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[…] appeal to the higher emotions, namely, love, compassion, joy and equanimity. Institutions and movements can be built on the basis of love (e.g., healing communities, communities of faith and devotion), compassion (e.g., communities of service) and joy (e.g., communities of accomplishment), but equanimity is more of a challenge, as it requires people to be […]
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[…] etc., (the “worldly” gods of this culture) cannot provide peace or meaning. This recognition and the subsequent shift in orientation lead to your taking refuge. Determination signifies the faith to pursue this alternative. Faith is the willingness to open to whatever you encounter in your life. You are willing to open to the dissatisfaction you […]
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[…] arise only in the conceptual mind as it tries to put these experiences into different and mutually exclusive boxes. In saying this, I’m not talking about blind faith. Blind faith is a rigid adherence to certain beliefs for which there is little or no evidence. These beliefs cannot be questioned as they form an […]
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[…] it myself to know that it happens. You do the ritual forms of the practice. You just do them. You do them with attention and intention, with faith, with trust, or whatever you want to call it. But what happens is not up to you. The practice works in its own ways, reconfiguring your […]
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[…] them in such a way that they are moved emotionally, inspiring them to go beyond what they ordinarily think themselves capable of. Change comes about either through faith (opening to new possibilities) or belief (solidifying one’s convictions) in the preacher or what he or she is saying. Guide A guide is a person who […]
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[…] the results should be and try to control what arises to conform to those ideas. In fact, any effort to control our experience reflects a lack of faith and confidence in what Suzuki Roshi calls our fundamental nature, in what it is to be human. Suzuki Roshi is not postulating that we have a […]
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[…] a little space into my confusion, and I found a way to continue. By making prayer a part of my daily practice, I discovered a new possibility: faith, a quiet source of strength that became vitally important to me in the years ahead and helped me many times to keep going in difficult situations. […]
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[…] perhaps the only principle that I know, is that it is best to move in the direction of balance. That direction is constantly changing and it requires faith, awareness, and compassion to sense what effort to make in each moment. The optimum condition for awakening is deep balance in every area of life and […]
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[…] very strong in insight and compassion. My friend’s tradition, on the other hand, specialized in power and ecstasy. So we were able to complement each other’s training. Faith and respect in the teacher are important in the Tibetan tradition. What are your views on this topic? In the mind-only or experience-only school, you see […]
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[…] nothing actually there. There is no one to be. To experience ourselves that way isn’t a contradiction. It involves a deeper sense of dying. This is where faith connects with the practice of insight. The door here is emptiness or openness. There is nothing to hold onto. Change shows us that we will not […]
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[…] and my own limited experience. Traditionally, in doing yidam practice, one uses a form that symbolizes the awake ideal or the reactive emotion. These forms have been faithfully handed down from generation to generation. But once we genuinely know the principles, you could, as Kongtrül famously said, use the personality of a clay cup. […]
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Compassion is the difference between a faith that opens you to what life brings and beliefs that force you to close down to protect what you cannot or will not question. Compassion enables you to accept and appreciate the experience of those with whom you have differences. In difficult situations, it leads you to […]
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[…] wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the […]
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[…] wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without hope? The prospect seemed unimaginable. A chill crept down my […]
