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[…] become aware of the feeling itself and how it resonates with other areas of life. You become aware of older, uncomfortable, buried feelings. You understand and know directly the structure that formed in you to keep you from being present in your life. The task is to take the structure apart, dismantle the projections, […]
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[…] practices became much clearer. Without going into details, it seems to me that the intention of all these practices is to cultivate attention, either by practicing attention directly or by removing what prevents attention from developing. Once attention is present, appropriate action, skillful means, bodhicitta, everything else flows quite naturally. There is no need […]
Chapter 7 of “Power and Presence”
[…] trying to stretch. You’re just trying to twist. So the way I think of a twist is one end of you is either stationary or going one direction while the other end goes the other. Okay. Like wringing out a towel. So for instance, a lot of us have trouble with confrontations, but we […]
Chapter 3 of “Finding the Way”
[…] had one, Elena? Elena: I found one of the significant things was limitations of the questions as we were engaging. I would’ve preferred to follow some other direction and go deep, what I feel is deep. So, that was limiting. But I was also impressed by my partner’s willingness to stay with these difficult […]
Chapter 2 of “Death: Friend or Foe?”
[…] quiet the mind?” Well, in Buddhist circles it would be, like “Well, of course you do!” But the question invites a wonderful exploration in potentially several different directions. One direction is, “Okay, I’ve heard it’s good to quiet the mind. Does that have any place in my life?” And it brings you in touch […]
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[…] to mind the mind of awakening. (Repeat three times.) Practice Note The ceremony opens with refuge and awakening mind, traditional reflections that renew our connection with the direction of our practice and our motivation. Creating the Presence of Amitabha e ma ho Wonderful Buddha Limitless Light, And Great Compassion, Great Power, and others, Buddhas […]
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[…] deities and mantras are not separate and have one tasteI come to the place where all buddhas are not separate,The presence of the head of all the buddha families, Akshobhya:I experience directly the presence of naturally arising co-emergence.All experience is originally fully awake.This finding of seeing the unseeable,Whatever you may call it, is the point.
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[…] about what helps others — this is the practice of a bodhisattva. 37To dispel the suffering of beings without limit, With wisdom freed from the three spheres Direct all the goodness generated by these efforts To awakening — this is the practice of a bodhisattva. Following the teachings of the holy ones On what […]
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[…] department in a company, was concerned with how his employees perceived him and whether they were loyal to him. When he let go of those concerns and directed his energy into providing them with the resources they needed to work effectively, his department became a happier place to work for everyone. Instead of trying […]
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[…] So, while I teach others, I’m still a student. Could you elaborate on these approaches? The four approaches in spiritual work are power (the ability to go directly and just “do”); ecstasy (the ability to open); insight (the ability to see into); and compassion (the ability to let go). Buddhism specializes in insight and […]
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Everyone knows the old adage “You can’t see the forest for the trees.” In the work environment, the trees are the immediate pressures you feel: demands and directives from above, needs and problems from below. The forest is the bigger picture, the picture beyond the immediate pressures. Most people react to remove pressures as […]
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[…] to do this as tonight’s work. In preparing the meal for the following day as tonight’s work there is no goal for tomorrow being established, yet our direction for right now is clear; prepare tomorrow’s meal. In other words, we do whatever is next with full attention but without any kind of expectation. When […]
Chapter 1 of “Power and Presence”
[…] forth—mentioned that you were curious or felt you had a need for power or some relationship with power. Power is not a subject that is discussed very directly, very often. And there are very definite reasons for this. One of them is that in institutional settings power is rarely discussed because it tends to […]
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[…] their practice. The books, writings, translations, and podcasts available through Unfettered Mind cover the whole range of practice — from the cultivation of stable attention to the direct awareness of mahamudra and dzogchen, from how to live in attention as you go about your life to a non-referential compassion that informs everything you do […]
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[…] and good fortune. In this life, in all my lives,Through my mastering the wealth of the Treasury of Heaven,And sending the four kinds of gifts in every direction,May all beings, through the ten perfections, ripen and be free. Through the highest and fullest knowing, free from reaction and restriction,Of every possible experience in samsara […]
