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Shakyamuni Buddha turned the three cycles of Dharma. They are called cycles because they are whole and complete. - Tracts of the Sun

1 February 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Shakyamuni Buddha turned the three cycles of Dharma. They are called cycles because they are whole and complete. The beginning, …

If silent sitting is separate from the flow of life — it is merely a hobby. - Tracts of the Sun

31 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “If silent sitting—the practice of the Four Naljors—is separate from the flow of life — it is merely a hobby.”
― …

When performing Vajra dance dualistic contrivances and excuses are cut away by the enacting of precise movements. - Tracts of the Sun

30 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “When performing gar’cham – Vajra dance, one moves outside of the tired self-protective rationale into a frame of mind in …

Language ... is mainly used for the governance of societal herd-conformity. - Tracts of the Sun

29 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Language ought to communicate meaning – but it is mainly used for the governance of societal herd-conformity.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & …

The ‘Art that is life’ requires enthusiastic investment - Tracts of the Sun

28 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “The *Art that is life* requires enthusiastic investment – if one is to witness authentic sentience in the mirror of …

Empowerment is to be gutted like a fish, refurbished with a diamond heart – and set free to swim in the clear stream of lineage. - Tracts of the Sun

27 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Empowerment is to be gutted like a fish, refurbished with a diamond heart – and set free to swim in …

The knowledge that ’khorwa is a hoax, is provided by all lineages and the traditions of realisation. - Tracts of the Sun

26 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “’khorwa (samsara) – the self-defeating cyclic nature of duality – never will function – no matter what we do. The …

If you actually hear the teachings – they are shocking. Shockingly wonderful and shockingly normal. - Tracts of the Sun

25 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “If you actually hear the teachings – they are shocking. Shockingly wonderful and shockingly normal.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen
Tracts …

Practice is a pain in the anatman – the inauthentic anatomy of body, speech, and mind. - Tracts of the Sun

24 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Practice is a pain in the anatman – the inauthentic anatomy of body, speech, and mind.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro …

The good part of following fashion is that it is always possible to laugh at what you once used to wear. - Tracts of the Sun

23 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “The good part of following fashion is that it is always possible to laugh at what you once used to …

Only through direct experience can we begin to perceive our world differently. - Tracts of the Sun

22 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Only through direct experience can we begin to perceive our world differently.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen
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Birth and death are the creative play of existence. - Tracts of the Sun

21 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Birth and death are the creative play of existence. They move within the womb of Space. Waking and falling asleep …

The lower the yana, the higher the throne. - Tracts of the Sun

20 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “The lower the yana – Buddhist vehicle – the higher the throne.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen
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In terms of Drala, everything has history and connections. One becomes aware that there’s an inherent communication taking place. - Tracts of the Sun

18 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “In terms of Drala, everything has history and connections. The longer the history the more connections there are. These connections …

It’s a simple choice for any Vajrayanist: you can either become star craving mad or stark raving mad. - Tracts of the Sun

17 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “It’s a simple choice for any Vajrayanist: you can either become star craving mad or stark raving mad.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche …

If you rely on the absence of form then you have a far more reliable situation. - Tracts of the Sun

16 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “If you rely on the absence of form: insubstantiality, impermanence, lack of discrete functioning, discontinuity, and lack of definition (or …

The *clothing* of vows is only complex if we become estranged from compassionate culture - Tracts of the Sun

15 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “The clothing of vows is only complex if we become estranged from compassionate culture – through taking refuge in self-oriented …

Dharma needs to be continually re-expressed. - Tracts of the Sun

14 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Because words change in meaning, nuance, implication, inference, insinuation, and connotation – Dharma needs to be continually re-expressed.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche …

The Lama’s anger is a flash in time and space. - Tracts of the Sun

13 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “The Lama’s anger is a flash in time and space. Then it vaporises into vacuity. There is no escalation. There …

If one authentically appreciates something within the realm of fashion – one is not a follower of fashion. - Tracts of the Sun

12 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Not following fashion does not have to mean the rejection of everything that is fashionable. It means being free to …

Become authentically involved with the senses. - Tracts of the Sun

11 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Engage with the energy of the sense fields. Become authentically involved with the senses. Being alive is being surrounded by …

Study is necessary. The brain is like any muscle or organ– if you don’t use it, you lose it. - Tracts of the Sun

10 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Study is necessary. The brain is like any muscle or organ– if you don’t use it, you lose it. Vajrayana …

Time and space simultaneously exploded and imploded. - Tracts of the Sun

9 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “In 1971, Kyabjé Düd’jom Rinpoche Jig’drèl Yeshé Dorje looked at me—or through me—and said “O yah – I see one …

Those who require overt reference points to feel secure, experience the most initial discomfort with shi-nè - Tracts of the Sun

8 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Those who require overt reference points to feel secure, experience the most initial discomfort with shi-nè – but once that …

Authentic Art is always authentically religious - Tracts of the Sun

7 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Authentic Art is always authentically religious – even though it might not resemble any existing religion.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche & Khandro …

Vajra command is the instruction to be totally alive - Tracts of the Sun

6 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “There is no sense in which ‘vajra command’ is anything other than the instruction to be totally alive.”
― Ngak'chang Rinpoche …

The essential method is to be free in the nature of chaos - Tracts of the Sun

5 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “The essential method is to be free in the nature of chaos. We always look for pattern in order to …

Falling in love with one’s Lama - is the love that is inspired by the nature of reality - Tracts of the Sun

4 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral One cannot avoid falling in love with one’s Lama – but it cannot be romantic, in the Mills and Boon …

Joy is upliftedness – the natural response to phenomena and to being alive - Tracts of the Sun

3 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “rLung rTa—Wind Horse—is enjoyment. Enjoyment means to occasion or to engender joy. Joy is upliftedness – the natural response to …

One simply needs to ignore the rules of cyclic derangement - Tracts of the Sun

2 January 2023

’ö-Dzin Tridral “Anarchy from the perspective of Dzogchen has nothing to do with rebellion or overturning the social order – one simply …