayer to recognize primordial buddhahood in the immediacy of our own awareness.
4 min read