A simple ceremony when someone close to you dies When someone close to us dies, our connection with that person is broken and cannot be restored. Yet the web of connections does not disintegrate right away. It gradually unravels — strands releasing one by one. Each strand is a memory or a recollection, arising in no particular order, triggered by a … [Read more...] about A Passage To Light
Practices
Traditional Session Prayers
Prayer to the Perfection of Wisdom Perfection of Wisdom, mother of buddhas and union of refuges,I pray to you from the bottom of my heart. This precious human form is difficult to obtain and embodies opportunities and resources.Give me energy to realize its potential. The ultimate foe, the Lord of Death, can come at any time.Give me energy to … [Read more...] about Traditional Session Prayers
Niguma – The Magic of Faith
In the sky in front of me is my teacher, arising in the form of Niguma. Every part of me prays to her to be free from disturbance — physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual: I and all beings, infinite in number, take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. I and all beings, infinite in number, take refuge in the teacher, in practice, and in … [Read more...] about Niguma – The Magic of Faith
Four Immeasurables – practice
You can download a PDF of this practice in English and German. Equanimity May I be free from preference and prejudice.May I know things just as they are.May I experience the world knowing me just as I am.May I see into whatever arises. Loving kindness May I be happy, well, and at peace.May I open to things just as they are.May I … [Read more...] about Four Immeasurables – practice
Five-Step Mindfulness Practice
seeing from the inside 1.Breathing in I feel this emotion/pain/problemBreathing out I feel this emotion 2.Breathing in I feel the reactions to this emotionBreathing out I feel the reactions to this emotion 3.Breathing in I feel calm in this emotionBreathing out I feel calm in this emotion 4.Breathing in I feel at ease in this emotionBreathing out I … [Read more...] about Five-Step Mindfulness Practice
Contemporary Session Prayers
Click here for a printable PDF version of these prayers. Cliquez ici pour une version française. Beginning Practice Four Instructions of Gampopa Let my heart turn to practice.Let practice become a path.Let this path dissolve confusion.Let confusion become wisdom. Taking Refuge Knowing there is nothing outside or inside to free me, I take … [Read more...] about Contemporary Session Prayers