[Editor: this is something that would be worth flying to the Bay Area for—a year-long program. Perhaps I will get a chance to do it someday so that I can bring it back East.] Practice in Transformation Action: Bay Area training program by Dawn Haney Mushim Ikeda, contributor to BPF’s The System Stinks curriculum and teacher at… Read More Practice in Transformative Action: Bay Area
TURNING AWAY FROM SAMSARA When we turn away from samsara, we stop blaming external situations for the state of our mind, and we begin to use the Buddha’s teachings in order to take responsibility for our own well-being. We reorient the mind away from causes and conditions that create suffering. This does not mean that… Read More Yongey Mingyur on Self and Social Engagement
The lion’s roar, according to Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, is the fearless proclamation that whatever comes up in our state of mind, including powerful emotions, is workable. (F Lion’s Roar * 12/12) When you begin to experience the process of going towards emotions, rather than emotions coming towards you, then you begin to make a journey.… Read More The Lion’s Roar: Working with emotional energy
This is the best teaching on awakening I’ve heard so far. Like everything DPR says, it’s absolutely clear and to the point.
In a pellucid ocean, bubbles arise and dissolve again; Just so, thoughts are no different from ultimate reality; So don’t find fault; remain at ease. Whatever arises, whatever occurs, Don’t grasp—release it on the spot. * * * * * Mind is beyond the extremes of birth and death The nature of mind, awareness, Uses… Read More Thoughts No Different from Ultimate Reality
Enlightenment. You can’t produce it. You can’t achieve it. You can’t add to it or diminish it. It is the nature of Reality. Your reality. It permeates all of existence. Your existence. You are always already enlightened. It is no different than your ordinary mind. “There is no difference between this moment and enlightenment.” (Dzogchen… Read More Suchness
Like many of you, I get dharma quotes from Pema Chodron and other published teachers in my mailbox everyday. This quote from Pema’s book, “The Wisdom of No Escape”, seems particularly relevant because she asks us to acknowledge the suffering of the world. It asks us not to numb it with addiction, or avoid it with distractions and consumption,… Read More Pema: Holding the Suffering of the World
