Chapter 5 of “A Trackless Path I”
[…] the primary one is devotion, and you have prayers which go by such titles as Soothing the Pain of Faith. This isn’t an actual title of a prayer, but it’s a paraphrase of Ripping Your Heart Out With Faith, or something like that. The same happens with loving-kindness. Loving-kindness is an opening to people […]
Chapter 3 of “A Trackless Path I”
[…] this to increase their luck. Trungpa’s term “spiritual materialism” applies here. Now, that is a socialization of a spiritual principle, and if you look at the dedication prayer that we use, which is actually a translation, probably my fourth or fifth translation of a prayer in Tibetan: Goodness comes from this practice now done. […]
Chapter 2 of “Ganges Mahamudra: Tilopa’s Pith Instructions to Naropa”
[…] look in the resting. Because you can’t understand how to do that, you can learn to do it, and you can build the ability to do it. Prayers Ken: Okay? Thanks. Any other questions before we close? All right, thanks. Goodness comes from this practice now done. Let me not hold it just in […]
Chapter 1 of “Buddhahood Without Meditation”
[…] second roll down of the 6:45 hong. Ken: Is that clear? And then we do half an hour of meditation together, followed immediately by the morning ritual prayers, after which we go to breakfast. And then the next meditation period is at 9:30. So there is a gong at 9:15 or starts at 9:15 […]
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[…] and understandings. It shows you how to bring a traditional practice text to life for each of Vajrayana’s three pillars: Teacher — the world of faith, devotion, prayer, meditation that opens a door to direct awareness practices Deity — a realm of magic and mystery that radically shifts your understanding of life and self […]
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Why Unfettered Mind? Buddhas and bodhisattvas, Wherever you may be, Please help me to find a way. Responses to this prayer are countless. The purpose of Unfettered Mind is to be one of them. To this end, Unfettered Mind offers a library of resources for Buddhist practice drawn from Ken McLeod’s understanding and experience […]
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[…] others, everywhere. The King of Spiritual Intentions ends here. In response to the heartfelt requests of Ann Craig and Claudia Hansson, I, Ken McLeod, building on the careful work of Sarah Harding, translated this prayer in Windsor, California, in July, 2021. May it ignite the fire of awakening in all who take it to heart.
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A Prayer to One’s Teacher Namo gurubhya Homage to the teacher Myriad forms appear continuously from relationships and coincidence:The teacher of appearances as symbol arises around me.Indescribable this dance of magical forms!In experiencing the natural freedom of appearance and emptiness, I pray to you.Grant me the energy to know directly the activity of perceptible […]
Chapter 6 of “Releasing Emotional Reactions”
[…] and one can call them the practice of direct awareness or the practice of presence. In the Christian tradition, it is one of the advanced form of prayer, which is silent prayer often described as “unspoken communion with God.” I am sure there are similar practices within Judaism, but I am not familiar with […]
Chapter 1 of “Chö: Cutting Through Demonic Obsessions”
[…] both of them it can’t. One of the prayers that we use in Los Angeles—one of my students asked me about this the other day—it’s a dedication prayer, and the phrase “non-residing awakening” is used—it’s a technical term. He said, “What’s non-residing awakening?” Well, all of you know about samsara, which is the experience […]
Chapter 10 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] to say that at the heart of any spiritual practice there is a way of training attention. In the Christian contemplative traditions it’s through the practice of prayer, technology that was largely lost between the 16th and 19th centuries. And there have been a number of Catholic contemplatives who’ve taken major steps in reviving […]
Chapter 7 of “Being Mahamudra”
[…] that’s another point; that makes it a bit sad. But just referring back to Jean’s comment for a moment, you may recall a verse in the mahamudra prayer: “It doesn’t exist: even buddhas do not see it.” David? David: That’s nice, but … Ken: I love it. “That’s nice but…” [Laughter] A categorical statement […]
Chapter 3 of “37 Practices in Four Parts”
[…] stepping out into the mystery of life itself. And most mysteries aren’t particularly safe. You don’t know what’s out there. You’re entering into the dark. A refuge prayer for modern times Ken: So, some time ago I wrote a refuge prayer, which I thought was more appropriate for modern times. And it’s up on […]
Chapter 4 of “Guru, Deity, Protector”
[…] that for Charles Dodgson it was little more than a play on grammar, from a Buddhist perspective it really touches on exactly what is. In a mahamudra prayer, it says, When you look at nothing and you look and you see nothing and you understand the significance of not seeing. That’s very important. Now, […]
Chapter 7 of “Finding the Way”
[…] rich. He was praying in a very loud voice. He was desperate. His neighbor who happened to be an extremely wealthy man, heard the sound of Nasrudin’s prayers coming over the wall, which separated the gardens, and he thought, “Let’s have a little joke.” So he took his bag of gold coins and threw […]
