Chapter 32 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] do arise, if you are actually quiet, they just come and they go, and nothing happens with them. So that’s the essential point here. There is a resting quality, and it is a naturally virtuous state, because there’s nothing for reactive processes to take hold of. That’s why it says, the mind abides one-pointedly […]
Chapter 10 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] move back. So every time you notice, you relax and return and rest there. It’s the meditation instruction I gave the first evening. And that business of resting in attention is key to every aspect of practice. And if you do that, then you aren’t going to generate the headaches. The headaches come when we go […]
Chapter 1 of “Pointing Out Instructions”
[…] in attention for a short period, how do you know when the end of the short period is? Ken: Pardon? Student: When I have this experience of resting in attention it just dissolves after a while and I really don’t have an internal gong like— Ken: Can you tell when it dissolves? Student: No. Ken: Then […]
Chapter 3 of “Learning Mahamudra”
[…] of warmth, and then the clinging. Ken: Yes. That’s usually what comes next. [Laughs] Okay, Raquel. Raquel: Before you asked the question, and I was sitting there resting in attention, I felt more sensations. But then when you asked the question and there was, I guess you might call it, a second shift, then it felt […]
Chapter 2 of “Learning Mahamudra”
[…] is insight practice, which is building capacity at yet another level. The first level is resting, and that’s very, very important to build a capacity in resting; resting in attention. And whether you do it with the breath, or whether you do it with body like a mountain, breath like the wind, mind like the sky, […]
Chapter 2 of “There Is No Enemy”
[…] a very good thing. And then you just do the same thing. You can walk at natural pace, timing your walking with your breathing, and so you’re resting in attention. Or you can practice the walking meditation as one breath, one step which is a slower form of walking meditation but can be very powerful in […]
Chapter 5 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] or awareness side, and one which is going to be on the compassion or appearance side. Student: Why? Ken: Well, what are two practices? Very simply, say, resting in attention, or mahamudra, or dzogchen, on the one hand, and taking and sending on the other, which is a compassion practice. That would be one example of […]
Chapter 6 of “Releasing Emotional Reactions”
[…] is that through our work today, you can get some appreciation of what the whole thing is really about, which now can help inform the practice of resting in attention, resting with the breath. You see in Buddhism we have a wonderful array of approaches and practices. And these methods are very, very powerful. Every effective […]
Chapter 1 of “Ideology & Wisdom”
[…] knew that the sun went around the Earth. So this distinction between you knowing, and belief, we need to explore that a little bit. Let’s just start resting in attention. I’m going to talk you through a certain process here, which you may find helpful. [Gong] So begin by resting in the experience of breathing. And […]
Chapter 1 of “There Is No Enemy”
[…] components over three days so we’ll just work that out as we go forward. For tomorrow morning for your meditation practice I just want you to practice resting in attention so probably for most of you that’s going to mean just resting in the experience of breathing. So just very simple meditation, not trying to do […]
Chapter 3 of “Mind Training in Seven Points”
[…] lot of change takes place. On the other hand, there are many, many places where people practice meditation, and they get very, very good at meditating, and resting in attention. They can rest in attention quite deeply, but they never bring that attention to the operation of the patterns. So as soon as they get up […]
Chapter 9 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] not particularly comfortable, but that’s how you are all the time. Student: Yeah. Ken: Yes. Student: I wrestled with my experience so it didn’t matter that I was resting in attention. [Unclear] super tense. Ken: Sixteen eyes in all directions, right? Yeah. Student: Yeah. Ken: Yeah, good. Okay, we’re going to stop here with the questions, okay. […]
Chapter 5 of “The Warrior’s Solution”
[…] the practice, in your intention. When you do it, many of you have described, lots of different feelings come up. When you’re doing the resting meditation afterwards, resting in attention, you’ll recall what you didn’t want to feel, or what you brushed aside. And there are probably many things in your life. I mean, just in […]
