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View PostSunday Talk 2022 #15.Shamata & Vipashyana:Radically Turn the Base
Turn the gaze towards the perceiving mind.
Sunday Talk 2022 #14. Lojong 7.59.Don’t Expect Applause
Now that you have studied all these slogans, don’t expect anyone to congratulate you! In fact it is a good idea to look at how much we keep looking for recognition altogether. It can be …
Sunday Talk 2022 #13. Lojong 7.58: Don’t Be Moody
Do not be moody.In Buddhist ethics, it is considered a character flaw to live and behave ‘like the weather’.Irritable people are always changing and not steadfast in their commitments and goals. Their Interest in things …
Sunday Talk 2022 #12. Lojong 7/57: Don’t hold on to anger
When people have offended you or hurt you, don’t hold on to the anger and remember the wrong done to you. Supplemental commentary:This particular advice is especially applicable for Tibetans. It is because in Tibetan …
Sunday Talk 2022 #11. Lojong 7/56.Do not Seek Recognition or Brag.
Don’t expect rewards, recognition, or appreciation from people you have helped. You should not expect them to return your favors. You should also not go bragging to everyone about what you have done. Bodhisattvas do …
Sunday Talk 2022 #10. Lojong 7/55. Liberate with Examination and Analyzing
The Intelligent Heart A Guide to the Compassionate Life Dzigar Kongtrul 7/55. Find liberation through both reflection and analysis. Our minds have two related abilities: to look at things in general and to examine details. …
Sunday Talk 2022 #09.Lojong 7/54. Train Wholeheartedly.
It is probably clear by now that lojong is all about training. And since the nature of mind training goes directly against our entrenched and deep-rooted habit of self-fixation, it is easy to come up …
Sunday Talk 2022 #08. Lojong 7/53. Do not be inconsistent
You should practice steadily with regularity. Avoid going from one extreme to the other, as in practicing a lot sometimes and hardly at all at other times. Encourage yourself regularly. Be steadfast in your practice …
Sunday Talk 2022 #07. Lojong 7/52. Do not be misdirected
The six things that may be misinterpreted are patience, yearning, excitement, compassion, priorities and joy. You’re patient when you’re getting your way, but not when it’s difficult. You yearn for worldly things, instead of an …
Sunday Talk 2022 #06. Lojong 7/51.From now on, Practice is the Chief Priority
Every so often, opportunities to practice the dharma come up. How many times have you let those opportunities pass you by? I think of this slogan as the mañana slogan. It is the idea that …
Sunday Talk 2022 #05. Lojong 7/50. Do not depend on external circumstances
The good thing about mind training is that it can be practiced in all kinds of situations. You do not have to wait for the right conditions to arrive or make special arrangements in order …
Sunday Talk 2022 #04. Lojong 7.49_Meditate consistently in every circumstances
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View PostSunday Talk 2022 #02. Lojong 7.47_Keep the three inseparable
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From Tricycle, Summer 2006(?) “Lately I’ve been having to deal with a lot of fear during my meditation practice. It seems to come from nowhere and it either focuses on a specific attachment (fear of …