Chapter 1 of “Learning from the Lives of Lineage Holders”
[…] in practice today. It’s still a pretty meager existence. Yep. Nava? Nava: What [unclear] in order to be thrown out of the system you need courage and faith in order to do what she did. Ken: You need courage and faith? Yes. And how would you describe that faith? Nava: This is what should […]
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Although mahamudra has no genesis, faith and devotion are its genesis. Although mahamudra has no conditions, excellent teachers are its conditions. Although mahamudra has no method, this unaffected mind is its method. Although mahamudra has no path, this undistracted mind is its path. Although mahamudra has no result, this mind free in pure being […]
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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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[…] 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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[…] 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 […]
Chapter 7 of “Stand-Alone Talks”
[…] say, “protect my vajra awareness, grant your blessings so that I may realize great bliss wisdom.” And that is essentially the medieval contract. You give loyalty and faith to the king or the ruler, and the ruler protects you and provides you with the wherewithal so that you can prosper, in this context within […]
Chapter 2 of “Anything is Possible”
[…] barometer of, okay, my jaws clenching I’m feeling anger, or this is happening. I know this, it’s that fear and the antidote for that for me is faith. And the faith is that, oh, I can live through this moment again, if I’m just present here now. But when I’m the one with the […]
Chapter 1 of “Eightfold Path”
[…] because it’s the first one. Now view here is nothing fancy it is just how we look at the world. And right view is usually described as: having faith in the three jewels, buddha, dharma and sangha; accepting karma as a working principle; accepting the four truths; and not seeing things in terms of matter […]
Chapter 4 of “Stalking Death”
[…] necessarily. Ken: No, sometimes small talk is relevant. Have I got some dirt for you. [Laughter] Contentment. Wishing others well, which is to say loving kindness. And faith. Student: Is that the faith that you defined earlier, in your email? Ken: Yes. So, those are the ten virtues. Now, the image of a fish, […]
Chapter 7 of “Chö: Cutting Through the Thickets of Thinking”
[…] very deeply, whether it’s through taking and sending or whatever, so it’s really, really strong and you go phat! And then you do the same thing with faith, loving-kindness, with everything. [Laughter] Cool. Okay? This is, you know, loving-kindness, compassion you mix with totality of experience, totality of being in the same way. Student: […]
Chapter 4 of “Pointing Out Instructions”
[…] of our experience. What time do we have? Could you just turn that around? Okay, you could just put it down there. Thanks. Okay. Verses on the faith mind: preferences Ken: So, one of the things I thought I’d do this evening, ’cause I want to—I’m just in the mood for flogging dead horses, […]
Chapter 2 of “Pointing Out Instructions”
[…] on the web, and I looked them over and this is the one I liked best. In the same vein, on page 44 there’s Verses on the Faith Mind. Just so that people who are listening to this, the translation of the Genjokoan is the one by Francis Cook. And then the Verses on […]
Chapter 35 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] And again, I am not really competent to talk about this, but clearly there is a shift that takes place. So that, for instance, if you take faith—it’s something that you can use. But when you move up to the level, move from faith being a power to faith being a strength, I think […]
Chapter 31 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] So this form of (quotation marks) laziness—when I read these, I really don’t think it’s the right term at all—is coming from a lack of confidence or faith in oneself, in one’s own potential, which can manifest as a kind of laziness. But I don’t think it’s properly called laziness. The third one, which […]
Chapter 25 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] referring to in terms of its psychological or religious use. Joe: Well, despair in the sense that I know it from the Catholic background is loss of faith, that loss of connection to God. And that connection to God means salvation, means being saved. Ken: Interesting point. So if you despair then you are […]