to discover Buddha in your heart!
in the land of the free. New beginnings and hopes for the future in the the Hudson Valley. Oh, the fun of biking on the New Paltz trails at the foot of the Gunks! Is it pure luck? The right place and time? Merit? Karmic propensities, Emulate, relax, surrender… Noticing life instead of my reaction to it. The Middle Path. Mahamudra. Everything is perfect as it is. connections, aspirations?
Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha…
Om Muni Muni Mahamuni Shakyamuniye Svaha…
Every idea about yourself is a drag, Only “a nobody” gets to heaven. Have I opened my heart enough to love, to serve, to nurture - Everyone, with a “choiceless awareness”? Nicholas, the Miracle Worker, winked at me from the icon on a tour of old churches in the Golden Ring of Russia. And later blessed my heart and home as a step-father to my daughters and the best life partner. Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha … I felt at odds with my roots in Russia, But happy to tend to my flower garden And cook up my magic In the woods of the “melting pot”.
Peeling o layers of ego. Cutting through illusion. May I benefit countless beings with my body, speech and mind. “The highest truth is the highest bliss.” The pride of a mom, watching her daughters perform on the stage of the Saint Petersburg Imperial Mikhailovsky theater - larger than my own dreams! Carry your intentions with your breath. Enlightenment is being in love with the whole world! After many failed attempts to cross the Atlantic, We reunited with my mom
Bhakti, Karma, Jnyana, Vajra yoga.
Which path is mine?
“You’re not a Buddha while you call yourself a Buddhist” Tara Brach, Ram Das, Michael Singer. Teyata Om Gate Gate Paragate
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