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 “37 Practices in Four Parts”
[…] is in the laws of society. But this is a very individual choice. Some people, they will never go for those two lines, because what is of primary importance to them is being a member of society and going along with whatever the accepted norms and practices are. Other people say, “No, this is […]
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 1 of “Four Immeasurables”
[…] Ken: And you are particularly interested in indifference. Joe: In indifference, yes. Ken: Well there are several ways to respond to this. One that comes to mind—the primary method for people who have a strong connection with aversion—is to cultivate a relationship with death and impermanence. And for people who have a strong relationship […]
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 7 of “Mind Training in Seven Points”
[…] don’t question. You know, it’s the god realm stuff: “Well, I’m right, and that’s just how it is.” Work with these three Ken: Work with the three primary factors. [Foster three key elements. 2005 ed.] The Great Path of Awakening, p. 39 The three primary factors are: a teacher, a practice, and conditions that […]
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 1 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] and struggle and what to do about it. And he’s going to talk about what to do about it using the following framework. The words here are primary cause, working basis, contributory cause, method, result, and activities. I would offer these as the genesis—genesis of the practice. What makes it possible for us to […]
Chapter 8 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] food, providing them with clothing. In today’s world in which we’re not a barter society, we’re not an agriculturally-based society, our economy functions very, very differently. The primary means of exchange and support is through money. So instead of bringing five sheep to your teacher, you bring $50 or whatever. I’m not sure what […]
Chapter 5 of “Guru, Deity, Protector”
[…] to reactive emotions released itself into its own nature. Wherever I am, I engage secret actions. And secret actions has a wide range of meaning, but its primary meaning is working internally. In the secret points of the Kagyu teachings, these are the epitome of the instructions. And one of the things about training […]
Chapter 2 of “37 Practices in Four Parts”
[…] way of saying the same thing. And one of our tendencies is—because of the way that our culture works and the way we’ve been trained—one of the primary ways that we relate, particularly to the written word, is we take it literally. Many, many people, it seems, have lost their relationship completely with poetry. […]
Chapter 3 of “37 Practices in Four Parts”
[…] and Epicureans as being different, in practice, they come out very, very similar, even though they’re coming from slightly different places. So this to me is the primary question of life. How do we tend to the affairs of life and live in the spirit at the same time? I’m using Western words there, […]
Chapter 5 of “37 Practices in Four Parts”
[…] people saying terrible things about me, and people do say terrible things about me—you should know that—I really just laugh. But it wasn’t always that way. The primary feeling that came up with me is feeling misunderstood and misrepresented. That was a terrible feeling. And just wanting to take that person and force them […]