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I’m the writer of Luminous Emptiness, a Dzogchen / Mahamudra Buddhism meditation blog which also covers Nondualism, Advaita Vedanta, Zen and more https://luminousemptiness.co.uk/
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Read my reflections on Sufi al-Hallaj: luminousemptiness.co.uk/eye-of-my-he... I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart I said: ‘Who are You?’ He said: ‘You!’ But for You, ‘where’ cannot have a place ... And in my annihilation my annihilation was annihilated and in my annihilation I found you!

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The ineffable tale of that final simple state: it’s utterly different. It can’t be weighed on a scale, can’t be whittled down. It doesn’t feel heavy and doesn’t feel light. It has no rain, no sea, no sun or shade. Read my reflections: luminousemptiness.co.uk/kabir-the-fi... #bhakti #sufism #sikhism

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Sky Empty and Luminous Sharing my reflections on Lama Shabkar's beautiful Dharma song: luminousemptiness.co.uk/sky-empty-lu... "Sky empty and luminous beyond all attachments, Remains. Me, the setting sun resplendent with light, Will not remain at all .... " #dzogchen #shabkar #buddhism #meditation

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Reflections on The Great Potency of Bodhicitta – a Dzogchen Semde Tantra luminousemptiness.co.uk/great-potenc... "All and everything emanates from me, so all and everything, whatever appears, is revealed as transmission, revelation of timelessly pure basic spaciousness ... " #dzogchen #tantra

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Reflections on Pointing Out the Nature of Mind – Dudjom Rinpoche luminousemptiness.co.uk/pointing-out... "No words can describe it No example can point to it Samsara does not make it worse Nirvana does not make it better It has never been born It has never ceased .... " #dzogchen

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Sufi Mystic Al-Hallaj’s Beautiful Poem: Stillness I thought I’d share a few reflections on a very beautiful poem by Mansur Hallaj. luminousemptiness.co.uk/reflections-... "Stillness, then silence, then random speech, Then knowledge, intoxication, annihilation; .... " #Sufism #sufi #nondualism

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In Dzogchen, what is Natural Perfection / Spontaneous Presence (Lhungrub)? luminousemptiness.co.uk/natural-perf... Read the full post with over 100 Dzogchen source quotes. "All phenomena, uncontrived and spontaneous, arise from the Natural State. Rest in this perfection without striving." #Dzogchen

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A Shower of Wisdom – A Guru Yoga of Garab Dorje luminousemptiness.co.uk/a-shower-of-... With great joy I came across this Guru Yoga of Garab Dorje. What a blessing indeed! "Āḥ! At the crown of my head, upon a lotus and moon-disc, Is the nirmāṇakāya emanation of glorious Vajrasattva ... #dzogchen

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Reflections on Ryokan’s Zen Poems – The Butterfly and the Flower: luminousemptiness.co.uk/reflections-... "Like the little stream Making its way Through the mossy crevices I, too, quietly Turn clear and transparent."

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In Dzogchen what is Primordial Purity (Kadag)? Read the blog post: luminousemptiness.co.uk/kadag-primor... Reflections and over 100 quotations from the Dzogchen source texts. "The nature of all phenomena is the great purity of the primordial ground, free from all elaborations."

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Reflections on Severing the Bardo ‘Once and for All’ - ‘Question and answer’ oral instructions of the Wisdom Ḍākinī to Tilopa luminousemptiness.co.uk/severing-the... "Tilopa! When the mind looks at mind, the ‘looker’ is mind, the ‘looked at’ is also mind. Like space gazing at space ... "

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Reflections on: Vairotsana’s Wonderful Cuckoo’s Song Of Awareness - The Six Vajra Verses of Vairotsana luminousemptiness.co.uk/cuckoos-song... "Hey, Mahasattva, Magnificent Being, listen! The nature of multiplicity is Nondual and things in themselves are pure and simple; ... read the full post:

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Natural Great Peace by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje "Rest in natural great peace This exhausted mind Beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought Like the relentless fury of pounding waves In the infinite ocean of samsāra." Read the full post at: luminousemptiness.co.uk/natural-grea...

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I want to share an extensive collection of my favourite quotes from the Dzogchen source texts on the Primordial Ground (gzhi): luminousemptiness.co.uk/dzogchen-pri... Inspired by Malcolm Smith’s Wisdom Academy course: Dzogchen: Ten Key Terms I’ve been reflecting a lot on the terms he focuses on.

submitted 116 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve been reflecting back quite a bit recently about my journey, and how I’ve taken many approaches at different times – I thought I'd share a deep dive on the Buddhist Yanas from a Dzogchen perspective: luminousemptiness.co.uk/dzogchen-gui...

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I thought I’d write a guide to The Three Statements of Garab Dorje. It’s extraordinarily concise, but in a way all of Dzogchen is contained there in essence. luminousemptiness.co.uk/guide-the-th...

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