Chapter 1 of “Finding the Way”
[…] sitting together. There aren’t any interviews in the first meditation period. Then we come down for breakfast. During that first meditation period just let your mind rest, resting with the breath or resting in open awareness, whatever you’re used to in your practice. And if you want, you can begin exploring—what am I experiencing? […]
Chapter 13 of “A Trackless Path II”
[…] Ken: Kalu Rinpoche’s one-line instruction which he gave to us over and over again was “Just recognize.” Student: Just what? Ken: “Just recognize.” [Snaps fingers.] Mind is resting—just recognize it. Mind is moving—just recognize. So it’s just that little bit of wakefulness so you know what’s going on. And that’s it. “Just recognize.” Direct […]
Chapter 4 of “Stalking Death”
[…] in which you used energy transformation exercises or methods to give rise to intense experiences of bliss and light which echo the nature of mind. And you’re resting in the nature of mind, bliss, and light—what is there to be concerned about? So “sleeps at ease.” In this practice do I trust. The Hundred-Thousand […]
Chapter 6 of “Chö: Cutting Through the Thickets of Thinking”
The chö visualization in English Ken: Unless there’s a strong vote to the negative, I won’t use the bell and drum this evening; do it all in English, going through it as you might if you’re doing it yourself. Is that okay? Student: [Unclear] Ken: Pardon? Student: [Unclear] Ken: Yeah, and without any Tibetan. […]
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Increasingly, money has become the only medium for exchange between people in our culture. The human part of us resists this as we feel that there is more than simply financial value in our interactions. But money is now used to determine the value of time, the value of any material article, the value […]
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[…] imagining what might happen, no reflecting on what is happening, no analyzing or explaining or controlling what you experience. Nothing! Why would you even try? We struggle in life because of a tenacious habit of wanting life to be different from what it is: the room you are in is too warm, you don’t […]
Chapter 7 of “Releasing Emotional Reactions”
[…] have the capacity to look right at it. And so you just go blank, and you get confused. Okay. What this means is you need to cultivate resting with the breath or other forms so you have a stronger attention. And then when you look at what experiences, you will experience a shift. And […]
Chapter 9 of “Being Mahamudra”
[…] various ways. To this meditator who lets the essence of any movement Rest fresh right there, in the moment, not doing anything. This is the empty knowing, resting night, where whatever arises, you do nothing with it. That’s a practice. When you actually do the practice, you’ll wake up. Give me energy to be […]
Chapter 3 of “Being Mahamudra”
[…] things. I’m not sure that we’ll get all of them done. The first thing is very directly related to practice and is going to be very important in the days ahead. In some psychological and some spiritual and even some Buddhist traditions, there is the notion of the observing self or the observing mind. […]
Chapter 3 of “The Unfettered Mind”
[…] it better. There’s a flaw in me or the situation, an urge not to examine but to control. Ken: Yes. Student: And in your direction about just resting in the breath, there’s a difference between resting and constantly seeking balance. Ken: Yes. Well, ideals are highly problematic in this practice, because the mind is […]
Chapter 2 of “Guru, Deity, Protector”
[…] a great deal of myth about it. And on the other hand, try to convey the power and sense of these practices, or this approach to practice, in a way that you can relate to without going through what are sometimes quite considerable cultural distortions. Do you know of which I speak? Student: Some, […]
Chapter 11 of “A Trackless Path II”
[…] II, morning session. There are two things I want to touch on this morning. A major one is a continuation of what we were discussing yesterday, mahamudra. In the classical presentations of mahamudra there’s a list of four what I call pitfalls, which are divided into the general and the specific. And their wording […]
Chapter 2 of “Meditating on the Four Immeasurables”
[…] really felt face to face with some really dense material. One of the voices that goes by after I’ve done a cutting or an insight or a resting is, “but what I’m saying is true.” This voice is asserting its plausibility, it’s pointing to plausibility. So I think I’m still pretty hooked into some […]
Chapter 3 of “The Warrior’s Solution”
[…] of discussion that one expects or has about ethics. There isn’t a list of do’s and don’ts. More a set of principles. But the principles are nothing in and of themselves, because the meaning of the principles and what they really signify is based in experience.[Silence] The first principle is presence. Presence is being […]
Chapter 29 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] become pretty restrictive. We’re gonna be talking about that. Do you see the distinction I’m making? Susan: I do. You had also mentioned earlier meeting each moment, resting in your own knowing or awareness. So, I guess you could see somebody else who’s doing that and be inspired by it, but if it’s different […]
