#tilopa

[kamala-laxman]

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest. Tilopa

[mountain-sage]

"If you can maintain awareness in the states of agitation and meditative equipoise, the pollution of disturbing thoughts will clear automatically, just like a pond that is left undisturbed. Do not consider certain mental experiences as good and worth cultivating and other experiences as hindrances that need to be abandoned. If you can develop this attitude, your mind will gradually be emptied of its unconscious contents: The karmic traces and dispositions and all the obscurations." ~ Tilopa

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Image: "Milarepa, the One Who Harkened", Nicholas Roerich

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“No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.”

~Tilopa

[Thanks Ian Sanders]

[infinitedonut]

"Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come." - Tilopa

[yogiurban]

Nicholas Flamel

Alchemy & the Philosopher’s Stone

"The secrets of alchemy exist to transform not just lead into gold, but the human soul into divinity."

"Nature begets nature, nature contains nature, nature overcomes nature." (An alchemical maxim often linked to Flamel’s teachings.)

"The greatest treasure is not material gold, but the gold of wisdom and eternal life."

On Knowledge & Secrecy

"The book of Abraham the Jew revealed to me the mysteries I had sought all my life—but only to those with eyes to see." (Referencing Flamel’s supposed discovery of an ancient alchemical text.)

"True knowledge is hidden in symbols, for the unworthy would misuse it."

"The Philosopher’s Stone is not a thing, but a process—the perfection of matter and spirit."

On Immortality & Spiritual Transformation

"He who possesses the secret of the Stone shall never taste of death."

"To live long is nothing; to live wisely is everything."

"The alchemist’s fire burns away impurities, leaving only the pure essence of the soul."

Mystical & Esoteric Wisdom

"As above, so below—the macrocosm and microcosm are one." (A Hermetic principle tied to alchemy.)

"The path to the Stone is written in the stars, the earth, and the human heart."

"Gold is born in the furnace of patience and the crucible of time."

Legacy & Influence

Though Flamel was a real historical figure (a 14th-century scribe and bookseller), his later myth as an immortal alchemist comes from legends. Some say he and his wife, Perenelle, achieved immortality through the Philosopher’s Stone.

Nicolas Flamel was a French écrivain public, a draftsman of public documents such as contracts, letters, agreements and requests. He and his wife also ran a school that taught this trade. 

Born: 1330, Pontoise, France

Died: March 22, 1418 (age 88 years), Paris, France

[mahayanapilgrim]

"Child, it is not by appearances that you are bound, but by craving."

~Tilopa

[eelhound]

"In the Tibetan tradition, there is a well-known pith instruction spoken by the Indian master Tilopa to his disciple Naropa. He said,

The mind is not bound by appearances.

The mind is bound by grasping.

O Naropa, cut through grasping."

- Willa Blythe Baker, from "The Opposite of Attachment Is Intimacy." Lion's Roar, 31 August 2021.

[notasfilosoficas]

"Quien se aferra a la mente, no ve la verdad de lo que está más allá de la mente.

Quien se esfuerza en practicar el dharma, no encuentra la verdad que está más allá de la práctica.

Para conocer lo que está más allá de ambas, mente y práctica, uno debe cortar de raíz la mente y observarlo todo en total desnudez.

De esta forma, uno deja de lado toda distinción y permanece tranquilo"

Tilopa

Tilopa fue un gurú nacido en Bengala hoy Bangladesh en el año 988 de nuestra era. Llevó sus enseñanzas tántricas desde la India hasta el Tibet y se le atribuye el desarrollo de la doctrina mahamudra o método budista que conduce a la naturaleza propia de la mente estabilizada, no dual y sin apego.

Reconocido como fundador de una de las seis escuelas del Budismo Tibetano el denominado linaje Kagyu.

De acuerdo con algunas fuentes Tilopa nació en una familia real, la cual abandonó para adoptar una existencia errante de mendigo, recibiendo enseñanzas de diversos gurús a lo largo de su vida.

De acuerdo con una leyenda, se dice que recibió las enseñanzas del mahamudra directamente del Buda Vajradhara.

Se cuenta que Tilopa le dió seis consejos a su discípulo Naropa los cuales hablan de la mente liberada carente de tiempo, sin apegos ni juicios, como un medio para alcanzar el estado de Buda.

“Deja ir lo que ya pasó”, “Deja ir lo que pueda pasar”, “Deja ir lo que sucede ahora”, “No trates de interpretar nada”, “No trates de hacer que algo suceda”, “Relájate ahora y descansa”.

[bobowhipsblog]

https://www.thangkapaintings.com/tilopa-thangka.html

Tilopa was an Indian Buddhist monk in the tantric Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

988 - 1069

(Wikipedia)

[chodpa]

Severing the Bardo ‘Once and for All’ - ‘Question and answer’ oral instructions of the Wisdom Ḍākinī to Tilopa

Tilopa asked the wisdom Ḍākinī: what is awakening [Buddha]? The wisdom Ḍākinī responded: Tilopa! When the mind looks at mind, the ‘looker’ is mind, the ‘looked at’ is also mind. Like space gazing at space, both the ‘gazer’ and the ‘gazed at’, are naturally dissolved in purity.

What a truly wonderful teaching! When I first read it I felt the presence of the Dakini and Tilopa, as if I was there as it unfolded. What a marvelous display this nature of mind conjures up.

When Tilopa asks what is awakening, what is this Buddha state, the wisdom Dakini’s answer is so clear and direct. When you search for this nature of mind, this Rigpa, what is searching? Look at this that searches, and what is the nature of this looking, this looker? Don’t look with attention, that aspect of mind which focuses like a laser light, which looks one dharma at a time, and knows things conceptually. Instead, relax back into the spacious awareness, that which holds all simultaneously, which does not differentiate between them, and allow yourself to see from this wide open awareness that which searches for mind. Then know this that looks at mind, allow yourself to ‘see’ this that looks.

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You can read the full post for free including the full teaching of the Wisdom Dakini’s Oral Instructions on the Bardo to Tilopa at my Luminous Emptiness blog:

https://luminousemptiness.co.uk/severing-the-bardo-once-and-for-all/

[nicksalius]

Un'oscurità di secoli

La seguente frase di Tilopa, un antico saggio buddhista, tratta dal “Canto di Mahamudra”, è profondamente simbolica e ricca di significato spirituale. Leggiamola in dettaglio: “Un’oscurità di secoli non può impedire al sole di emettere luce; i lunghi eoni del ciclo di nascita e morte non possono mai nascondere la brillante luce della mente.” Continue reading Un’oscurità di secoli

[kamala-laxman]

No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself. - Tilopa

[mountain-sage]

The Truth Which Is Natural to Awareness

Obsessive use of meditative disciplines or perennial study of scripture and philosophy will never bring forth this wonderful realization, this truth which is natural to awareness, because the mind that desperately desires to reach another realm or level of experience inadvertently ignores the basic light that constitutes all experience.

~ Mahasiddha Tilopa

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

"At first a yogi feels his mind Is tumbling like a waterfall; In mid-course, like the Ganges It flows on slow and gentle; In the end, it is a great Vast ocean, where the Lights Of Son and Mother merge in one."

~ Tilopa

[Ian Sanders]

[underground-hip-hop-affiliated]

[yogiurban]

Mabel Collins (1851–1927) was a British theosophist, occultist, and author known for her esoteric writings and collaboration with Helena Blavatsky. She wrote several influential spiritual and mystical works, including the famous "Light on the Path" (1885), a profound guide for spiritual seekers.

Here are some of her most powerful quotes:

On Spiritual Growth & the Path

"Before the eyes can see, they must be incapable of tears. Before the ear can hear, it must have lost its sensitiveness. Before the voice can speak in the presence of the Masters, it must have lost the power to wound." (Light on the Path)

"For when the disciple is ready, the Master is ready also." (Light on the Path)

"The first step is to look inward, the second is to look outward, but the third is to see the unity of all things."

On Karma & Destiny

"Karma is the law of cause and effect, but it is also the law of opportunity."

"No man can escape his destiny, but he can rise above it by mastering himself."

"You are the creator of your own fate; bind yourself to nothing, and you shall be free."

On Illusion & Truth

"The world is a mirror, and what you see in it is your own reflection."

"Truth is not found in books, but in the silence of the soul."

"Maya (illusion) is strong, but the light of the spirit is stronger."

On Theosophy & Occult Wisdom

"Theosophy is not a belief, but a path of knowledge—direct, personal, and transformative."

"The occult is not hidden from men; men hide themselves from the occult."

"The true Mysteries cannot be taught; they must be experienced."

On Love & Compassion

"Love is the highest form of wisdom, and wisdom is the purest form of love."

"To love is to understand; to understand is to forgive; to forgive is to be free."

"The heart that loves all beings equally has entered the path of the Masters."

Mabel Collins' writings, especially Light on the Path, remain essential reading in Theosophy and Western esotericism. Her insights into karma, self-mastery, and the seeker’s journey continue to inspire spiritual aspirants today.