Aditi’s Reviews > Not For Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices > Status Update

“According to the bodhisattvayana, whether an action accumulates merit or just good karma is determined by whether or not it is undertaken with a dualistic view”

Abhisheka - first door to tantric path

Ultimate union - union of jnana & kaya

“The only true indicator of your spiritual progress is whether or not your devotion for your guru and your compassion for sentient beings increases”

“To see your own mind as the triple gem is the final stage of the ultimate practice of taking refuge” - Jigme Lingpa

“What binds the fool liberates the wise” - Saraha

“Vajrayana explains that an antidote does not look like its antithesis, but is identical to the problem itself”

“The best method for removing water from your ear is to flush it out with yet more water”

“Frustration with your spiritual path is often an indication that you are becoming a genuine dharma practitioner”

“The key is consistency”

Heruka galpo tantra: “on the causal path sentient beings are said to have the potential to become buddhas, whereas on the resultant path they already are buddhas”

“The path is the goal”

“Methods that unite cause and result”

“In the tantric texts we are told that discursive thoughts can only be overcome by discursive thoughts, and cyclic existence can only be dismantled by cyclic existence”

“Karma is almost synonymous with reincarnation”

“”Liberate” means to be released from the delusion of imagining illusions to be real”

“Continuous manifestation of phenomena from past, present and future lives”

“Shravakayana, pratyekabuddhayana and bodhisattvayana, which diagnose our symptoms and recommend the application of appropriate remedies”