June 11, 2024 Before individual man can achieve initiation, he must be fully self-conscious, mystically oriented and occultly developed. He must be aware of himself as he essentially is—a soul involved in form which is itself developed and unfolded through soul activity; he must be a developed mystic, capable of pure vision, motivated by spiritual… Continue reading Quotes and Passages
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List of 17 Defilements
from the Book of the Fives of Buddhism… 1) lust 2) hatred 3) delusion 4) anger 5) hostility 6) denigration 7) insolence 8) envy 9) miserliness 10) deceitfulness 11) craftiness 12) obstinacy 13) vehemence 14) conceit 15) arrogance 16) intoxication 17) heedlessness
Vigilant Introspection 5:5
Being the 1st through 5th verse of chapter 5 of Shantideva’s The Way of the Bodhisattva according to Padmakara Group translation from TibetanFOLLOWED BY ESSAY from website of Gyalwa Karmapa that mentions.. Those who wish to travel the path to Great Awakening and to attain to realization must be able to do those meditation practices… Continue reading Vigilant Introspection 5:5