Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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Niguma

11th C. CE

“Dakini of timeless awareness,” co-founder of the “secret lineage,” the Shangpa Kagyu school of Vajrayana Buddhism, wife and later disciple of mahasiddha Naropa, teacher to Marpa the translator; Niguma wrote 13 books basic to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and had a deep and continuing influence on the foundations and practices of Buddhism in Tibet and other countries. One of the most important and influential teachers of her time, she established a complete set of spiritual practices called the Six Yogas of Niguma that is still practiced, studied and greatly appreciated today.

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Quotes by Niguma (5 quotes)

“Like and dislike are the mind’s disease, certain to drown you in samsara’s sea.”

Chapters: 3. Weak Wishes, Strong Bones

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“Appearances, sound, and phenomena are your own mind. There are no phenomena apart from mind.”

Chapters: 25. The Mother of All Things

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“Don’t control what you experience. Just rest in how things are.”

Chapters: 57. Wu Wei

Themes: Control

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“Your own mind, uncontrived, is the body of ultimate enlightenment.”

Chapters: 32. Uncontrived Awareness

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“There is nothing to abandon or practice, no meditation or post-meditation. Just this.”

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