tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24909210341051505682012-01-21T13:52:47.200-05:00Zen: mindful acceptance of the present moment, spontaneous action, letting go of self-conscious and judgmental thinkingDakinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512977698014953985noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2490921034105150568.post-6715479457206134272012-01-21T13:33:00.003-05:002012-01-21T13:52:47.208-05:00

"It is very important to contemplate the connection between our mental states and our actions... Our mind has the potential to transport us to elevated states of existence or to plunge us into demeaning states of confusion and anguish. Our actions are not like footprints left on water; they leave imprints in our minds... As the thirteenth Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733-97) states: In the empty

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Karma Kagyu Refuge Tree

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"This contemplation is not trying to suggest that life is dissatisfactory in itself; it is simply highlighting the truth that we'll never find any real purpose or meaning in worldly pursuits.  Due to the misguided nature of our efforts, much of what we do to bring meaning to our lives only leads to further frustration, pain, and disappointment so that we simply go around in circles repeating the

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"This precious human body is hard to attain and easily lost." ..."Developing a sense of urgency about our existential predicament will quell our complacency and challenge our tendency to keep deferring our spiritual practice.  As Jamgon Kongtrul states in his autobiography: ...Helplessness and impermanence have become my teachers, encouraging me to take heed. ..."reflect on what is worth

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"This precious human birth, free and well-favored, is hard to obtain and easily lost.  At this time, I must make this meaningful." "Ordinarily we take our human body for granted, allowing the negativities in our lives to overwhelm us.  Our all-consuming preoccupations mostly consist of worrying about life's many minor irritations without ever thinking how fortunate we are just to have a body

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"Now, one issue is that there are times when you simply cannot rest in the nature of your mind. Therefore, it is good to understand that there are many supplementary practices that will facilitate, enhance, and therefore make easier, the practice of mahamudra..All of these supplementary practices...Ngöndro...Yidam Meditation....Guru Yoga...Lojong....Six Perfections...Dedication of Merit...exist

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"Words are Sweet Sounds for Images Unreal", justinsimoni.comIn the Kagyu lineage, we study the songs of realization, or doha. We study the doha because these songs were written from a realized state. One thing about the songs of realization is that the words are very precise (hopefully, our translation is also precise). The words of the doha are more precise than the words I might use off the

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Placeholder for Tara Dance.

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Wah! Sunday! Yay!Wah's music is an ecstatic, eclectic blend of kirtan, jazz, reggae, and I think last night there was a little rap in there too. One thing I loved about her performance is that she drew me into the blissful present moment, the sound and the beat and the energy keeping me there.

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Placeholder for Lama Kathy March 7-8.He who desires shelter quicklyFor himself and all othersShould use this sacred mystery,The exchanging of oneself for others.--Shantideva~~~~~~~~~~~~~~yellow sticky notes from my interview...1. "pointing out" -- the masters are always "pointing out"understanding the nature as it is = "valid cognition"1.) (indirect) inferential valid cognition2.) direct valid

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Placeholder for Menla training Feb 20-22.February 20-22, 2009 Understanding the principles and experience of contemplative healing allows us to face the reality of sickness and fear. With this we can experience the causal dynamics of becoming ill in our body and mind. As a process aid we apply the experiential aspects of the three life processes from the Tibetan healing arts. In our group

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Dreamt I was sitting in one of Rinpoche's teachings. Suddenly he looked directly at me and smiled. Face to face, gazing directly into my eyes and smiling widely, he held my shoulders in a sort of embrace. I was aware of my self-conscious thoughts, i.e. "what are the others thinking?"As this dream image faded, my dream perspective expanded and I noticed I was wearing a knit cap. I thought how

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When one meditates on the form, the attire and other attributes, the entourage and environment, and the internal mandala of a deity, and when one recites the deity’s mantra, one is practicing shamatha; and when one realizes that all that one is meditating on is mere empty appearance, one is practicing vipashyana. But because meditation on the deity and on the union of the deity and one’s own root

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AUGUST 10-------------Out of StillnessI was happy enough to stay stillinside the pearl inside the shell,but the hurricane of experiencelashed me out of hidingand made me a wave moving into shore,saying loudly the ocean's secretas I went, and then, spent there,I slept like fog against the cliff,another stillness.--A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings, Coleman Barks

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" Through all my births, may I not be separated from the perfect guru, and so enjoy the splendor of Dharma."--Mahamudra Lineage Prayer... and dreaming, I dreamt of the Karmapa, and that he told me we shall never be separated...Dreamt I was at a public gathering at which the Karmapa presided. He called three of us to the front. There was a "hippie" with unkempt grey hair and beard. There was a

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While doing ngondro this morning...Sudden, vivid insight into how wrathful teachings might purify karma.

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Menla - Contemplative Healingwith Phil Weber and Christoph Klonk summary of weekend 1 - "the Hidden Fear of Health"Discover the sense of balance. It exists in everyone but is often covered over by our concepts of what we think our body should be instead of what our body-intelligence knows. We discover it through four gates: Unfolding of wellbeing, compassion, discriminating analysis and trust.

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Reading my previous blog entry, I recall my excitement at being 1/3 of the way through the first 10,000 accumulations. I had some feeling of accomplishment, and some sense of hope in my ability to get to 111,111. So here I am today, over 2/3 of the way through the first 10,000, and still standing at the bottom of the mountain. Today, I felt a sense of surrendering. A subtle shift, it would be

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As of today, I've accumulated 3,300 prostrations and refuge prayers. I'm one-third of the way to my first 10,000! I've also finally memorized the refuge prayer in Tibetan.

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A week into ngondro, I briefly glimpsed a grinning, golden face reflected in my windshield. This image from the net looks most like it: the dakiniI guess ngondro is giving me greater ability to project mental images onto the mirror of my windshield. I hope that while driving I'm paying proper attention to the road.Why is the dakini "sky clad"? She depicts the naked, sacred self, after stripping

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On Thursday, September 25, 2008 I began ngondro. In addition to the ngondro sadhana, ngondro involves:1. refuge and 100,000 prostrations 2. 100,000 Vajrasattva mantras 3. 100,000 mandala offerings 4. 100,000 guru yoga practices I got the instructions for #1 Wednesday night. I discovered that if I fold two of Diane's yoga blankets into a mat (I got the idea from photos like this), I can prostrate

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Notes on the Sep 19-21 teaching by Thrangu Rinpoche at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery in Woodstock, New York.Teaching: Dohokosnama Mahmudra Upadesa (Mahamudra Instructions called the Treasury of Song)Saturday - Marpa empowermentSunday - reading transmission (lung) for the concise ngondro practice written by Karmapa 17, "A Brief Recitation for the Four Preliminary Practices", Nalandabhodi

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Last weekend, Khenpo Karthar taught on Dharma Bodhi's 80 Verses of Advice (similar to Padampa Sangye's 100 Verses of Advice). The former has not been translated from the Tibetan, so that the teaching and commentary were given in Tibetan by Rinpoche and translated by Lama Yeshe.The Chenrezig empowerment was given Saturday evening and the lungs for ngundro, Vajrayogini, and short Amitabha were

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In July I travelled to KTD Monastery (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) in Woodstock, New York, for bodhisattva vows and lay vows with Bardor Tulku.This was not an ordinary teaching. Recordings of the teaching will not be published. Bardor Tulku will accept as students all who were there ~ we share a karmic connection ~ and we shall reunite in a years' time.Memorable:My interview with Bardor Tulku -

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... Your meditation can get better and better, but some of you might say, "It's been a long time since I started meditating." Some might say, "It's been fifteen years," or some might say, "It's been twenty years, but my meditation really hasn't gotten any better." Many people say things like this. I think that if we look carefully for the answer, we will see that during meditation sessions people

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snippets from Lama Surya Das' article about the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa's recent visit to the US:...He said that we must find our way today with the help of all the teachers and traditional trainings which have come before, while also being guided by our own wisdom and knowledge, experience and intuitive skillful means. He shared that when he wants to know what to do, he simply stops and lets his

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One word: OK andsuddenly I'm in Amsterdamtouching rose petals.

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"Since we regard ourselves to be our obscurations, we are always looking away from our own buddha nature. The primary function, the primary deed of the Buddha and his followers, is to tell us to look within, to tell us that within our bewildered minds is innate wisdom, there to be discovered if we look. Through the blessings of this we need not suffer further the bewilderment of samsara."~

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" Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. "-- The BuddhaThere's a story that when Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa and leader of the Tibetan Karma Kagyu lineage, was dying of cancer in 1981, one of the disciples attending his deathbed was overcome with sadness. The Karmapa beckoned him over to his bedside and reassured him by whispering, "Nothing happens!"

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Christoph Klonk continued his teaching of The Sun of Wisdom, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche's commentary on Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, skillfully prodding us to discover for ourselves the way to end suffering.

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An invitation from SL resident Bunan Bosatsu...Commencing on July 8th, 2008, and ending on July 9th of 2009 (my 50th birthday), I intend to explore that within me which tends to hold on to suffering, and to cultivate a heart that cannot be distracted… even by death.For those of you who wish to join me, I recommend that you read, to begin with, “A Year To Live” by Stephen Levine. I found this book

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"The main way to practice is to see that your disturbing emotions and concepts exist only in relative reality. They do not exist in genuine reality, and ultimately they are self-liberated. See that it is the same for all contradictions and conflicting appearances—they exist only in relative reality; ultimately, their nature is self-liberated equality. So whatever manifests in your life, look

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Q: What is the most important teaching the guru can give?A: To really see.(thanks to Christoph Klonk for providing the setting for me to really see the answer)

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I have been afraid of meeting dogs while walking. A number of things led to this. A bit embarrassing. I spot a dog or hear a bark, and my heart jumps. I don't understand dogs...A sudden thought: Why are you letting the dog control you? Oh, this feels true. A feeling of taking back my power._/!\_

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STUDENT: The loneliness you've described is really nothing more that the root of the tree you were talking about earlier, except viewed from a slightly different perspective, right?TRUNGPA RINPOCHE: What do you mean by "nothing more than"?S: Nothing really is, and so nothing can really be more, can it?TR: That's right, yes.S: So loneliness and the root of the tree are describing the same thing.TR

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Walking, pondering my role in new undertakings, looking and listening...* Passing pine trees -- such fragrance! -- asking nothing in return.* The robin listens, seeking her sustenance from the earth.* The fat baby robin expects to be fed by its mother. Innocence and trust.* The hawk slowly circles in the blue sky. Far-seeing vision.* Walking on fresh laid paths.* Laying new paths has exposed old

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I've downloaded the Mindful Clock. The software is provided free on the website of the Washington Mindfulness Community, inspired by the teachings of Buddhism and of Thich Nhat Hanh. Once you install it and do minor configuration, it sounds a lovely meditation bell every hour (or every 15 minutes, or random), at which point, at the urging of zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, you stop whatever you're

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9 second practiceReturn to silence?Must be more to sayThan that.Dredging through memories, I sawA bit of flotsamFloating in the mindstream.I posted - something about an old dream.Storm noticed,Before I unwrote it.Storm: What happened to your blog?Dakini: There was a blog entry, but I deleted itDakini: Decided to stick with the here and now.Storm: I thought I saw an entry past May 10Dakini: What

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from the PaB session... Prosper Telling: If I may pose a question, in the Diamond Sutra it says a Bodhisattva does not dwell in concepts of self, other, individuated existence or life span…I ponder the different ways of knowing... by studying the Diamond Sutra... by "listening"... by "seeing"... and I ponder how by communicating in different modes, dimensions, and channels, that knowing is

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I wanted to get back to my thoughts about the continuum. My first and most immediate thought concerns the continuum of mental impressions flowing fom moment to moment and lifetime to lifetime. This definition from Berzin in the article I linked:The stream of continuity of mental activity (mind, awareness) of an individual being, which has no beginning, which continues even into Buddhahood, and,

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Driving along, I watch raindrops accumulate on the windshield and then - swoosh - the wiper sweeps the drops away, clearing my view. Over and over, more drops accumulate on the windshield until they're swept away by the windshield wipers. Similarly, as I do the 9 sec practice, the thoughts which accumulated in the previous 14.51 minutes are wiped from my view. 9 seconds of clarity until new

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a.k.a. Playingasbeing?edit: After I read storm's comment, I realized it's probably not obvious that the title contains a link to an article by Lama Surya Das, The Radiant River of Mahamudra .Mahamudra practice is promoted by my root guru, Khenchen Thrangu, as the best meditation practice for modern people, and I love the way Surya Das explains the practice in his article. Some don't like the way

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I pause for 9 seconds, I lay aside the mind's chatter and, in this gap, insight bubbles up. My heart leaps in recognition -- recognition of an expanded view.I was unloading the dishwasher while considering the 3-year retreat cabins being built by Resting Thor's group (enter thoughts about SL spilling over into RL here...) Thinking I'd like to do a 3-year retreat, and countering that with thoughts

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As I turned the page on my calendar today, I share it.this strong conviction to realize your life is beyond "successful" or "not successful."beyond any feeling of fear, you just do it. that is practice and that is the way-seeking mind, which goes beyond dualistic ideas of good and bad, right and wrong. you just do it.

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These insights seem to carry with them a sense of trust. Trust that what Linda does is not all that important somehow engenders trust that things will turn out all right. A cooling calmness seems to trickle downward from the top of my head, relaxing the knot of fear.

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Yesterday during one of my 9 sec practice times, I had an insight, which I recorded using these words: "Insecurity results from a mistaken belief in your own importance." I had been picking over the leftovers from a Saturday morning conversation, when I experienced an inner shift and suddenly, I saw it! After writing it down I thought, "maybe I already knew that, and I may have read it somewhere,

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"The shortness of these poems is a reflection of Zen philosophy, which, like yoga, emphasizes being in the moment. Unlike other poetry, haiku generally do not use metaphor or obscure imagery, nor do they reflect the feelings or inner life of the poet--at least in an obvious way. It is rather an expression of egolessness in which the poet turns outward to fully experience and capture the essence

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The opthalmologist informed me today that source of the visual light show I've seen the past 3 days is not someone playing with the light switch or birds flying over, it's "a bit of jelly which has detached from the back of your eye." Not reading (or writing) too much until the brain learns to ignore it.

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It's Springtime in New England, and I've enjoyed my noontime walk each day. When I can walk alone, it's an ideal time to practice PaB. The other day I observed that the natural landscape, the grass, and the trees, seemed so green and 'alive', and felt they reached out to 'embrace' me, in a manner of speaking. There were lots of people outside, escaping the office for a stroll in the sunshine.

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This thought has been with me for several days, but quite strongly today. I recognized the source as A Course in Miracles, so I looked it up. An excerpt from that chapter follows:...you need but to remember you need do nothing. It would be far more profitable now merely to concentrate on this than to consider what you should do... when the goal is finally achieved by anyone, it always comes with

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This journal entry is a little long for the list format. Sometimes the "thought" that comes in a flash of insight is a whole story. This is one of those times. 3 cats live with me, which is at least one too many, at least since I prefer the seat of my black dress pants without a fuzzy coating of cat hair. A recent brainstorm had me replacing the sheets, etc. covering my livingroom furniture with

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