If we see things as they are, then we do not have to interpret or analyze them further; we do not need to try to understand things by imposing spiritual experience or philosophical ideas upon them.
As a famous Zen master said ‘When I eat, I eat; when I sleep, I sleep.’
Just do what you do, completely, fully.
~ Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
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The Bliss of Knowing the Mind ✨
An effortless compassion
can arise for all beings
who have not realized their true nature.
So limitless is it
that if tears could express it,
you would cry without end.
Not only compassion,
but tremendous skillful means
can be born when you realize
the nature of mind.
You are naturally liberated
from all suffering and fear—
the fear of birth,
death,
and the intermediate state.
If you were to speak
of the joy and bliss
that arise from this realization,
it is said by the buddhas
that if you were to gather
all the glory, enjoyment, pleasure,
and happiness of the world
and put it all together,
it would not approach
one tiny fraction of the bliss
that you experience
upon realizing the nature of mind.
— Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche
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Although all kinds of problems
and all kinds of angry situations
take place immensely, all the time,
that doesn’t mean that you are a special case,
at all.
There are no special cases,
none whatsoever!
You are part of the world.
Nobody is a special case.
Nobody has some special potentiality
for attaining enlightenment,
any more than anybody else.
And nobody has the particular potentiality
of being a reject.
That’s why we need to understand
that every situation is always workable.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
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Impermanence is Buddha nature
Therefore,
the very impermanency of grass and tree,
thicket and forest is the Buddha nature.
The very impermanency of men and things,
body and mind,
is the Buddha nature.
Nature and lands, mountains and rivers,
are impermanent because they are the Buddha nature.
Supreme and complete enlightenment,
because it is impermanent,
is the Buddha nature.
~ Dogen Zenji
“So if you really wish to benefit others,
the first step is to attain realization yourself.
You must first mature your own mind;
otherwise you will be incapable of helping others.
Giving other people water is impossible
unless you have a jug with water in it.
If it is empty,
you might make the gesture of pouring,
but no water will come out.”
— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Turning poisons into limitless seeds of virtue
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“The three poisons continually arise
in connection with three objects.
Compulsive attachment arises
for objects that are pleasant or useful;
aversion arises for objects
that are unpleasant or harmful;
and stupidity or indifference for other objects.
Recognize these poisons as soon as they arise.
Then, for example,
when attachment arises, think:
‘May every bit of every sentient beings’ attachment
be contained in this attachment of mine.
May all sentient beings have the seed of virtue
of being free of attachment.
May this attachment of mine
contain all their disturbing emotions and,
until they attain buddhahood,
may they be free of such disturbing emotions.’
Aversion and other emotions
are used in practice by working with them the same way.
Thus,
the three poisons
become three limitless seeds of virtue.”
— Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé
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The pull toward something pleasant. The push against something difficult. The fog when nothing holds interest. They arrive all day, every day — so does everyone.
But the rising itself is already the doorway to transcendence. Let this one arising hold everyone’s, and wish them all free.
True Compassion is Directed Impartially
Toward All Sentient Beings
In each of our countless lives in beginningless samsara,
we must have had parents.
In fact, we have taken birth so often
that, at one time or another,
every single sentient being
must have been our mother or father.
When we think of all these beings
who have been our parents
wandering helplessly for so long in samsara,
like blind people who have lost their way,
we cannot but feel tremendous compassion for them.
Compassion by itself, however,
is not enough;
they need actual help.
But as long as our minds are still limited by attachment,
just giving them food, clothing, money,
or simply affection
will only bring them a limited and temporary happiness at best.
What we must do
is to find a way to liberate them completely from suffering.
This can only be done
by putting the teachings of Dharma into practice.
True compassion is directed impartially
toward all sentient beings,
without discriminating between those who are friends
and those who are enemies.
With this compassion constantly in mind,
we should perform every positive act,
even offering a single flower
or reciting a single mantra,
with the wish that it may benefit all living creatures
without exception.
~ Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Willingness to stay open to what scares us
As we learn to relax with groundlessness,
this enthusiasm will emerge.
We practice what is called the threefold purity –
no big deal about the doer,
no big deal about the action,
no big deal about the result.
This joyful exertion is rooted in
no expectation,
no ambition,
no hope of fruition.
We just eagerly put one foot in front of the other
and are not discouraged
when we fall flat on our faces.
We act without self-congratulation or self-censure,
without fearing criticism
or expecting applause.
Through continual practice
we find out how to cross over the boundary
between stuckness and waking up.
It depends on our willingness
to experience directly
feelings we’ve been avoiding for many years.
This willingness to stay open to what scares us
weakens our habits of avoidance.
It’s the way that ego-clinging becomes ventilated
and begins to fade.
~ Pema Chödron
However beneficial a practice appears to be,
however politically correct or exciting,
if it does not contradict your habit
of grasping at permanence,
or looks harmless
but insidiously encourages you
to forget the truth of impermanence
and the illusory nature of phenomena,
it will inevitably take you
in the opposite direction to dharma.
~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
To return to the root is to find the meaning,
but to pursue appearances is to miss the source.
At the moment of inner enlightenment,
there is a going beyond appearance and emptiness.
The changes that appear to occur in the empty world
we call real only because of our ignorance.
Do not search for the truth;
only cease to cherish opinions.
~ Sengcan
When we encounter pain in our life we breathe into our heart with the recognition that others also feel this.
When life is pleasant, think of others.
When life is a burden, think of others.
If this is the only training we ever remember to do,
it will benefit us tremendously and everyone else as well.
It’s a way of bringing whatever we encounter onto the path of awakening bodhichitta.
~ Pema Chödron
Whatever you experience in your life
– pain, pleasure, heat, cold, or anything else
– is like something happening in a dream.
Although you might think things are very solid,
they are like passing memory.
You can experience this open,
unfixated quality in sitting meditation:
All that arises in your mind
– hate, love, and all the rest
– is not solid.
Although the experience can get extremely vivid,
it is just a product of your mind.
Nothing solid is really happening.
~ Pema Chödron
