Chapter 23 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] from Nagarjuna, inspired by Manjushri, who is the bodhisattva of awakened intelligence. And the lineage of vast action comes from Serlingpa, who drew on Asanga, who had direct inspiration from Maitreya, who’s another bodhisattva, the bodhisattva associated with loving-kindness. These are sometimes—though not completely accurately—associated with the—oh, gosh—the Middle Way and the Mind Only […]
Chapter 5 of “Buddhahood Without Meditation”
[…] Buddhist ethics is that. In other words, the basis of Buddhist ethics is simply what leaves your mind or you at peace. Now, from the perspective of direct awareness, dzogchen, mahamudra, or whatever you want to call it: is there anything which can be harmed? Is there anything which can be benefited? Now you […]
Chapter 4 of “A Trackless Path I”
[…] who knows part. Don’t indulge your confusion Valerie: I just can’t quite wrap my mind around what does “indulge your confusion” mean? Does that mean let it direct you? I’m not sure what “indulge” means. Ken: You come into a situation. You know what the right thing to do is. But you don’t want […]
Chapter 4 of “Heart Sutra Workshop”
[…] you to try a little experiment right now. Experience the hurt and the anger at the same time. What happens? Student: Sadness. Ken: That’s moving in the direction of hurt so include a bit more of the anger. Student: They disappear. Ken: They disappear? Student: I was waffling. Ken: You went back and forth? […]
Chapter 5 of “Monsters under the Bed”
[…] tend to lock yourself up in something which doesn’t allow the mind to rest and doesn’t allow attention to grow and cultivate. So George is going to direct some attention into that during the sitting period. This might actually be possible Ken: Another thing is that—and this is a problem with the gloom and […]
Chapter 3 of “Practicing the Diamond Sutra”
[…] “It isn’t quite right.” But I checked a few passages in this one, a couple of them that others have gone in a bit of a wrong direction, in my opinion. Student: Who is the author? Ken: It’s A.F. Price and Wong Mou-lam. Wong Mu lam is W-O-N-G, M-O-U hyphen L-A-M. So it’s Price […]
Chapter 2 of “Stalking Death”
[…] puts you directly in touch with the suffering that is present in the inequities that the culture itself creates. So one just says—this is wrong. That’s a direct knowing that comes through compassion. It’s not, or it doesn’t really come through insight. It’s because of the connection with suffering. Okay? One more question, then we’ll […]
Chapter 2 of “Practicing the Diamond Sutra”
[…] it’s good to bring attention to that. And the way that you practice balance isn’t trying to maintain balance. That’s impossible, but you’re constantly moving in the direction of balance. I’ve often done an exercise, and we won’t do it here this evening, where I have people stand on one foot, and the first […]
Chapter 34 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] mean? Cara? Cara: Can you just give an example of that? Ken: I can give you more of an analogy, but I think it’s in the right direction. You’re at your baking school, you have interaction with these people, and somebody makes a big deal about something that you know isn’t a big deal, […]
Chapter 4 of “Pointing Out Instructions”
[…] sky without any physical strength—so it’s a natural posture. And if you’re doing this outside, be sure to wear sunblock, because even if you aren’t in the direct sun there’s a huge amount of ultraviolet. So you want to have sunblock on. Otherwise you’ll get quite burned even if you’re resting in the shade. […]
Chapter 9 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] That’s going to key your own investigation, and again I encourage you not to analyze. The understanding that we develop, or uncover, in Buddhist practice is a direct knowing. It’s a direct knowing. It is not a deductive knowing, which is always a product of the intellect. You can’t trust it. Uchiyama Roshi talks about […]
Chapter 5 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] the good out there even though he didn’t know what it looked like. And he just paid attention to everything, trying to discern the shape or the direction in which that good lay and directing his people towards that. And to me this describes very, very much how we are in a spiritual practice. […]
Chapter 8 of “A Trackless Path II”
[…] know, something that was sort of cold and clear like that. This is different. Ken: Yeah. Exactly. Thank you. Okay. All right. Other questions? Claudia? Oops. Other direction. Claudia: Last night, you were talking to Carolyn, and you mentioned that there were a number of texts that helped with transitioning. Ken: Oh. Yeah. Claudia: […]
Chapter 26 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] and then you actually express the vow, and then there’s the rejoicing, and then there’s the dedication. Joe: It seems like I failed to have a very direct experience of it, because of the liturgical nature of it. I find it hard to translate it into a direct relationship. Ken: Okay. I’ll talk about […]
Chapter 29 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] takes place in us Joe: Well, this is actually a response to what Steve just said: okay, if you make an aspiration, that’s where your discipline is directed towards. So, if you’re disciplined, you’re disciplined to … I hate to use the word achieve. Ken: Well. I don’t think we need to use the […]
