Lying for Israel...and getting called out

Dan Bilzerian (Beyond the Ballot) taking down Zionist Patrick Bet-David's lies about Palestine

(Katie Halper) Super Zionist CBS News Boss Bari Weiss works for Trump

We have THE LIST! Israeli Hills 90210

EPSTEIN VICTIMS: We have The List!

(Kim Iversen) Sept. 3, 2025: A full court press took place in Washington DC today as victims of Jeffrey Epstein spoke out.

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• Guest Host Wisty Winston, Kurt Metzger (The Jimmy Dore Show); Kim Iversen, Release the Epstein Files, Sept. 3, 2025; Pfc. Sandoval, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Israel's pedo US operation: FBI sting

(The Jimmy Dore Show) Jewish Zionist US attorney LIED about letting Israeli child predator operating in Las Vegas FLEE to Israel

• Sigal Chattah

Israeli-born acting US Atty for NV Sigal Chattah

Sigal Chattah is Israeli-born [Jewish-Zionist] American attorney and US politician currently serving as the interim United States Attorney for the District of Nevada since 2025. She was the [Israel First] Republican nominee in the 2022 Nevada Attorney General election, where she was defeated by incumbent Democrat Aaron D. Ford. Prior to her candidacy, she was an attorney known for leading legal efforts for churches during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada.

• Israeli-born acting U.S. Attorney for Nevada declines to prosecute Israeli arrested in Las Vegas child predator sting, passing case to local D.A.

Part 5: Jeffrey Epstein: Hiding in Israel?

I know Bibi. I work for IL. Can I go?

(NJ Criminal Podcast) Premiered Aug 19, 2025: NJ Criminal Podcast. Tom (of NJ Criminal Podcast) the producer continues to find appalling information on #JeffreyEpstein, focusing on recent developments, including the #LasVegas arrest of top Israeli official Tom Alexandrovich, a high-ranking Israeli #cybersecurity official, for predatory behavior towards minor children.

• Next episode: 🚨 • Part 6: Jeffrey Epstein: L'Chaim Las Vegas!

The discussion highlights patterns of individuals fleeing to Israel to evade justice, the implications of Israeli citizenship laws, and the intersection of intelligence agencies and legal loopholes that allow such behavior to persist.

The conversation concludes with reflections on the potential future of the case and the broader implications for #justice.

Is this part of Judaism, Jewish supremacy?

(Signal Before Silence) E12: Disturbing Jewish scriptures ✡

Exposing Israel pedophiles

EXPOSED: Israeli pedophile and cybersecurity official

cover up is darker than you thought | The Kyle Kulinski Show

Takeaways

• The Epstein scandal continues to reveal new layers of predatory behavior.
• Recent arrests highlight a troubling pattern of evasion of justice.
• Israeli citizenship laws are exploited by fugitives to avoid prosecution.
• Israeli Tom Alexandrovich's case exemplifies the ongoing issues within the justice system.
• There are numerous cases of pedophiles returning to Israel and reoffending.
• The law of return grants instant citizenship, complicating extradition efforts.
• Epstein's own flight to Israel post-conviction raises serious questions.
• American intelligence agencies may be aware of these individuals yet take no action.
• The comfort level of offenders in the U.S. is alarming given their backgrounds.
• The conversation underscores the need for systemic change in handling such cases.
• Jimmy Dore; Tom, NJ Crime Podcast, Aug. 19, 2025; Ana Kasparian, Cen Uyghur, The Young Turks, Aug. 2025; Kyle Kulinski; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Is Alan Watts a shamanic madman?

The Mystical Experience - Alan Watts

Alan Watts: A Short Biography

(IVLIAN MCMXCVI) The famous Western philosopher Alan Watts is a legend of the 20th century. An illustrious mind that influenced the conjunction of Eastern and Western ways of life, Watts brings his profound message to a generation of hippies through his legacies, actions taken during his life and his wise thoughts recorded by Pacifica Free Speech Radio (KPFA and KPFK) and KQED TV.

This short biography is about the existence of a happy man, a father and a teacher. His life may be an example for us, for those that want to achieve serenity and true calm. Whether we live up to the idealism of what he discusses, we are at least given insight into how other parts of the world view the world and why the West was won over by the East and its ideas.

This film was created for educational purposes and is not intended for commercial means. Credits to the composer Eugen Doga for his beautiful song "I loved it."  Please subscribe to channel and share the film to popularize such types of knowledge and further help other people to achieve understanding. Subscribe and like if you enjoyed the video. Thanks! Join: Instagram: modus_accessio #alanwatts #philosophy #enlightenment

• Aldous Huxley: A Short Biography
• IVLIAN MCMXCVI, Jan. 24, 2019; Pat Machpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Hinduism: Is universe a simulation?

Is the universe (this part of the multiverse) really a Simulation? Parallels Hinduism (and implicitly Mahayana Buddhism) vs. Modern Science

Was Mecca once a Hindu temple? The evidence (Hindu Harry Sahota)

Gnosticism: Cosmic Buddha-Messiahs

The Essene Gnostic Yeshu (Jesus Christ, Saint Issa), Redeemer?

The Buddha-to-come: the Maitreya ("Friend") Buddha, the Messiah

Cosmic Conspiracy: Gnostic Cosmology of the Buddha-Messiahs

Christic Mysteries (A. Russell)

(Amor Russell - Gnostic Revelation Mysteries) My book, the Illumined Gospel, is available on Amazon: The Illumined Gospel: A Gnostic Revelation of the Christic Mysteries.

The best book on the historical teachings of the real Jesus (Yeshu) and the mystic inner teachings is this one: amazon.com/Gospel-Jesus-O...

• Amor Russell, Dec. 31, 2023; Pat Macpherson, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

What about Her? The Gospel of Mary (video)

Let's Talk Religion, April 7, 2023; Dr. Elaine Pagels, host Derek Lambert, Mythvision, 3/32/22; Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The Gospel of Mary: A Lost Gnostic Text?

(Let's Talk Religion) Easter is approaching, so let's look at one of the most interesting non-canonical texts from the early development of Christianity.

What does the great Princeton Prof. Elaine Pagels say about this gospel?

• VIDEO: The Lost Gospel where Mary Magdalene was the heroic one | The Gospel of Mary

Sources/Suggested Readings

• Asgeirsson, Jon (2005). "Thomasine Traditions in Antiquity: The Social and Cultural World of the Gospel of Thomas," Brill. Brakke, David (2012).
• "Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity," Harvard University Press. Brock, Ann Graham (2003).
• Mary Magdalene, The First Apostle: The Struggle for Authority," Harvard Divinity School.
• de Boer, Esther A. (2005). "The Gospel of Mary: Listening to the Beloved Disciple," Continuum. King, Karen L. (2003).
• "What is Gnosticism?" Harvard University Press. King, Karen L. (2003).
• "The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the first woman apostle," Polebridge Press. Tuckett, Christopher (2019).
• "The Gospel of Mary," Oxford University Press. Van den Broek, Roelof (2013).
• "Gnostic Religion in Antiquity," Cambridge University Press. Meyer, Marvin (ed.) (2009).
• "The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts Complete in One Volume," HarperOne.

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The Gospel of Mary Magdalene: Dr. Elaine Pagels

I was not a prostitute nor white. I was his fave.

(MythVision Podcast) March 31, 2022: Let's dive deep into the enigmatic and often misunderstood Gospel of Mary Magdalene with renowned scholar Dr. Elaine Pagels (elaine-pagels.com). In an episode that promises to challenge traditional narratives, Dr. Pagels sheds light on the mysterious texts that reveal a different side of one of Christianity's most fascinating figures. What secrets does the Gospel of Mary Magdalene hold? How does it challenge our understanding of early Christian traditions and the role of women in the church? Join us as Dr. Pagels unravels centuries of misinterpretations and rediscoveries, offering a fresh perspective on Mary Magdalene's influence and legacy. This episode is not just a discussion; it's an exploration into the shadows of early Christian history, where forgotten stories and voices emerge into the light. Prepare to be captivated by the revelations and insights that Dr. Pagels brings to this gripping conversation, only on MythVision. #MythVision #Gnostic #ElainePagels

Zionist Jews are worst RACISTS, says Jew

Miko Peled with Host Paul Jay, Reality Asserts Itself, The Real News Network, 12/12/16; Sheldon S., Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The Jewish general's son: From privileged Zionist Jew to activist for Palestinian rights

(The Real News Network) On Reality Asserts Itself (RAI), Jewish Miko Peled tells Paul Jay that he's come to understand about the Israeli occupation and apartheid of Palestinian lands.

"Conspiracy theories" against Jews or just coincidences or something rotten about Israel?

"Hurt people hurt people" - victims of racism sometimes become worst perpetrators of it.

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Orthodox Jews reject Israel.

It did not begin in 1948. That is when it culminated. Peled broke with the liberal Zionist belief in the "secularization of the Bible."

The Bible is not a history book, its biblical figures are not historical figures, and tracing some imagined lineage from the ancient Middle East to modern Europe (Ashkenazi racism) for the purpose of saying, "We own this land" is the racist mission -- not actually sanctioned by the British, as many have been led to believe, because its Balfour Agreement states that the people already living on the land, the "Palestinians" and their land, will be respected --  of inventing a "Jewish state" on top of other peoples' heads even if that means exterminating them like "vermin," a Nazi (and Trumpian) sentiment due to Hitler's rhetoric.

Those people are called "Palestinians," which racist Zionist Jews say, "are not a people and have never been a people and will never be allowed to be a people...because only 'Jews' are actual people."

Peled says BDS (the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Israel movement) is an effective strategy that should be supported by all caring people around the world, other than Zionists, who should view it as an existential threat to their genocidal project in Palestine.

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Blaming "Jews" for everything bad, when many Ultra-Orthodox have lived at peace alongside Muslims, Arabs, and Christians for centuries until European Jews (the Ashkenazim) arrived.

Let's get to know the Jews

I will be dictator one day. The CIA promised me.

It's doubtful there are even 1 million American Jews, much less 7 million, a number we have never heard, which would mean there are more Jews in the U.S. than in all of Israel. Jews are a minority in Israel, which is why a constitution cannot be ratified, a legal state declared, and an actual functioning democracy established: If it were, Jews would be in the minority. Few Jews want to move to this Zionist settler colonial project of perpetual war, forced enlistment, and genocide and ethnic cleansing, apartheid and illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine (e.g., in the West Bank), and constant state spying and oppression involuntary detention without charge, torture, and murder with impunity. Israel has to keep lying, because if people knew the truth, the whole colonial project might fall apart.

Alan Watts: mixing Hinduism and Buddhism

Alan Watts (alanwatts.org) "Out of Your Mind," Essential Listening with Alan Watts, Session 10 (SoundsTrue.com) via Eye 1; Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly]

Alan Watts is on KPFK radio every week.

Mahayana Buddhism, the larger (~90% of Buddhists) of the two dominant schools nowadays, was chewed up by Brahmin priests. They made the new revolutionary teachings of Shakyamuni (the "Sage of the Scythians") that were displacing their religion into something they could tolerate, something that did not differ from their texts.

L.A. Pacifica Radio Archive: Alan Watts

That old philosophy, the Brahminical religion (Brahmanism) they inherited from the ancient Vedas was not to be overthrown. They had to subvert the Buddha's teaching to do it. What they taught was called the Sanatan Dharma, the Eternal Teachings. Shakyamuni taught the Buddha Dharma, which radically departed with some of the core assumptions of the old views. Here spiritual entertainer Alan Watts looks at the mix.

The same Vedic Hindu ideas spread everywhere.

Theravada Buddhism (~10%) rejects many Hindu/Mahayana concepts in favor of what the historical Buddha actually taught. But the whole world normally only ever hears the Hindu/Mahayana version, which is found in many religions including Christianity and Islam. What the Buddha Taught is just too radical for people to fathom.

So the chance for enlightenment (awakening) is lost. And all religions end up saying the same thing, as if all paths led to the same goal. But the Buddha's goal was nothing short of nirvana, and that is not the same as heaven, Hindu or Jain moksha, or what other religions call salvation.

I'm enlightened! I'm enlightened? (A. Greene)

Alana Greene, Oct. 30, 2016; Editors, Wisdom Quarterly


Spiritual Awakening: WTF is happening to me? Part 1

This is a video about my awakening and what I have experienced so far along my own personal journey [to enlightenment]. I hope this video can help out anyone going through this same thing. I apologize that it's a little longer than I intended. I just really wanted to speak from the heart. You're not alone. I love you [well not all of you, but some of you, not the WQ trolls or people like that].

- Blessings, XO

Alana Greene

• 432 Hz meditation/sleep music
• Victor Oddo
• Infinite Waters/Ralph
• "Awakening.net"
• Slide in my DMS... Twitter: @AlanaGreene SnapChat: LOAqueen
• Spiritual Awakening Part 2: Elaborating on the SYMPTOMS I've experienced in my journey so far

Floating in meditation

Dhr. Seven, Kelly Yanni, Crystal Quintero, Wisdom Quarterly; Mara Carrico (YogaJournal.com)

Levitation: "Escape Artist (Green and Red)" by Sam Taylor Johnson (artsy.net)

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Meditation in flight gets a meditator high

(WQ) Sometimes when you close your eyes, you get a pleasant floating sensation, a kind of levitation or lightness, the uplift of joy and rapture. It does not always happen, and one need not cling to it and miss it when it fails to appear. It is just transient phenomena. It may feel like the head or consciousness is expanding in the universe, in space, in distant celestial worlds. Neither cling nor set up expectations that will surely disappoint and perhaps ruin one's practice. Stay "mindful" (dispassionately observant, acting as the witness of the mind and emotions rather than as the architect or actor). Meditation is about letting go, so to cling to a good feeling in meditation would be to learn a means of escape and then cling to the means without actually escaping.

 
What Is Meditation?
Mara Carrico (YogaJournal.com) edited by Wisdom Quarterly

An exquisite methodology exists within the yoga tradition that is designed to reveal the interconnectedness of every thing.

This fundamental unity (nonduality) is referred to as advaita in Hinduism. Meditation can be the actual experience of this union.

 

In The Yoga Sutras (better described as aphorisms), Patanjali gives instructions on how to meditate and describes what factors constitute a meditation practice.
 

The second sutra (not a discourse but one line, one sentence, one saying) in the first chapter states that yoga (union) happens when the mind becomes quiet. This mental stillness is created by bringing the body, mind, and senses into balance which, in turn, relaxes the nervous system.
 

Patanjali goes on to explain that meditation begins when we discover that our never-ending quest to possess things and our continual craving for pleasure and security can never be satisfied. When we finally realize this, our external quest turns inward, and we have shifted into the realm of meditation.
 

Is it? Does meditation feed our craving?

By English dictionary definition meditation (a poor catchall translation of various Sanskrit terms) means "to reflect upon, ponder, or contemplate, to revolve in mind." Most initial meditation is not about thinking or pondering.

It is instead about mindfully experiencing. That is to say, one silently watches, remains unbiased, unmoved, calm, dispassionate rather than doing what we usually do, which is to take everything as personal, as self, as ego.

• Ultimately speaking, things are impersonal. What things?

It can also denote a devotional exercise of contemplation or a contemplative discourse of a religious or philosophical nature. The English word "meditate" comes from the Latin meditari, which means to think about or consider [to revolve in mind or intellect].
 

Med is the root of this word and means "to take appropriate measures." In our culture, to meditate can be interpreted several ways. For instance, you might meditate on or consider a course of action... More

• American Buddhist monastics explain meditation details
• Hiking in Nepal to Mt. Everest Base Camp with REI
• Unlimited Yoga for 30 days (Yoga International)
• Kundalini Yoga (kundinyasa.com)

The Dharma vs. Non-duality (Bhikkhu Bodhi)

Bhikkhu Bodhi, "Dhamma and Non-duality" [or The Buddha's Teaching vs. a Hindu Teaching] edited by Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly

The Buddha's transcendental message of freedom is profound, subtle, hard to see.

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One of the most challenging issues facing Theravada Buddhism in recent years has been the encounter between classic Theravada "insight meditation" (vipassana) and the "non-dualistic" contemplative traditions best represented by Hinduism's Advaita Vedanta and [its philosophical descendant] Mahayana Buddhism.

 

Responses to this encounter have spanned the extremes, ranging from vehement confrontation to attempts at synthesis and hybridization. While this essay cannot pretend to illuminate all of the intricate and subtle problems involved in this volatile dialogue, it is meant to contribute some light from a canonical Theravada perspective.

 

A system of meditative practice does not constitute a self-contained discipline. An authentic system is embedded within a conceptual matrix that defines the problems the practice is intended to solve and the goal it moves us toward.

So the merging of techniques grounded in incompatible conceptual frameworks is fraught with risk. 

Although such mergers may be appealing for eclectic experimenters, it seems likely that their long-term effect will be to create cognitive dissonance that will reverberate through the deeper levels of the psyche and stir up even greater confusion.

 

Second, simply put, non-dualistic spiritual traditions are far from consistent with each other, but comprise, rather, a wide variety of views that are profoundly different. They are inevitably shaped by the broader conceptual contours of the philosophies that encompass them.

Advaita

Mahayana Buddha statue flanked by dragons (Popolisson as Polo D/flickr.com)

 

For the Vedanta (the best of the Brahminical Vedas, which was rejected by the Buddha and inherited by modern Hinduism) non-duality (advaita) means the absence of an ultimate distinction between the Atman (innermost self) and Brahman (divine or ultimate reality) the underlying ground of all reality, the godhead.

From the standpoint of the highest realization, only one ultimate reality exists -- which is simultaneously Atman (self, soul) and Brahman (GOD, godhood, the unchanging reality behind the illusion we see all around) -- and the aim of the spiritual quest is to know that one's own true self, the Atman, is the timeless reality which is Being, Awareness, Bliss. [This is the Hindu conception the Buddha rejected as he discovered and made known as an-atman, "not-self," egolessness, the impersonal nature of all phenomena.

Siddhartha renounces to go on quest

• This is the teaching at the core of the Heart Sutra, the most famous Mahayana Buddhist discourse, which is the epitome of the "Perfection of Wisdom" (Prajna Paramita) literature everyone reads but nearly no one understands. (This is the core because unless it is realized there is no stream entry/winning, the first stage of enlightenment, the Buddha declared). If there is no "self," then what is there? The answer is the Five Aggregates. How does "self" or at least the "illusion of selfhood" arise? It arises by a causal sequence called Dependent Origination: "When this is, that comes to be; with the ceasing of this, that ceases" is one way of briefly defining a very profound concept. The fact is, every composite thing, while it may seem to be self sufficient, actually depends on elements, causes, conditions because of its composed nature. Not only is this true of matter, it is true of us. What are we? What we call "self" is actually a composite of impersonal phenomena labelled form (the four qualities of matter); feelings, perceptions, formations, and consciousnesses. The first four are the "body," the remaining four are the "mind." There is no "self" to be found among these momentarily arising elements that immediately perish and are replaced with nearly identical substitutes. And it keeps happening. Everything is hurtling toward destruction. Anything we would cling to as "self" cannot be clung to because it is burning away, decaying rapidly, vanishing. The process of its replacement gives the illusion of continuity, but careful examination (mindful awareness while contemplating the 12 causal-links identified by the Buddha as Dependent Origination or paticca samuppada) reveals the trick. The illusion is broken. Enlightenment dawns. One glimpses nirvana (real peace, the deathless, the unsurpassable, the unexcelled), and liberation is realized as "the Truth that sets us free."

Since all schools of Buddhism reject the idea of the Atman, the "self,"  none can accept the non-dualism of Vedanta.

From the perspective of the Theravada Buddhist tradition, any quest for the discovery of selfhood, whether as a permanent individual self or as an absolute universal self, would have to be dismissed as an illusion or delusion, a metaphysical blunder born from a failure to properly comprehend [what is really going on as specified in the dependent origination or arising of "things" that are in fact empty, without essence, selfless, egoless] the nature of concrete experience.

According to the Pali (exclusively Buddhist language) sutras, the individual "being" (when, in fact, what "self" is is constantly becoming) is merely a complex composite of Five Aggregates, which are all stamped with the three marks of existence: impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and selflessness.

• One should not misunderstand the Five Aggregates to amount to five things. They are innumerable heaps of five kinds or groupings. Not every feeling or perception is the same, but mental phenomena known as sensation and knowing can be analyzed and sorted into heaps.

Hindu temple in India with sacred symbols

Any postulation of selfhood in regard to this compound of transient, conditioned phenomena (groups of impersonal, impermanent, and unsatisfactory things) is an instance of "personality view" (sakkaya-ditthi), a kind of delusion or "wrong view" (miccha-ditthi), the most basic fetter that binds beings to the round of rebirths known as samsara.

The attainment of liberation [from samsara], for Buddhism, does not about by the realization of a "true self" or absolute "I," but through the dissolution of even the subtlest mistaken sense of selfhood in relation to the Five Aggregates -- which, as has been stated, are impersonal, not ours, not the basis of any real I, me, or mine -- "the abolition of all I-making, mine-making, and underlying tendencies to conceit [the very subtle and hard-to-remove habit or proclivity of regarding or speaking of things as self]."

 

The many Mahayana Buddhist schools, despite their great differences, concur in upholding a thesis that, from the Theravada point of view, borders on the outrageous.

Nirvana is samsara? Ignorance is wisdom?

This is the claim that there is no ultimate difference between samsara [the Round of Rebirth and Suffering] and Nirvana [liberation from that painful round], defilement and purity, ignorance and enlightenment.

For the Mahayana, the enlightenment the Buddhist path is designed to awaken instead consists precisely in the realization of this non-dualistic perspective, an old Brahminical/Vedic/Hindu notion the Buddha rejected.

The validity of conventional dualities is denied because the ultimate nature of ALL phenomena is emptiness [all things being composites rather than unities, they lack a self or enduring core] the lack of any substantial or intrinsic reality.

• Nirvana alone -- because it is the only unconditioned element -- does not arise, change, pass away, or depend on any conditions. (The realization of it may depend on conditions, such as meditation and right view, but it does not come into being or grow or go out of being or shrink if people realize it or fail to realize it).

So in their "emptiness" all of the diverse, apparently opposed phenomena posited by mainstream Buddhist doctrine finally coincide: "All dharmas [phenomena, things] have one nature, which is no-nature."

 

The teaching of the historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni, the "Sage of the Shakya Clan") as found in the Pali language canon does not endorse a philosophy of non-dualism of any variety, nor can a non-dualistic perspective be found lying implicit within the Buddha's discourses. More

PART 2: The Platform Sutra (Red Pine)

Red Pine (translator); Sixth and Last Patriarch Dajian Huineng; Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Wisdom Quarterly, Roshi Jeff Albrizze (PasaDharma.org)  MAHAYANA/HINDUISM

Tian Tan Buddha, a massive statue of Buddha Amoghasiddhi, completed in 1993, located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong (Robert Montgomery/flickr.com)

 

Kwan Yin Bodhisattva (Avalokitateshvara/Wiki)

[PART 1] The Platform Sutra occupies a central place in Zen (Ch'an) Buddhist instruction. It is often linked with The Heart Sutra and The Diamond Sutra to form a trio of texts that have been revered and studied for centuries.

 

Delivered at Tafan Temple in Shaochou by the Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng, compiled and recorded by Fa-hai, recipient of the Formless Precepts and advocate of the Dharma.

 

The Platform Sutra

...This nature of ours in which the ten thousand dharmas [literally, "things," "phenomena," or Dharmas, "teachings"] are present is what we mean by the pure dharma body. Those of you who take refuge [sarana actually means to "seek guidance"] in yourselves, if you get rid of bad thoughts and bad practices, this is called taking refuge.

What do we mean by the myriad-fold transformation-body? If we didn't think, our nature would be utterly empty. When we think, we transform ourselves. If we think evil [i.e., unskillful, unprofitable, motivated by greed, hate/fear, or delusion] thoughts, we turn into the denizens of hell(s). If we think good [skillful, profitable, wholesome, motivated by nongreed, nonhatred/nonfear, or nondelusion] thoughts, we turn into the deities of heaven(s).

Malice turns us into beasts. Compassion turns us into bodhisattvas [beings-bent-on-enlightenment]. Wisdom transports us to the higher realms, and ignorance sends us into the lower depths. Our nature is constantly transforming itself, but deluded people are unaware of this.

Once we think of goodness, wisdom arises. One lamp can dispel a thousand years of darkness, and one thought of wisdom can end ten thousand years of ignorance. Stay in the present (rather than wasting this precious moment, which is all that ever exists, by casting the mind back to past events). Keep thinking about what's next. 

 

When your next thought is always good, this is what we call the realization body. One bad thought results in the destruction of a thousand good ones. But one good thought results in the annihilation of a thousand years of bad ones. In the face of impermanence (अनित्य), if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body. CONCLUDES IN PART 3