✨May the compassionate and healing energy of White Tara guide and protect us on our journey towards inner peace and well-being. 🙏🌸 #WhiteTara #ThangkaPainting #BuddhistArt #Compassion #HealingEnergy #thangka #thangkaart #buddha #buddhateachings #dhamma #prajna #wisdom #compassion #nonduality #awakening #innerself (at Nepal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqICrcOPE8E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🔱 Shiva is considered to be the first and greatest of all yogis. He is abhava (“one who is never born”), and he is always in trance, or absorbed in connection with the Divine. Because the ultimate purpose of yoga is to connect to the Divine, all of Shiva’s actions can be viewed as a yogic asana. Wishing you a blessed and joyous Mahashivratri! May Lord Shiva bring you peace and harmony in your life and may all your dreams come true! #shiva #shivaratri #karuna #om #shivashakti #spirituality #spiritualawakening #yoga #purushprakruti (at Nepal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoyE6DUheeK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🔱 Shiva is considered to be the first and greatest of all yogis. He is abhava (“one who is never born”), and he is always in trance, or absorbed in connection with the Divine. Because the ultimate purpose of yoga is to connect to the Divine, all of Shiva’s actions can be viewed as a yogic asana. Wishing you a blessed and joyous Mahashivratri! May Lord Shiva bring you peace and harmony in your life and may all your dreams come true! #shiva #shivaratri #shivashakti #om #yoga #yogi #compassion #spiritualawakening #spirituality (at Nepal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoyEUxdBpx7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🪷 “How do we purify the nadis? Purification happens only when the individual is selfless, pure, sattvic, balanced and aspires to God-realization. The nadis get impure when the ego is operating, creating desires. Purification happens through Karma yoga, service to Guru, Bhakti yoga, methods of Hatha yoga like pranayama and kriyas, meditation, positive thinking and self-inquiry. It cannot happen by force or through technique alone, or because of personal ambition or desire. So, the yoga practitioner needs to be patient and improve him or herself without expectation. There is a lot of misunderstanding about Kundalini energy as most people just want short-cuts and are only impressed by external demonstrations of supernatural powers. Our emotional mind likes to dream but not to take up the discipline to change ourselves.” #nadis #chakrahealing #selfrealization #godrealization #purification #karma #dharma #susumna #kundalini #awakening #spirituality #spiritualawakening #compassion #karuna #bodhicitta #bodhisattva #thangkapainting (at Nepal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmzwE6Ahkm5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

When we talk of ignorance, it has nothing to do with stupidity. In a way ignorance is very intelligent, but it is an intelligence that works exclusively in one direction. That is we react exclusively to our own projections instead of simply seeing what is there. ~ Chogyam Trungpa Shared by Olga 💎🌹 #wheeloflife #thangka #thanka #thangkaart #thangkapainting #buddha #buddhism #spirituality #bodhidharma #bodhicitta #riduk #bhavchakra #buddhaart #buddhateachings #ommanipemehung #chenrezig (at Nepal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CleeoJbhIcY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Signs of Success 🪷 "The best signs of success are a decreasing of self-centeredness and the easing of mental afflictions." Lha-je Gampopa From the book: The Instructions Of Gampopa: A Precious Garland Of The Supreme Path (at Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClKGER5Blz_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

★★★★★ 5 Star Review ——————————————— • @johnnarayan.yog - shopping for Thanka paintings for the studio - with the tremendous help of Bibek (L in first picture) and Yunik (R) - at the mesmerising @luckythanka in Thamel, Khatmandu - the intricacy of the work and the apparent control needed for regularity of form is truly something at which to marvel - #thanka #thangka #tangka #tanka #omnamanarayan #buddhism #buddhaart #buddhapainting #spiritual #mandala #mandalaart #mandalapainting #bodhisattva (at Thamel Kathmandu) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkpQstaPTc9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🐍 “Kundalini is not felt because it is rising; kundalini is only felt if you do not have a very clear passage. If the passage is completely clear-cut, then the energy flows, but you cannot feel it. You feel it when there is something there that resists the flow. If the energy flows upward and you have blocks in the passage, only then do you feel it. So the person who feels more kundalini is really blocked: there are many blocks in the passage, so the kundalini cannot flow.” -Osho #kundalini #painting #art #spiritual #spiritualawakening #spirituality #om #sound #vibration #sounhealing #buddha (at Kathmandu, Nepal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjo6q0nIcRf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

HUGGING MEDITATION Hugging meditation is something to practice with people you love and trust, particularly if you have been upset with each other. To begin, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and visualize yourself and your beloved three hundred years from now. Then, open your arms and hug your loved one. If we can see the impermanent nature of our self and our loved one, we can realize how precious every moment is that we have together. We won’t want to waste our time together by being angry and hurting each other. When you hug someone, first practice breathing in and breathing out to bring to life your insight of impermanence. “Breathing in, I know that life is precious in this moment. Breathing out, I cherish this moment of life.” You smile at the person in front of you, expressing your desire to hold him or her in your arms. This is a practice and a ritual. When you bring your body and mind together to produce your total presence, full of life, it is a ritual. You hold the other person in your arms gently, and breathe in and out three times, cherishing the other person’s presence. Then you separate and smile to each other again - a smile of gratitude and love.~ ~Thich Nhat Hanh, in “How to Fight” art: Alex Grey #meditation #hugging #compassion #empathy #love #karuna #bodhichitta #spirituality #spiritualawakening #arts #thangka #buddha #buddhism #buddhism (at Singapore City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjW0PbAP19U/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Shakyamuni is often shown touching the earth with his right hand, a reminder of the moment of his awakening when he called the earth as witness to his achievement. 🪷 Tap to View the Shop 🪷 #thangka #shakyamunibuddha #shakyamuni #nepalthangka #buddha #buddhism #buddhist #buddhapainting #buddhaart #karmagadri #dhamma #bodhisattva #compassion #meditation #spiritualawakening (at Vietnam) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjK5HRnMPmv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The blueprint that we use to separate, isolate and identify aspects of the mind and the dominant emotions are the six realms of the Wheel Of Life. This, as you very well know, is composed of the realms of the Gods and the Demonic Anti-Gods, the Human realm - these three comprise the upper realms - and then the Animal realm, the realm of Pretas, the hungry ghosts - and the Hell realms comprise the lower realms. These six realms, this tabulation, encompasses all our potential, in terms of emotion and confusion and varying mind states. We can stretch the limits of the realms, or find cusps between them, in order to identify the intermediate spaces where the various emotions are mixed up. In order to define, to focus and define, our various emotions, in order to know who we are, and what we are made of, we can see all experience reflected in these six realms of the Wheel Of Life. If we want to know what is going on in our mind, look into the mirror like Wheel Of Life and label what we find accordingly. Dzogchen Khorde Rushen. Keith Dowman. #wheeloflife #riduk #chakraoflife #thangka #thangkapainting #bodhisattva #yama #bodhidharma #enlightenment #spirituality #samsara #nirvana #thangkaart (at Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjCJ5XbI5rj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

✨ Happy Ghatasthapana to all ✨ May this Ghatasthapana put an end to all the negativities that surround you and leave you with happiness and smiles. Happy Ghatasthapana 2022. #ghatasthapana #dashain #arts #nepalifestival #vijayadashami (at Kathmandu, Nepal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci9nd2Usjp0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing. My religion is to live - and die - without regret. If you realize the Emptiness of All Things, Compassion will raise within your heart; If you lose all differentiation between yourselves and others, you will be fit to serve others. And when in serving others you shall win success, then shall you meet with me; And finding me, you shall attain to Buddhahood. Songs of Milarepa #thangka #thangkapainting #thangkaart #thangkapaintings #milarepa #paubha #bodhi #spiritualgrowth #dhamma #karuna #prajna #buddha #buddhism #buddhist #vajrayana (at Boudha) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci1Q51Rom8Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Let’s reflect on what gives meaning to our lives, and set our priorities on the basis of that. We need to be positive. We weren't born to cause trouble or to do harm to others. For life to be of value, we must develop basic good human qualities - warmth, kindness, compassion. ~ The Dalai Lama #avalokiteshvara #thangka #thangkapainting #thangkaart #avalokitesvara #불교 Buddhism #手工的 #handmade #唐卡 #thangka #唐卡画 #thangkas #bodhisattva #mandala #mandaladecor (at Boudha) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChpMdxevuM-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It is necessary to learn that you are worthy of being loved. The Buddha put it quite simply: "You can search the whole tenfold universe and not find a single being more worthy of love and compassion than the one seated here—yourself." Self-compassion and self-forgiveness are not weaknesses, but the roots of our courage and magnanimity. Sometimes compassion for ourselves and others seems hard to find. But even if you lose touch with these feelings during your most intense suffering, compassion is an essential part of our true nature. In fact, it is in this self-compassion and self-love that you find the strength to carry a lamp through your darkest nights. And it is by first practicing self-compassion that you find not only a way to hold your own struggles and sorrows in your heart—but through them you learn how to connect with the sufferings and sorrows of all those around. ~ Jack Kornfield Buddha’s Wisdom #wisdom #compassion #dhamma #buddha #bodhisattva #enlightenment #spiritualgrowth #thangka #art #paintings (at Nepal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chlgy5oPpAs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.” “Nonsense,” said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be?” The second said, “I don’t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat with our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can’t understand now.” The first replied, “That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need. But the umbilical cord is so short. Life after delivery is to be logically excluded.” The second insisted, “Well, I think there is something and maybe it’s different than it is here. Maybe we won’t need this physical cord anymore.” The first replied, “Nonsense. And moreover, if there is life, then why has no one ever come back from there? Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery, there is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes us nowhere.” “Well, I don’t know,” said the second, “but certainly we will meet Mother and she will take care of us.” The first replied, “Mother? You actually believe in Mother? That’s laughable. If Mother exists, then where is She now?” The second said, “She is all around us. We are surrounded by Her. We are of Her. It is in Her that we live. Without Her, this world would not and could not exist.” Said the first: “Well, I don’t see Her, so it is only logical that She doesn’t exist.” To which the second replied, "Sometimes, when you’re in silence and you focus and listen, you can perceive Her presence, and you can hear Her loving voice, calling down from above." ~ Útmutató a Léleknek #buddha #compassion #mother #enlightenment #love #dhamma #chenrezig #ommanipadmehum #baby #motherlove #buddhism #medicinebuddha #omtaretuttareturesoha #greentara (at Kathmandu, Nepal) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChMY0NGsFPW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

One can see twin symbol of Sun and Moon being placed on the steeple of stupa (most of the Chorten) which represents wisdom and methods. Other than that, it appears that the stupa (chorten) architecture of those eras had given so much of significance to Sun (star) and Moon (satellite) because of its significant influences on our human system. The importance of Moon is that our body behaves differently at different phases of moon and reproductive process in women are directly connected to moon’s cycle. All life on this planet is solar powered. Without Sun, life is near impossible. Kudos to those architectures (enlightened beings). #stupa #enlightenment #dhamma #buddha #buddhism #buddhist #thangka #불교 #唐卡 #karuna #bodhicitta #shakyamunibuddha (at Kathmandu, Nepal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg5rCNDIaLy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=