Ogmin
@ogmin.bsky.social
Nyingma, Tennessee, living on the Chickasaw cession (1816), Meso/Native American Studies, grandfather of many. Focus: quotes from Buddhist wisdom traditions.
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Our real base is not definite.
We have nothing to hold onto.
This is the transmission in which
All things are the Bodhicitta.
It is like the reality of a dream
That we have understood.
~ Tantra on Awareness that Shines Like the Sky
We have nothing to hold onto.
This is the transmission in which
All things are the Bodhicitta.
It is like the reality of a dream
That we have understood.
~ Tantra on Awareness that Shines Like the Sky
January 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Our real base is not definite.
We have nothing to hold onto.
This is the transmission in which
All things are the Bodhicitta.
It is like the reality of a dream
That we have understood.
~ Tantra on Awareness that Shines Like the Sky
We have nothing to hold onto.
This is the transmission in which
All things are the Bodhicitta.
It is like the reality of a dream
That we have understood.
~ Tantra on Awareness that Shines Like the Sky
In the perspective of thoroughgoing conceptuality, while there is dualistic appearance, the awareness that exclusively appears as such, but is not established in duality, is called "the dependent nature." It is the basis for the arising of distortion, the imagined nature.
~ Mipham
~ Mipham
January 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM
In the perspective of thoroughgoing conceptuality, while there is dualistic appearance, the awareness that exclusively appears as such, but is not established in duality, is called "the dependent nature." It is the basis for the arising of distortion, the imagined nature.
~ Mipham
~ Mipham
There is virtue in not hearing about the past, future, and present.
The reality of the Dharma shines
But is not visible.
It is not conceptual.
It is inconceivable.
It is great wisdom!
It is not analytical.
Our awareness is our logic.
~ Tantra on the Awareness that Shines Like the Sky
The reality of the Dharma shines
But is not visible.
It is not conceptual.
It is inconceivable.
It is great wisdom!
It is not analytical.
Our awareness is our logic.
~ Tantra on the Awareness that Shines Like the Sky
January 19, 2026 at 12:54 PM
There is virtue in not hearing about the past, future, and present.
The reality of the Dharma shines
But is not visible.
It is not conceptual.
It is inconceivable.
It is great wisdom!
It is not analytical.
Our awareness is our logic.
~ Tantra on the Awareness that Shines Like the Sky
The reality of the Dharma shines
But is not visible.
It is not conceptual.
It is inconceivable.
It is great wisdom!
It is not analytical.
Our awareness is our logic.
~ Tantra on the Awareness that Shines Like the Sky
The vast matrix of mind’s nature, an unchanging skylike space,
With the creativity of luminous mind indeterminate in its display,
Governs all the lifestyles of samsara and nirvana,
The single principle of nonaction underpinning it all.
~ Longchenpa
With the creativity of luminous mind indeterminate in its display,
Governs all the lifestyles of samsara and nirvana,
The single principle of nonaction underpinning it all.
~ Longchenpa
January 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The vast matrix of mind’s nature, an unchanging skylike space,
With the creativity of luminous mind indeterminate in its display,
Governs all the lifestyles of samsara and nirvana,
The single principle of nonaction underpinning it all.
~ Longchenpa
With the creativity of luminous mind indeterminate in its display,
Governs all the lifestyles of samsara and nirvana,
The single principle of nonaction underpinning it all.
~ Longchenpa
Remain in the experience of knowing, just as it is, the exalted state of the great primordially empty and baseless nature of all phenomenal existence, everything of samsara and nirvana. Then, don’t space out externally, internally, or remain in a state of complacent indifference.
~ Sera Khandro
~ Sera Khandro
January 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Remain in the experience of knowing, just as it is, the exalted state of the great primordially empty and baseless nature of all phenomenal existence, everything of samsara and nirvana. Then, don’t space out externally, internally, or remain in a state of complacent indifference.
~ Sera Khandro
~ Sera Khandro
Unchanging, spontaneously present, and perfected as awakened mind,
everything was unwavering from the ultimate expanse.
Therein, the dynamic energy of self-existing wakefulness
was the arising of an indeterminate magical display of anything and everything.
~ Sera Khandro
everything was unwavering from the ultimate expanse.
Therein, the dynamic energy of self-existing wakefulness
was the arising of an indeterminate magical display of anything and everything.
~ Sera Khandro
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Unchanging, spontaneously present, and perfected as awakened mind,
everything was unwavering from the ultimate expanse.
Therein, the dynamic energy of self-existing wakefulness
was the arising of an indeterminate magical display of anything and everything.
~ Sera Khandro
everything was unwavering from the ultimate expanse.
Therein, the dynamic energy of self-existing wakefulness
was the arising of an indeterminate magical display of anything and everything.
~ Sera Khandro
If you don’t realize the natural lucidity of your innate nature,
beyond the mind of conceptual ideas,
then just like a mouse sleeping in a hole,
you won’t become enlightened.
So, rest spaciously in openness
without needing to keep or discard anything.
~ Sera Khandro
beyond the mind of conceptual ideas,
then just like a mouse sleeping in a hole,
you won’t become enlightened.
So, rest spaciously in openness
without needing to keep or discard anything.
~ Sera Khandro
January 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
If you don’t realize the natural lucidity of your innate nature,
beyond the mind of conceptual ideas,
then just like a mouse sleeping in a hole,
you won’t become enlightened.
So, rest spaciously in openness
without needing to keep or discard anything.
~ Sera Khandro
beyond the mind of conceptual ideas,
then just like a mouse sleeping in a hole,
you won’t become enlightened.
So, rest spaciously in openness
without needing to keep or discard anything.
~ Sera Khandro
Don’t anticipate the liberation you desire
When your mouth and eyes are wandering.
Don’t expect wordy education with no basis in realization
To be useful to you in your next life.
Don’t expect the liberation you want
To stem from knowledge without meditation.
~ Dudjom Lingpa
When your mouth and eyes are wandering.
Don’t expect wordy education with no basis in realization
To be useful to you in your next life.
Don’t expect the liberation you want
To stem from knowledge without meditation.
~ Dudjom Lingpa
January 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Don’t anticipate the liberation you desire
When your mouth and eyes are wandering.
Don’t expect wordy education with no basis in realization
To be useful to you in your next life.
Don’t expect the liberation you want
To stem from knowledge without meditation.
~ Dudjom Lingpa
When your mouth and eyes are wandering.
Don’t expect wordy education with no basis in realization
To be useful to you in your next life.
Don’t expect the liberation you want
To stem from knowledge without meditation.
~ Dudjom Lingpa
The self-originating,
Just as it is,
Is uncontrived.
Spontaneous perfection is an experience
That is not complicated.
This wisdom is not something to think about.
We are free from the motion of our ideas.
~ Tantra on the Light of Most Precious Wisdom
Just as it is,
Is uncontrived.
Spontaneous perfection is an experience
That is not complicated.
This wisdom is not something to think about.
We are free from the motion of our ideas.
~ Tantra on the Light of Most Precious Wisdom
January 11, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The self-originating,
Just as it is,
Is uncontrived.
Spontaneous perfection is an experience
That is not complicated.
This wisdom is not something to think about.
We are free from the motion of our ideas.
~ Tantra on the Light of Most Precious Wisdom
Just as it is,
Is uncontrived.
Spontaneous perfection is an experience
That is not complicated.
This wisdom is not something to think about.
We are free from the motion of our ideas.
~ Tantra on the Light of Most Precious Wisdom
So, in the nature of ultimate spaciousness,
Beyond causality, tantra’s ten techniques are redundant;
Know that the genuine nature of mind, unmotivated,
Defuses all proliferating critical discursive thought.
~ Longchen Rabjam
Beyond causality, tantra’s ten techniques are redundant;
Know that the genuine nature of mind, unmotivated,
Defuses all proliferating critical discursive thought.
~ Longchen Rabjam
January 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
So, in the nature of ultimate spaciousness,
Beyond causality, tantra’s ten techniques are redundant;
Know that the genuine nature of mind, unmotivated,
Defuses all proliferating critical discursive thought.
~ Longchen Rabjam
Beyond causality, tantra’s ten techniques are redundant;
Know that the genuine nature of mind, unmotivated,
Defuses all proliferating critical discursive thought.
~ Longchen Rabjam
It is what we mean by “essence”, analogous to the solar nucleus;
Its creativity is noncrystallizing, unceasing pure presence,
Transparent and unlimited,
Free of conceptual and critical thought,
Shining with constant clarity, free of dualistic perception.
~ Longchenpa
Its creativity is noncrystallizing, unceasing pure presence,
Transparent and unlimited,
Free of conceptual and critical thought,
Shining with constant clarity, free of dualistic perception.
~ Longchenpa
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
It is what we mean by “essence”, analogous to the solar nucleus;
Its creativity is noncrystallizing, unceasing pure presence,
Transparent and unlimited,
Free of conceptual and critical thought,
Shining with constant clarity, free of dualistic perception.
~ Longchenpa
Its creativity is noncrystallizing, unceasing pure presence,
Transparent and unlimited,
Free of conceptual and critical thought,
Shining with constant clarity, free of dualistic perception.
~ Longchenpa
The supreme view makes no call upon discriminating endeavor,
For in reality direct encounter with the essence is inescapable –
Self-sprung awareness is the nature of luminous mind.
~ Longchenpa
For in reality direct encounter with the essence is inescapable –
Self-sprung awareness is the nature of luminous mind.
~ Longchenpa
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The supreme view makes no call upon discriminating endeavor,
For in reality direct encounter with the essence is inescapable –
Self-sprung awareness is the nature of luminous mind.
~ Longchenpa
For in reality direct encounter with the essence is inescapable –
Self-sprung awareness is the nature of luminous mind.
~ Longchenpa
Without grasping at what has never existed,
rest freely in the spontaneous unfolding of whatever arises.
~ Longchenpa
rest freely in the spontaneous unfolding of whatever arises.
~ Longchenpa
January 6, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Without grasping at what has never existed,
rest freely in the spontaneous unfolding of whatever arises.
~ Longchenpa
rest freely in the spontaneous unfolding of whatever arises.
~ Longchenpa
Samsara and also nirvana
Are both without existence.
When thoroughly understanding samsara,
That itself is called nirvana.
~ The Lelag
Are both without existence.
When thoroughly understanding samsara,
That itself is called nirvana.
~ The Lelag
January 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Samsara and also nirvana
Are both without existence.
When thoroughly understanding samsara,
That itself is called nirvana.
~ The Lelag
Are both without existence.
When thoroughly understanding samsara,
That itself is called nirvana.
~ The Lelag
The way things arise is the same as before;
the crucial difference is in their release.
~ Patrul Rinpoche
the crucial difference is in their release.
~ Patrul Rinpoche
January 4, 2026 at 1:42 PM
The way things arise is the same as before;
the crucial difference is in their release.
~ Patrul Rinpoche
the crucial difference is in their release.
~ Patrul Rinpoche
According to the ultimate meaning, “wisdom” is the original space of primordial purity, and “essence” is spontaneous presence, the “vajra chain of awareness.” Thus they mean the indivisible unity of space and awareness, the ultimate realization of the Original Protector.
~ Chokgyur Lingpa
~ Chokgyur Lingpa
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
According to the ultimate meaning, “wisdom” is the original space of primordial purity, and “essence” is spontaneous presence, the “vajra chain of awareness.” Thus they mean the indivisible unity of space and awareness, the ultimate realization of the Original Protector.
~ Chokgyur Lingpa
~ Chokgyur Lingpa
Self-sprung awareness is the nature of luminous mind.
It is unnecessary desperately to search for it far afield.
Simply stay in yourself. You will find it nowhere else.
~ Longchenpa
It is unnecessary desperately to search for it far afield.
Simply stay in yourself. You will find it nowhere else.
~ Longchenpa
January 2, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Self-sprung awareness is the nature of luminous mind.
It is unnecessary desperately to search for it far afield.
Simply stay in yourself. You will find it nowhere else.
~ Longchenpa
It is unnecessary desperately to search for it far afield.
Simply stay in yourself. You will find it nowhere else.
~ Longchenpa
Forms that at their very inception are essentially empty,
Unborn but appearing to be born,
Appear, yet nothing whatsoever has been created;
Nothing crystallizes, although it may appear to do so,
And that noncrystallizing illusion is the form of emptiness.
~ Longchenpa
Unborn but appearing to be born,
Appear, yet nothing whatsoever has been created;
Nothing crystallizes, although it may appear to do so,
And that noncrystallizing illusion is the form of emptiness.
~ Longchenpa
December 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Forms that at their very inception are essentially empty,
Unborn but appearing to be born,
Appear, yet nothing whatsoever has been created;
Nothing crystallizes, although it may appear to do so,
And that noncrystallizing illusion is the form of emptiness.
~ Longchenpa
Unborn but appearing to be born,
Appear, yet nothing whatsoever has been created;
Nothing crystallizes, although it may appear to do so,
And that noncrystallizing illusion is the form of emptiness.
~ Longchenpa
You won’t find the mind by searching for it.
Mind has always been empty.
There is no need to search.
It is the very one who searches.
Simply settle, without distraction, directly into the searcher.
~ Patrul Rinpoche
Mind has always been empty.
There is no need to search.
It is the very one who searches.
Simply settle, without distraction, directly into the searcher.
~ Patrul Rinpoche
December 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
You won’t find the mind by searching for it.
Mind has always been empty.
There is no need to search.
It is the very one who searches.
Simply settle, without distraction, directly into the searcher.
~ Patrul Rinpoche
Mind has always been empty.
There is no need to search.
It is the very one who searches.
Simply settle, without distraction, directly into the searcher.
~ Patrul Rinpoche
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"And when we examine the thoughts of delusive perception, we find that since there is no individual moment of reality, there can be (NO) truly existent continuum of perception."
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"And when we examine the thoughts of delusive perception, we find that since there is no individual moment of reality, there can be (NO) truly existent continuum of perception."
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December 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
@lotsawahouse.org please check this -
"And when we examine the thoughts of delusive perception, we find that since there is no individual moment of reality, there can be (NO) truly existent continuum of perception."
www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-mast...
"And when we examine the thoughts of delusive perception, we find that since there is no individual moment of reality, there can be (NO) truly existent continuum of perception."
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Clear wisdom is a contemplation that reaches the end.
To settle one’s self in contemplation
Is primordial Buddhahood.
In the Dharmas of self-luminous awareness
We abide where we have nothing to think about.
This is the way of the true Bodhicitta.
~ Tantra on the Light of Most Precious Wisdom
To settle one’s self in contemplation
Is primordial Buddhahood.
In the Dharmas of self-luminous awareness
We abide where we have nothing to think about.
This is the way of the true Bodhicitta.
~ Tantra on the Light of Most Precious Wisdom
December 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Clear wisdom is a contemplation that reaches the end.
To settle one’s self in contemplation
Is primordial Buddhahood.
In the Dharmas of self-luminous awareness
We abide where we have nothing to think about.
This is the way of the true Bodhicitta.
~ Tantra on the Light of Most Precious Wisdom
To settle one’s self in contemplation
Is primordial Buddhahood.
In the Dharmas of self-luminous awareness
We abide where we have nothing to think about.
This is the way of the true Bodhicitta.
~ Tantra on the Light of Most Precious Wisdom
Manifold phenomena are one’s own mind.
The twofold nature of embodied beings
Dwells both outside and within
As apprehended things and that which apprehends them.
~ Gandhavyūha-sūtra
The twofold nature of embodied beings
Dwells both outside and within
As apprehended things and that which apprehends them.
~ Gandhavyūha-sūtra
December 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Manifold phenomena are one’s own mind.
The twofold nature of embodied beings
Dwells both outside and within
As apprehended things and that which apprehends them.
~ Gandhavyūha-sūtra
The twofold nature of embodied beings
Dwells both outside and within
As apprehended things and that which apprehends them.
~ Gandhavyūha-sūtra
For it is definite that the aggregates have the nature of manifold collections; they do not have the nature of single, discrete entities; and they are by nature impermanent. Aside from a self that is merely imputed on the aggregates by the mind, there is no ultimately existing self.
~ Mipham
~ Mipham
December 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
For it is definite that the aggregates have the nature of manifold collections; they do not have the nature of single, discrete entities; and they are by nature impermanent. Aside from a self that is merely imputed on the aggregates by the mind, there is no ultimately existing self.
~ Mipham
~ Mipham
Q: How do I tell the difference between my ordinary mind of thoughts and feelings and the ground?
KTDR: There is no ground.
KTDR: There is no ground.
December 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Q: How do I tell the difference between my ordinary mind of thoughts and feelings and the ground?
KTDR: There is no ground.
KTDR: There is no ground.
Finally, practicing absolute bodhicitta,
Realize that whatever arises is the display of dharmakaya,
The primordial nature, unbroken simplicity.
Without clinging, whatever arises is naturally freed.
In the great equal taste without rejecting or accepting,
Continue on.
~ Shechen Rabjam
Realize that whatever arises is the display of dharmakaya,
The primordial nature, unbroken simplicity.
Without clinging, whatever arises is naturally freed.
In the great equal taste without rejecting or accepting,
Continue on.
~ Shechen Rabjam
December 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Finally, practicing absolute bodhicitta,
Realize that whatever arises is the display of dharmakaya,
The primordial nature, unbroken simplicity.
Without clinging, whatever arises is naturally freed.
In the great equal taste without rejecting or accepting,
Continue on.
~ Shechen Rabjam
Realize that whatever arises is the display of dharmakaya,
The primordial nature, unbroken simplicity.
Without clinging, whatever arises is naturally freed.
In the great equal taste without rejecting or accepting,
Continue on.
~ Shechen Rabjam