Entries by Fedor Stracke

Paramita Versus Perfection

The actions of bodhisattvas refers to the six perfections, i.e., the six paramitas of generosity, etc.. Paramita is the Sanskrit word generally translated as perfection, but literally it means having gone to the other side. The other side is enlighenment, which is a state free from obscuration, and to reach it one needs the realization […]

Application of the Antidote Versus Watching the Mind

ā˜ž My general experience is the judging oneself does not counteract the affliction, and often leads to the ā€œguilty chocolateā€ syndrome. What is necessary is a true repudiation of the affliction, a clean clear mind of renunciation. Perhaps one more point: The ā€œbeing patientā€ with afflictions, and not identifying them as the enemy, is identified […]

Bodhisattva Maitreya on Dedication

8000 Line Wisdom Gone Beyond Sutra, Chapter 6: Perfect dedication (270 – 346) The bodhisattva Jampa says to Subuti: “The mind that is the mind which dedicates perfectly, its suchness is this; the phenomena that are the phenomena which are dedicated perfectly, their suchness is this; the phenomena that are the phenomena for which one […]

Symptoms of Dharma Practice

Dharma practice meansĀ to look into ones mind. If one has not yet experienced beingĀ truly worried by what one sees there, One has not yet practiced the dharma.