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[…] anything.Through careful probing, may I erase any sense of ground.Perceptions that have never existed are mistaken for objects;Because of ignorance, awareness is mistaken for a self;Through the power of dualistic fixation I wander in samsara.May ignorance and confusion be completely erased.It doesn’t exist: even buddhas do not see it.It doesn’t not exist: it is […]
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[…] of suffering; instead of joy, derision of his or her abilities; instead of equanimity, judgement. And whenever the child says, “Hold on, there’s something wrong here,” the power of the family system comes into play: “What? You don’t love your mother! Shame on you.” “You can’t do that, you might get hurt.” “You think […]
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[…] post-modernism, the questioning of any claim to objective “Truth”. Post-modernism sees all worldviews as constructions that arise from historical processes, and, as such, as a function of power rather than truth. Because there is no objective reality, worldviews are constructed. Constructed worldviews embody the power and interests of those who build them. Therefore, they […]
Chapter 5 of “37 Practices of a Bodhisattva”
[…] to want, not in the sense of greed, or need, just to want. Chen is the word for great, so great desire. Dbang is the word for power, influence, authority. So, I chose to translate that phrase, and probably in other translations that might be said by the power of great desire. Is there […]
Chapter 2 of “37 Practices of a Bodhisattva”
[…] it should be. The Tibetan reads, If you don’t engage disturbances, reactive emotions gradually fade away. But to me that particular construction in English doesn’t carry any power: if this, then that. So, I wanted to translate it into something which had more power to it. So, that’s why I put it into this […]
Chapter 9 of “37 Practices in Four Parts”
[…] a lot of value in many of the traditional models for social change, which seek to bring about change through opposition. And people use anger to develop power within themselves, and energy. From a Buddhist point of view, this is almost totally unproductive. Because if you use anger to develop a sense of power […]
Chapter 8 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] bit more deeply with the breath; possibly don’t try so hard. In this, resting is very, very important. As I said, I think on Friday evening, the power of practice comes from resting. That’s where the real power is, you’re just there. Okay? Any other questions? Good. Let’s take a break, and then we’ll […]
Chapter 7 of “Being Mahamudra”
[…] And it takes a very short time before people appreciate that, “Oh, well, we’re the keepers of the knowledge, and this puts us in a position of power.” And now there’s a concerted effort to keep dictionaries from coming into existence. Well, Buddhism developed very, very highly specialized vocabularies, and the Tibetan language was […]
Chapter 4 of “Guru, Deity, Protector”
[…] you which will go, “But … but … but … but … ” So if you take some ideal such as Vajrapani, for instance, which is awakened power, there are those parts in some of us that’ll go, “But … but I have to be a nice person.” Sorry, this is about one identity. […]
Chapter 4 of “The Unfettered Mind”
[…] This is a postmodern perspective, and it’s somewhat cynical because the view is that since there is nothing that is real, truth is simply a function of power. Those in power determine what is true, etc. This is an extremely destructive world view and arguably is responsible for some of the wars and a […]
Chapter 6 of “Practicing the Diamond Sutra”
[…] where when you enter into them—or realms where you enter them—you are closer to waking up, or you actually wake up yourself. And there’s a kind of power in that. And this has been formalized into something concrete. Well, everything that is elaborated this way comes from some kind of experience. And when you’re […]
Chapter 5 of “Practicing the Diamond Sutra”
[…] for a long period, or you do them alternating, it doesn’t really make much difference. And the other, a third method of building capacity and a very powerful method is prayer. Praying to develop the ability to know, because it’s not—just from what you’ve said—you know it’s not about understanding, it’s about knowing. And […]
Chapter 4 of “Practicing the Diamond Sutra”
[…] But you could take what I have in Wake Up to Your Life, for instance, in which I’ve taken those meditations … they’re hard meditations. It’s a power approach to developing loving-kindness and compassion. The usual approach that’s used in the Theravadan tradition, that’s an ecstatic approach, but the approach that I put in […]
Chapter 10 of “A Trackless Path II”
[…] And it’s quite a shame what’s happened to the English language in the course of twentieth century. “Goodness” is kind of an unfashionable term. And yet, there’s power in goodness. It’s very unfashionable to think in these terms. The word virtue is derived from the Latin word which means strength. So virtue means strength. […]
Chapter 1 of “Eightfold Path”
[…] moving or acting quickly their attention is gone. They don’t have the ability in attention to actually stay present in the action. And that’s when the reactivity starts. Power: the ability to be present in action Ken: I have a whole workshop on that about power. Because power can be described as the ability to be […]
