Dear Friends, In this picture, which was taken yesterday, you see me holding a copy of my book for the first time. It is called Recovery 2.0: Move Beyond Addiction and Upgrade Your Life and it took me just shy of 47 years to write it. What this book represents to me is triumph. In order to write… Read More Tommy Rosen: Recovery 2.0 Move Beyond Addiction
Bodhichitta exists on two levels. First there is unconditional bodhichitta, an immediate experience that is refreshingly free of concept, opinion, and our usual all-caught-upness. It’s something hugely good that we are not able to pin down even slightly, like knowing at gut level that there’s absolutely nothing to lose. Second there is relative bodhichitta, our… Read More BODHISATTVAS AND WARRIORS
Some practitioners think that they have to spend their whole lives meditating and doing special practices in order to produce or achieve enlightenment; and then when they are enlightened, they develop an awareness of compassion for others. I think this is completely backwards. My experience is that you become aware that you are enlightened in… Read More You Are the Buddha
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche To be genuine and kind is like a broadspectrum remedy for the pain that afflicts the heart. Giving food, shelter, and work are important, and that should always be done too, as much as possible. If you’re in a position to give any of those, don’t withhold them. But every one of… Read More Be Genuine and Kind
Dear Mike: I got the Tara DVDs and I’ll be watching them this week. I re-read the quote you sent me about rangtong and shentong. I had to go back to Andy Karr’s book ‘Contemplating Reality’ and review the meanings, esp. Chapter 16 on shentong. I was blown away once again. The first few pages… Read More Why It’s Great to Have a Practice Instructor
Dear Friends, I get asked all the time why I feel my recovery is so sturdy. And I will always caution myself and others not to fall prey to the idea that my recovery is sturdy beyond the 24 hours that lays ahead of me. This does not mean that I am concerned about drinking… Read More Tommy Rosen: Beware the Lemmings
