How boundless the cleared sky of Samadhi!
How transparent the perfect moonlight of the Fourfold Wisdom!
At this moment what more need we seek?
As the Truth eternally reveals itself,
This very place is the Lotus Land of Purity,
This very body is the Body of the Buddha.
- Song of Meditation, Hakuin Ekaku Zenji
To penetrate into the essence of all being and significance,
and to release the fragrance of that inner attainment for the
guidance and benefit of others, by expressing in the world
of forms – truth, love, purity and beauty – this is the sole
game that has any intrinsic and absolute worth. All other
incidents and attainments can, in themselves, [...]
Homage to Manjushri!
I bow down to the all-powerful Buddha
Whose mind is free of attachment,
Who in his compassion and wisdom
Has taught the inexpressible.
In truth there is no birth –
Then surely no cessation or liberation;
The Buddha is like the sky
And all beings have that nature.
Neither samsara nor nirvana exist,
But all is a complex continuum
With an intrinsic face [...]
Whether action’s caused by birth, or birth by action, Saraha says,
the Truth is inconceivable.
The Flower Ornament Scripture says, “All consequences are born from actions; like dreams, they’re not truly real. They continually die away, moment to moment, the same as before and after. Of all things seen in the world, only mind is the host; [...]
New Free Satsang Recordings with Translation into Portuguese and Spanish:
There are several new satsang audio recordings from Nirmala’s recent trip to Portugal and Spain on http://www.endless-satsang.com/Satsangrecording.htm that you can enjoy for free. They are in English with translation into Portuguese or Spanish.
A New Blog Post entitled The Gap in Awareness:
Nirmala occasionally adds [...]
Continue reading about Endless Satsang Newsletter April 4th, 2009
Until one is committed, there is
hesitancy, the chance to draw back.
Concerning all acts of initiative
(and creation), there is one elementary
truth, the ignorance of which kills
countless ideas and splendid plans:
that the moment one definitely commits
oneself, then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one
that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues [...]
Awakening to the truth of perfect Unity, means to awaken from the
dream of a personal self and personal others to the realization that
there is no other. Many spiritual seekers have had glimpses of the
absolute unity of all existence, but few are capable of or willing to
live up to the many challenging implications inherent in that [...]
Growing up in the fifties, for a while I believed that what I saw on television sitcoms was the typical family. They all got along. Nobody got drunk or flew into a rage. There was never any real ugliness. Many of us watching thought, of course, that only our family was the exception to the [...]
Your true substance…
Rumi
Your true substance is concealed in falsehood,
like the taste of butter in buttermilk.
Your falsehood is this perishable body;
your truth is that exalted spirit.
For many years, this buttermilk of the body,
is visible and manifest, while the butter, which is
the spirit, is perishing and ignored within it-
until God sends a prophet, a chosen servant, a
shaker [...]
Sometimes we take quite a journey-physically or mentally or emotionally-when the very love and happiness we want so much can be found by just sitting down. We spend our lives searching for something we think we don’t have, something that will make us happy. But the key to our deepest happiness lies in changing our [...]
