Chapter 3 of “Monsters under the Bed”
[…] the Zen teacher said, “And that’s heaven.” Now, in the Indian tradition and by extension, the Tibetan tradition, the basic cosmology of India and Tibet is the six realms. And as a friend of mine once pointed out—it probably doesn’t originate with him: “A culture’s cosmology is always a reflection of their psychology.” So, we […]
Chapter 13 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
The six realms Ken: Okay! Is this twelve or thirteen? I think it’s the thirteenth class, January 15th, 2008. This evening we’re going to focus on the six realms. In case you’re wondering why the flip chart and everything; it’s a math class tonight but I have reasons for it. I know there are all […]
Chapter 4 of “Monsters under the Bed”
Stepping out of the six realms Ken: Okay. Though it may not seem like it, we’re actually following a progression in this retreat. The first step was to establish a basis of attention. The second is to use that base of attention to move into an awareness of the material that keeps us from being […]
Chapter 9 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] [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. The six realms Ken: Now, this afternoon I want to do an exercise with you, which is, again, an interaction exercise. You’re going to get all the rules up […]
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The Six Realms of Existence comprise a principal feature of Tibetan Buddhist cosmology. The possibilities of existence are classified into six forms of existence: hell beings dominated by anger ghosts and demons dominated by greed animals dominated by dullness humans dominated by desire titans dominated by envy, and gods dominated by pride Like many mythologies, […]
Chapter 6 of “Monsters under the Bed”
[…] applies not only in Buddhism but in many, many other areas of life, is that one learns to make more and more subtle efforts. So, emptying the six realms, in which you just feel what arises. You don’t do anything with it. You just experience it completely. And you find it goes, “Pop.” And now […]
Chapter 10 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] those cycles in our lives, energy is stored in the cycle, and that energy begins to solidify, and what it solidifies into is step number seven. The six realms Ken: I think we’re at seven, which is, it solidifies into one of the six realms. Now, which of the six realms depends on the particular […]
Chapter 5 of “Monsters under the Bed”
[…] have the links for the Love and Light School or just… [Laughter] Ken: Yes, but it will be broken. [Laughter] All yours, Claudia. [Laughter] Guided meditation: the six realms Claudia: Okay, as Ken mentioned, what I’m going to do is try and do a guided meditation with you. So, I’d like you to get into […]
Chapter 4 of “Mahayana Mind Training”
[…] a very good base to come back to if you get terribly caught up in things; you just come back to that very simple, symbolic exchange. The six realms Ken: The second way is to work through, methodically, various kinds of suffering and pain and misery. Many of you are familiar with the six realms: […]
Chapter 10 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] was talking about a few moments ago—the desire realm, and the form realm, and the formless realm. The desire realm embraces what we usually know as the six realms: hell, hungry ghost, humans, animals, titans, gods. The form realm consists of the gods who dwell in meditative states with incredible states of stillness. But even […]
Chapter 7 of “The Warrior’s Solution”
[…] they will, they’ll want to learn. [Laughter] And Jeremy died. Now when your patterns are working on you, they always generate a realm. It’s one of the six realms. The hell realm, i.e., you’re seeing things in terms of opposition and you feel you have to oppose. That’s your reactivity. The hungry ghost realm. You […]
Chapter 10 of “Stand-Alone Talks”
[…] clear determination in us with the following words: Guru and Lord inseparable, these deceased earnestly take refuge in you. Pray close the doors to birth in the six realms for all the deceased who were connected with me. Lead them to the land of bliss. In this, one is seeing that this fierce and clear […]
Chapter 12 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] this question on their mind? Okay. Let’s take that as where we’re starting from. In reading this material over, the assignment I gave is primarily on the six realms which is what we’re going to get to next week. We had a rather short time on that, so I want you to, over the next […]
Chapter 4 of “The Jewel in the Lotus”
[…] all kinds of symbolism. And in this way, the mantra itself has become highly symbolic and is a wonderful vehicle for carrying lists. So you have the six realms, om represents the god realm, ma the titan, ni the human, pad the animal, me the hungry ghost, and hūm the hell realm, and you have […]
Chapter 6 of “Mind Training in Seven Points”
[…] called The Mind Training Prayer. It’s never been translated into English that I know of. And he just goes through every conceivable emotion. He goes through the six realms. Then he goes through the five afflictions. Then he goes through the—I can’t remember all the other things—but one category after another. So, if you know […]
