On December 30 we continued our discussion of of the third Mind-Essence practice from the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation part of Lesson 5 of C41(A)-The Three Principal Stages and Paths of Buddhist...
Painting of Vajrasattva Mahasattva by Zhaxi Zhuoma Much of last weeks discussion was on the process of purification and how we truly repent and the role that confession has in this process. We were reminded of the Four...
At our Lemonade Sangha Open Mike last Saturday morning we discussed the Four Opponent Forces in seeking purification. We do this instead of seeking forgiveness from an external source. There was a spirited discussion as...
The sutras say that “there can be no fault so serious that it cannot be purified by the four powers or four opponent forces.” Even Milarepa and Angulimala, who were both mass-murderers, were able to purify...