Category Archives: Mahayana

Meditation: fullness

Posted on October 4, 2026 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

All sentient beings have senses. I include plants and stone beings, mountains, rivers, and such as having senses and being sentient. The senses present a constant richness; that is the nature of experience. Experience and its fullness are the result … Continue reading →

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Words – a musing

Posted on January 18, 2026 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

A long time ago, the people of the Eastern hemisphere chose to investigate and explore consciousness and its relationship to reality. Many thousands of years have passed since that initial plunge, resulting in a variety of “answers,” word-forms and concepts. … Continue reading →

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Meditation: unity, unified

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Heart-mind. Bodhimind is a translation of bodhichitta; and although there are many levels of meaning to the terms bodhimind/bodhichitta, they all have two factors in unity and unified: heart and mind. Heart is universal, is open and genuinely interested. Mind, … Continue reading →

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What is mind?

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

A few of us will be doing a short meditation retreat on the nature of mind. A statement from Je Tsong Khapa came to my mind with a smile: “the nature of mind so difficult to penetrate,” and was followed … Continue reading →

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Contemplate “the continuum basis”

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak
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