You do not have to seek out loneliness--it is always there. Egolessness is a
concept, a philosophy, but loneliness is a reality that you experience. A
feeling of loneliness is part of the journey. As for me, I feel that way
-constantly, and I think it’s a very healthy feeling, a very real feeling.
+constantly, and I think it's a very healthy feeling, a very real feeling.
When you sense that you are not you anymore and that nothing can replace that
state, you begin to make discoveries. You discover devotion, and you discover
a quality of richness and artistic expression that is very special. Being
you, but not being you, is very resourceful. You become a complete mountain
-man: you know how to make fire and cook food. But it doesn’t mean anything.
+man: you know how to make fire and cook food. But it doesn't mean anything.
You are still nobody. That is the inspiration.
-- Chögyam Trungpa, "The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume
One: The Individual Path of Liberation"
Your own mind are the unique primary reality.
They cannot be conceptualized according to
the cause and effect systems of thought.
- Investigate your mind’s real nature
+ Investigate your mind's real nature
So that your pure and total presence will
actually shine forth.
his disciple Depa Wangpo on what to adopt and what to reject regarding
attitude and conduct...
- Don’t harm your friends and neighbors; help them.
- Don’t be stingy; use your wealth for offerings and charity.
- Don’t let your body be idle; do prostrations and circumambulations.
- Don’t let your mouth be idle; recite the mani mantra.
+ Don't harm your friends and neighbors; help them.
+ Don't be stingy; use your wealth for offerings and charity.
+ Don't let your body be idle; do prostrations and circumambulations.
+ Don't let your mouth be idle; recite the mani mantra.
Always have pure thoughts towards others.
In brief, keeping Death in mind, practice the sacred Dharma.
-- Shabkar Natshok Rangdrol, in "The Life of Shabkar"
~
-On the very night of Dodrupchen’s death, his spiritual testament was
+On the very night of Dodrupchen's death, his spiritual testament was
received by his principal disciple, Do Khyentse. Dodrupchen appeared in the
sky in a radiant light body and an attire of lights. He was floating on a
carpet of light, which was held up by four dakinis. In a very enchanting
When thoughts arise, rest naturally.
When dreaming, be mindful without corrupting it.
-When in the pardo, don’t control, but be aware.
+When in the pardo, don't control, but be aware.
When there is fruition, let it arise without obscuration.
-- from "The Life of Marpa the Translator" translated by Chögyam Trungpa
(mya ngan las 'das ba zhi ba)
--from "Meditation on Emptiness" (London: Wisdom, 1983), by Jeffrey Hopkins
+~
+ When you pass away, nothing will do you any good except for the pure Dharma.
+You will not simply disappear when you die. Rather, what happens next will be
+dictated by your previous actions.
+ For these reasons, you should exert yourself by whatever means necessary to
+free yourself from samsara, which is nothing but a vast ocean of suffering!
+Practice your teacher's guidance concerning what to do and what to give up
+to the letter, without falling under the influence of immature friends or bad
+influences. To the best of your ability, incorporate this genuine teaching on
+the certainty of death into each and every day.
+ Keeping all this in mind, arouse faith in the Three Jewels so that you will
+be able to practice in this manner, thinking to yourself, "Think of me,
+Three Jewels!" At the same time, be sure to generate an intense sense of
+renunciation and subdue your mind stream.
+ -- from "Entrance to the Great Perfection: A Guide to the Dzogchen
+ Preliminary Practices", edited and translated by Cortland Dahl
+~
+I would like to mention my visit to Lourdes as a pilgrim. There, in front of
+the cave, I experienced something very special. I felt a spiritual vibration,
+a kind of spiritual presence there. And then, in front of the image of the
+Virgin Mary, I prayed. I expressed my admiration for this holy place that has
+long been a source of inspiration and strength, that has provided spiritual
+solace, comfort and healing to millions of people. And I prayed that this may
+continue for a long time to come. My prayer there was not directed to any
+clearly defined object, like Buddha or Jesus Christ or a bodhisattva, but was
+simply directed to all great beings who have infinite compassion towards all
+sentient beings.
+ -- H.H. the Dalai Lama
+~
+The Buddhist teaching is superior in four ways: view, meditation, behavior,
+and fruit.
+
+1. The "four seals" that distinguish the [Buddhist] view are as follows: all
+composed phenomena are impermanent, all contaminated things are miserable, all
+phenomena are selfless, and nirvana is peace.
+
+2. Buddhist meditation serves as an antidote to all cyclic existence within
+the three realms.
+
+3. Buddhist behavior is free from the two extremes, having abandoned both the
+extreme of overindulgence of desire, which is a case of being desirous and
+wanting good and great quantities of food and clothing, and the extreme of
+being too tired and worn out in body and mind.
+
+4. The fruits are the true cessations, which are abandonments such that the
+obstruction that is removed does not arise again [and which comes about]
+through analyzing individually the nonexistence of the referent object of the
+conception of self.
+
+These four [view, meditation, behavior, and fruit] are the distinguishing
+features of Buddhist doctrine.
+ -- Jamyang Shayba, from "Buddhist Philosophy: Losang Gonchok's Short
+ Commentary to Jamyang Shayba's Root Text on Tenets", by Daniel Cozort
+ and Craig Preston, page 88.
+~
+When you are busy and preoccupied, you feel hassled by your own existence.
+You are so busy that you think that you do not have any time to spare for your
+practice. Such torment and busyness seem to be monumental or historic, but
+that is not the case. As far as we are concerned, that kind of torment is
+absolutely ordinary. As you begin to work on that, you realize that the
+inconvenience, discomfort, and anguish that you experience is no more than
+anybody else experiences. So your experience is no longer regarded as
+monumental—no more than if you step on a cat's tail, and the cat cries
+out, "Wooaaaoow!" However, it is still a problematic situation. Therefore
+you need to practice the paramita of discipline, which overcomes that type of
+preoccupation altogether. You begin to realize that preoccupations are
+garbage; they are worth flushing out so that something real could come up.
+Then paramita activity begins to make sense, and you begin to act in a more
+genuine way.
+ -- Chögyam Trungpa, from "The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma.
+ Volume Two: The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion"
+
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