[…] about here—you just know—and it’s a knowing which doesn’t depend on rational deduction, or inference or induction. Think there’s one more but I can’t remember—or analysis—it’s a direct knowing and there’s a connection that comes through that knowing. Recently there was this match at Wimbledon which it was eleven hours and the final set was— […]

[…] going into samsara. Without going anywhere, I arrive at buddhahood. I understand that no experience is good or bad. The difference between buddhas and ordinary beings is direct knowing. When I know directly exactly how mind is And the knowing is full and present, that is buddha. What one can do then can’t be described […]

[…] and it is just like, “Aachh.” [Makes panic sound] Okay? There’s a comment over here? No. Okay. Any other comments about … yes, Mary. Fire transforms into direct knowing Mary: Regarding fire, could you explain again the quality knowing. I understand, you know, the reaction and the others, but knowing. Letting you know the limits […]

[…] a shop near here, which is called the Lamp Shop. Ken: Said the first man. Okay. Actor 2: I happen to live near here and I can direct you to it. Ken: Said the second man. Actor 1: I should be able to find it myself. I’ve been given the directions, and I’ve written […]

[…] it’s all yours. And that’s what I mean when I say our life consists of everything we experience. What happens most of the time is that we direct our energies to those aspects of life which we find interesting or rewarding or fulfilling in some way, and we ignore, push away, or seek to […]

[…] much more quickly than we thought they would. Jeff: Quite quickly, yeah. Ken: Yeah, they had to form groups of four and whoever was at the vertex—whatever direction was leading—but if they had to change direction, everybody had to turn and then whoever was at the new vertex became the leader. So the leading […]

[…] knowing. Often that knowing is confused and distorted. What the fire dakini symbolizes is the knowing. The knowing that just arises without any reference. And knows things directly and instantly. The air dakini transforms busyness of activity for activity’s sake into effective action. And the void dakini transforms that spacey, bewildered quality of experience […]

[…] “Damn!” depending on where you are, but you can’t go back. That term is usually translated as realization. I don’t use that terminology. I translate it as direct knowing or direct awareness. And the reason I don’t translate it as realization, because we have this wonderful phrase realized being. Now, if we look in a […]

[…] through this, you need to look at your experience, not try to think it through. Thinking is not going to be helpful. Maya. Maya: I choose to direct my attention to my breath. Ken: Yes, you choose to direct your attention to the breath. What makes it possible for your mind to go quiet, […]

[…] of a metaphor, which we’ll go through. The next column is what kind of understanding or knowing arises. This is usually translated as realization, but it’s the direct knowing. And you’ll see that in the column after that, is what is abandoned. This is a mistranslation, in my view, of the term spang (pron. pong) […]

[…] progress. [Laughter] Ken: Two different definitions of progress, though I still feel you have a point in that statement, Alicia. Okay. So, four points. Here I’ll read directly from Tibetan. Coming to know definitely that all experience is inexpressible emptiness to discern that there is a single timeless awareness, natural timeless awareness in self-arising […]

[…] is actually exactly what is set out in all the texts. And that’s wonderful. That tells us, “Oh, okay, this seems to be going in the right direction.” But the process here of discovering this through our own experience and getting corroboration from the texts and from the teachings, etc., versus trying to adopt […]

[…] something that moves you to action and becomes an experience. Now that’s a fundamentally different way of experiencing emotions. And the object at which your emotion is directed now is experienced in a different way because that drive, or compulsion or, etc., is no longer operating. So you have this experience here, and you […]

[…] just sit down and this unfolds in an hour and a half. [Ken makes a ticking clock sound.] Then what in dzogchen is called rigpa—translation “awareness or direct awareness”—you begin to experience that. I don’t want to say it “arises” I don’t even know how to put it into English really. I don’t want […]

[…] Gail: So of those things that were listed and the things that were not listed, how would they help you to recognize a track and in which direction the animal might be going? How do you recognize that Ken: You’ve all named a number of qualities: spirit of adventure, curiosity, a few implements, shovel, […]