Showing posts with label dzogchen. Show all posts
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Saturday, 14 March 2015

Maha Ati by Trungpa & words from Reggie Ray

There‘s a wonderful saying that I quote a lot, from an article called 'Maha Ati,' by Trungpa Rinpoche in the late seventies, which is:
The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness toward all situations and all emotions and to all people, experiencing everything totally, without mental reservation, and without centralizing onto oneself.
The thing is, this isn‘t just a nice meditation instruction. When you follow that instruction, you begin to realize that, when you step beyond all of the mental evasion that we go through all the time, and all of our attempts to block things out and shut them down, situations actually nourish you. In that moment of opening, you feel wild, and you feel joy. The wildness doesn‘t come from the experience; the wildness comes from letting go into it—letting go of our reservation and our mental evasion, through our practice...you let go, and then there‘s this vast affirmation of beingness.

Reggie Ray

when clouds vanish - dharma talk by Tulku Urgyen


clouds feature image winter 1999clouds feature image winter 1999Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920–1996) was a master in the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Teachers of Dzogchen (the GreatPerfection) regard it as the innermost essence of the Buddha's teachings. During the last decades of his life, Rinpoche's hermitage above the Kathmandu Valley was frequented by visitors from all over the world. Today, his many monasteries and retreat centers are managed by his four sons who are lineage holders, including Tsoknyi Rinpoche. What follows is adapted from Rainbow Painting by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, translated by Erik Pema Kunsang, and reprinted with permission from Rangjung Yeshe Publications.


Very beautiful, simple yet full talk from Tulku Urgyen. Exceprt:
It is not as if we need to decide, "I hate these thoughts. I only want the awakened state! I have to be enlightened!" This kind of grasping and pushing will never give way to enlightenment. By simply allowing the expression of thought activity to naturally subside, again and again, the moments of genuine rigpa automatically and naturally begin to last longer. When there are no thoughts whatsoever, then you are a buddha. At that point the thought-free state is effortless, as well as the ability to benefit all beings. But until that time it does not help to think that you are a buddha...

Whole talk at from: Tricycle http://www.tricycle.com/dharma-talk/clouds-vanish