Chapter 14 of “A Trackless Path I”
[…] that the strain of always blocking something that’s also being powered by the energy—just becomes increasingly demanding and drains energy from the system. Pure being So by resting—Jigme Lingpa says here, By resting in a state that doesn’t rely on effort or process, You can use the result, pure being, as the path. Revelations […]
Chapter 4 of “A Trackless Path I”
[…] August 22nd a.m. So any questions, practical points you want to touch on? Janet: When doing the primary practice, is it important to conclude a session with resting in the experience of the breath as you do with the four immeasurables? And if so, why? Ken: There are practices which are primarily the practice […]
Chapter 8 of “Power and Presence”
[…] feel that there’s violence being portrayed, cutting off the head of the old man and all of those dragons. And let’s take a look at that. You’re resting in meditation and you start feeling anger about something, maybe something that happened yesterday, maybe some meeting you’ve got coming up tomorrow. What do you do […]
Chapter 1 of “Ganges Mahamudra: Tilopa’s Pith Instructions to Naropa”
[…] is. However, there are a couple of little wrinkles. Being totally awake in that, and undistracted, now that’s not particularly easy. It’s going to take practice. Meditation: resting in experience Ken: So, I’m going to give you a method here, and we’ll just do this very quickly in the time that we have remaining, […]
Chapter 2 of “37 Practices in Four Parts”
[…] opening and letting be. Eventually these two can come together. But I have found so many people, including myself, benefit from just not trying so hard. Just resting, and then discovering that there’s a natural awareness that is there and can just come out on its own. As long as we’re trying, as this […]
Practice Material
Now, as you experience this vague knowing in which there is no thought or movement, look at what knows that this is happening, look at what is mentally or emotionally inert, and rest there. Then you experience an awareness that is free from thought and movement, has no sense of inside or outside, and […]
Chapter 21 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] How was this for you? Randye. Randye: I got through three and a half. Ken: That’s good. What was your experience? Randye: The first three felt familiar in my body, the fourth one started to not touch…not reach anything that I could recognize, and after that I just got totally lost. Ken: After that […]
Chapter 8 of “A Trackless Path I”
[…] to rest calmly we actually experience things more completely, so we find ourselves back at step one again. That’s why I mean it’s a somewhat circular process. Resting Ken: And as we go through this not only do we find ourselves capable of resting calmly, but actually relaxing. A sense of ease begins to […]
Chapter 1 of “Buddhahood Without Meditation”
[…] 100 mattresses. This one woman comes in and she complains that she couldn’t sleep all night because the bed was so uncomfortable. Well, that’s the quality of resting that we’re aiming for. You are resting that deeply in your experience. It may not be all nice and smooth. People said to me in the […]
Chapter 2 of “Stand-Alone Talks”
[…] then something starts to happen, we let it go and come back. Okay, just rest. And that’s why we call it practice because you’re practicing just actually resting in your body that completely. And then breath like the sea, it’s the same thing. But as you gain facility, then one’s able to rest in […]
Chapter 14 of “A Trackless Path II”
[…] train of thinking—it just keeps disintegrating. Which of course is part of the purpose of this practice. And you find you’re beginning to experience calm-abiding, shamatha, just resting. But it’s got a little more juice than shamatha and meditation because you’re opening to the sky, and there’s just all that energy of the light […]
Chapter 9 of “Five Elements Five Dakinis”
[…] is defined as being present with the object of attention. So if that’s your breath you’re present with your breath. If it’s a book your attention is resting on the book. If it’s nature of mind you’re experiencing nature of mind. Mindfulness is the quality that you always start with. And basically you establish […]
Chapter 7 of “Mind Training in Seven Points”
[…] body so that you can practice and continue to cultivate and exercise attention and bring this seed or potential to its fullest realization. When you sleep you’re resting, and resting the body and resting the mind so that you can continue that work. When you’re earning money it’s for the same reason. Everything becomes […]
Chapter 3 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] the page: Likewise, all the Hearers Think that they have achieved nirvana, But they have not achieved the final nirvana Revealed by the Buddha. They are only resting. p. 52 Now all of this is phrased as “Buddha revealing,” and I want to go back to comments that I made in our first meeting. […]
Chapter 1 of “Mahayana Mind Training”
[…] tradition, shikantaza in the Zen tradition are all examples of practice of presence. These meditations are usually very, very simple. You can say that basic shamatha—which is resting with the breath—also falls into this category. They’re usually very simple, very little to do, very little to them, and one quickly finds that simple does […]
