‘Those who seek for the Tathagata should seek for the self. For ‘self’ and ‘Buddha’ are synonymous.’
Prajnaparamita
‘Those who seek for the Tathagata should seek for the self. For ‘self’ and ‘Buddha’ are synonymous.’
Prajnaparamita
We often attach to that person. We might ask who the person is…
This chapter from the Great Wisdom Sutra (Daihannyakyō; Sanskrit: Mahaprajnaparamita) is one of more than five thousand scrolls of Buddhist scripture.
The Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) texts, are said to be closest Buddhists got to putting truth (impossible task) into words.
Those who understand the mind reach enlightenment with minimal effort. Those who don’t understand the mind practise in vain. Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible…
The Buddha stressed the urgency for change saying that the human situation is like a man whose house is on fire. What was true for the individual then is becoming increasingly true for our collective existence today…
If we think the Buddha had a point, then we can take heart and make efforts in transforming our own minds and seeing that there is no outer world in turmoil as distinct from an inner one, that one is the other…
Six short films on the Six Paramitas; Giving, Conduct, Patience, Diligence, Meditation, and Wisdom, by Ringu Tulku