Chapter 11 of “Mind Training in Seven Points”
[…] who attend retreats with me. Thank you. Yes, Guy? Guy: It seems like a combination, it seems like it has elements of protection [Unclear]. Ken: Yeah, the primary practice is an ecstasy practice, yes. Guy: Bring energy to [unclear]. Ken: Yeah, exactly. The principle here is rather than working with an object on which you’re […]
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[…] with other teachers, he or she must so inform the teacher at Unfettered Mind and, to avoid confusion, specify which teacher the student takes to be the primary teacher. The choice of primary teacher is the responsibility of the student, not the teacher at Unfettered Mind. Imbalances arise when either teacher or student seeks […]
Chapter 8 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] we’re doing here. Student: I have a question relating to the practice. In my practice, normally what I do [unclear]. And more from meditating and focusing on primary awareness and working outwards from there. Ken: Yes. Student: And so what I found yesterday in the practice was, I felt like I had far too much insight into the […]
Chapter 2 of “The Jewel in the Lotus”
[…] And that may arouse disgust, it may arouse disenchantment, it may arouse disillusionment, it may arouse curiosity. But at least in Buddhism, that’s always regarded as the primary motivation, the most fundamental and reliable motivation. It’s what motivated Buddha Shakyamuni. He saw that there was old age, illness and death. And he went, “How […]
Chapter 3 of “The Warrior’s Solution”
[…] presence. Presence is being in the full experience of what is arising—internally, externally and the awareness thereof. So right now, take a moment and return to the primary practice. Pick a focus. Expand to the field. And when you can rest in the field, then include the internal material. Drop the distinction of inside and […]
Chapter 29 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] So, it’s all about letting go in here rather than letting go out there, okay? Is this clear? Okay, good. Why observe ethics? Ken: You have the primary characteristics of each type of ethics; you have common and uncommon. I think it would be better to say common and special. Now what I find […]
Chapter 26 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] The main way it benefits ourselves is that, when you act appropriately, how much do you have to think about? Yeah. It clears the mind. That’s the primary reason for acting appropriately. It leaves you at peace. And a very, very good way to approach difficult decisions—and morally difficult situations or ones which you […]
Chapter 5 of “Buddhahood Without Meditation”
[…] “to firm.” La is the word “to relax.” So you make an effort to move into attention and then you relax. Another way if you take the primary practice. There’s a certain effort involved in opening to all sensory experience. There’s a continuation of that effort, in opening to all the internal material. When you […]
Chapter 32 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] talking about with karma—the genesis of distraction, and the conditions of distraction, or which foster distraction. So when we move down now to the next six topics—the primary characteristics of agitation, the cause of agitation, the faults of agitation, and the primary characteristics of solitude, the cause of solitude, and the good qualities of […]
Chapter 30 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] the text. Can you? Oh, we’re going to have to go fast. Impatience, anger and weakness Ken: Okay. You’ll notice that Gampopa takes anger to be the primary form, impatience manifests it. If an ethical man is impatient, he is roused to anger. The Jewel Ornament of Liberation, Gampopa, Herbert Guenther (translator), p. 173 […]
Chapter 3 of “Guru, Deity, Protector”
[…] Student: I’m confused because I can’t really separate the three. They’re so intricately related to me. I mean it’s like saying, “Well, you know, look at the primary colors and … “ Ken: What color is that? Student: It’s red. Ken: Thank you. Student: Okay. To me this process though is not in my […]
Chapter 1 of “Power and Presence”
[…] right now I want to turn it over to Jeff, who’s going to introduce you to the meditation practice that we’re going to do for this retreat. Primary practice and opening Jeff: You do primary practice. I’m sure at least several of you have done it before, but this is a slightly different way of […]
Chapter 11 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] the verb meditate. And usually the ideas that people have is not what actually happens. How many of you, when you first started meditating thought that the primary thing that you did when you meditate is rest peacefully? How many think that is what actually happens? No. Well it does in a certain way, […]
Chapter 5 of “The Warrior’s Solution”
[…] do it one time this evening. And if you want to continue it in each section, that’s fine. Student: [Unclear] Ken: Yes, and do this with the primary meditation. Move into what you don’t want to feel. Make it the focus, expand the field, so you move right into the experience of it. Now, […]
Chapter 19 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] by that? What is comparable and one in Guenther is, By knowing all entities to be non-existent, to see them as incapable of being given form and primary characteristics, of being taken as entities in themselves, but to see them as being perfect Buddhahood is taking refuge in the Buddha. The Jewel Ornament of […]