Chapter 10 of “A Trackless Path I”
[…] a child as an example of the person who has been kind to you. That’s very different. Leah: Okay. Thank you. Ken: August 28th evening session. The primary practice Opening to all sensory experience Ken: Well, I think I’m going to just spend a few minutes on Pat’s question to Tom to start off with. […]
Chapter 2 of “A Trackless Path I”
The foundations of the primary practice Ken: We will have loose discussions starting each one off with some ideas usually coming from stuff that’s come up for people during the day—because in each day I’m having interviews with people—and also other questions that have come up. So this evening’s discussion is Larry’s question from this […]
Chapter 9 of “Buddhahood Without Meditation”
[…] Daily meditation, every meditation was quite interesting. So that’s what we do in practice. We open to the experience—and it doesn’t matter whether you’re doing mindfulness, or primary practice, or even yidam practice—it’s what you do. So in this wording, “I’m going to take my practice and integrate into my life,” you’re going to take […]
Chapter 8 of “Buddhahood Without Meditation”
[…] this to mean you just ignore what you don’t want to experience. No, you actually experience everything. That’s one of the reasons why I gave you the primary practice. It’s training in experiencing everything, without editing, without blocking, etc., but you are also light like the wind. Kalu Rinpoche in his pointing out instruction says […]
Chapter 12 of “A Trackless Path II”
[…] need to do some work. And so work the essentials of energy. These are energy transformation techniques. And there are many, many. Last year we discussed the primary practice, which is a fairly straightforward, relatively safe, energy transformation practice, which builds up a body of energy, which allows you to see through a lot of […]
Chapter 3 of “Practicing the Diamond Sutra”
[…] was important. Okay. I think the instructions are relatively straightforward. You can take this a step further and transforms into what a friend of mine calls the primary practice. And this is where you begin to bring an element of insight into it. And that is when you can stay present in the whole field. […]
Chapter 14 of “A Trackless Path I”
[…] way. That’s how you mix clarity with awareness. Because now when the clarity arises it’s just there. And you can see the similarity of this with the primary practice. That’s how you work with it. Now, the same holds for bliss, or non-thought or combinations of those. What sometimes happens with people is that they […]
Chapter 2 of “Learning Mahamudra”
[…] arises is you. And if you start fighting against it, you’re fighting against yourself, and I have good experience from that … I always lose. [Laughs] The primary practice Ken: So, returning to practice … I’m going to give you a slightly different practice tonight which builds and combines actually everything we’ve been talking to. […]
Chapter 5 of “Learning Mahamudra”
[…] me. Joe: Not thinking about the future, past, or present. Ken: Yeah. Joe: I’m shortening it; the verbs escape me at the moment. The basic practice— Ken: Primary practice. Joe: Primary practice, yes. And the one you gave us last week, which was, “No distraction, no control, no work,” which I found the most problematic, […]
Chapter 4 of “Pointing Out Instructions”
[…] talk, are they our methods of developing attention? Ken: Exactly, yeah, that’s right. And this business of resting at the end of the out-breath or doing the primary practice, and there are many, many others, these are ways that you build a capacity in attention. Student Ken: Yeah. Developing capacity Ken: One of the frameworks […]
Chapter 3 of “Pointing Out Instructions”
[…] into the experience of being no thing, which is awakening. This is one method of transforming energy into attention. One of the reasons I gave you the primary practice yesterday is that it is another method for transforming energy into attention. Here the transformation process is a little different. You start by transforming the energy […]
Chapter 6 of “Learning Mahamudra”
[…] Can you experience that? Many years ago in the old office, there was a woman I was working with. I was teaching her the opening practice, the primary practice where you just open to everything. And one of the streets connected right by the office was perfect for practicing it because it had all of […]
Chapter 4 of “A Trackless Path I”
Ending a session of the primary practice Ken: August 22nd a.m. So any questions, practical points you want to touch on? Janet: When doing the primary practice, is it important to conclude a session with resting in the experience of the breath as you do with the four immeasurables? And if so, why? Ken: There […]
Chapter 5 of “A Trackless Path I”
[…] capacity in attention, because you keep coming back, keep coming back. There are other ways. A couple of days ago, we spent some time talking about the primary practice, which was the expansion. That is also a way of building a capacity in attention, because by holding or including more and more in experience, you’re […]
Chapter 2 of “Buddhahood Without Meditation”
[…] what do we want to do for the next five days? Student: Nothing. [Laughter] If you hadn’t told the Sufi story, everybody would have been cool. The primary practice Ken: I don’t think so. [Laughter] Okay. Tools. There are a number of tools we have available. First tool covers both know-how and capacity. And many […]