[βπΈπβ: πΈππ₯πππ ππ π£π πππ ππ π£π ππ ππππ π£π π¨ππ₯π π₯ππ π₯π¨π πππ€ππ‘ππ£ππππ ππ€π‘πππ₯π€ π π βπππππ₯πͺ ππ€ ππ₯ ππ€, ππ π£π πππ ππ π£π ππ ππππ π£π π¨ππ₯π π₯ππ ππππ πππππ§ππππ ππππ π π π π₯ππ ππ¨π ππ£π¦π₯ππ€ [πππ] -- πππ‘ππππππ₯ π π£ππππππ₯ππ π / πππ₯ππ£πππ‘πππππππ / π£ππππ₯ππ§ππ₯πͺ / ππ‘π‘πππ£πππππ€ [ππ] πππ πππ‘π₯ππππ€π€ [ππ] -- ππ£ππ ππ£π π πππ ππ©π₯π£ππππ€ & ππππππ πππ π¦π₯ πππ ππππ£πππ€.]
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The extent of a person’s compassion [T1],
is the extent of their wisdom [T2] [U2T].
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To acknowledge that birth and death are illusions is wisdom [T2];
to maintain empathy for the pain felt and suffered, then hold wisdom and compassion equally [T1] [U2T].
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Even the highest view and wisdom [T2] are meaningless,
if not grounded with tenderness of heart [T1] [U2T].
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What is ultimate is what is true, nothing exists inherently [T2],
but that does not mean that things don’t exist at all [T1] [U2T].
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Things exist as we think and name them, and this is where we derive our meaning [T1],
there is no intrinsic identity in anything [T2],
and in these words and View, there is no contradiction [U2T].
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Existence is extreme [T1], nothingness is extreme [T2],
reality lies in between [U2T].
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Yes all appearances are mind made,
and it is only because of this do we experience this realm,
it’s joy and suffering.
Your thoughts, speech and actions matter,
they are your experience and relationship to your world [T1].
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May there be limitless illusion-like compassion [T1],
for limitless illusion-like beings [T2] [U2T].
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May Pristine Awareness recognize you and the appearance of every living being as the clear light nature and reflection in itself [as pristine manifestations inseparable from the Ground [UGM]],
and may the mind experience immeasurable and limitless happiness, well-being, safety, peacefulness and ease.
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With Palms Together
In Loving Kindness
Michael Gregory
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[Balancing method and wisdom:]
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Wisdom And Compassion - Vancouver, Canada, June 2015
2 videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRum_3cYrww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcZp9MrHH1g
Via: Gems of Wisdom - Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche - January 17 2023
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Comments: On the Path, to be more and more in accord with the true nature & dynamic of Reality as it is [U2T], we need to combine both virtuous methods / tools / adapted skillful means -- like ethics, meditation, compassion -- [T1] <==> with more and more wisdom [Ε’2] of gradually realising the true nature & dynamic of all dharmas involved (ex. subject, relation / action, object). One side alone -- compassion or wisdom -- necessarily turn into poison in the long run. One side supports / completes / perfects the other.
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Even the idea of 'enlightenment' should be combined with more and more wisdom about all dharmas involved.
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So we should not get obsessed with either the methods / practices / rituals [T1] we are using; nor with the 'emptiness' of all dharmas [T2]. They are just mere tools to be used toward a direct realisation of the inconceivable liberating Truth. By combining both [U2T] we escape the traps / extremes of each of them when taken alone.
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[ππππ§ππ¨ππ©π©π«π ππ£π ππ€π£π¨π€π§π©: πππ₯π§ππ¨ππ£π©ππ£π π©ππ ππ£ππ€π£ π€π π«ππ§π©πͺπ€πͺπ¨ π’ππ©ππ€ππ¨ π‘ππ π ππ€π’π₯ππ¨π¨ππ€π£ ππ£π π¬ππ¨ππ€π’; that is acting more and more in accord with the inseparable two aspects of Reality as it is, with the inconceivable Union of the Two Truths about all dharmas involved: Union of interdependence / relativity / causality / functionality [T1] and emptiness [T2] [U2T].]
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"Vajrasattva is the white bodhisattva of purification and the ultimate embodiment of all the Buddhas. The practice of this deity is one of the most important in Tibetan Buddhism as he represents the aspects of compassion and skillful means and the state of perfect wisdom. He is depicted in union with his consort with the vajra of skill raised to his chest while its companion, the bell of wisdom, is inverted and silent at his hip. The depiction of deities in union has symbolic implications which signifies inter-relatedness; a male-female pairing representing compassion (male) and wisdom (female) and culminating in the coalescence of knowledge with “skillful means” or method."
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Image from: Albert Oberleitner
Text from: Padma Studios's Web Site
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