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Primordial wisdom [Skt. jñāna; Tib. ཡེ་ཤེས་, yeshé; Wyl. ye shes] has many names, but in truth it refers simply to the inseparability of the ground and fruit, the one and only essence-drop [thig le nyag gcig] of the dharmakaya. If it is assessed from the standpoint of its utterly pure nature, it is the actual dharmakaya, primordial Buddhahood. For, from its own side, it is free from every obscuration. We must understand that we are Buddha from the very beginning. Without this understanding, we w
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― White Lotus: An Explanation of the Seven-line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava
― White Lotus: An Explanation of the Seven-line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava
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From the Nyingma perspective, without emphasis on realization in this life, Buddhism will produce good people but not awakened saints. Thus their critique of a life consisting primarily of study and ethical behavior: when a religion is composed only of “good” and learned people without the freedom, wildness, and accuracy of awakened ones, it can become stuck.
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― Indestructible Truth: The Living Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism
― Indestructible Truth: The Living Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism
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