Chapter 33 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] are various forms of meditations which are more suitable for one than the other or more effective for one than the other. Here, they are describing for six combinations of reactive emotions various forms of meditation. And the big problem here is that most people who practice this will simply end up suppressing that […]
Chapter 24 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] being free of generating karmic traits, which are going to cause suffering in the future, is to live without shame. And the next stanza is about the six realms. The realms projected by the emotional states: things like anger, and pride and jealousy and so forth. So one, it says, not to take birth in […]
Chapter 9 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] right. That’s fairly self-explanatory now isn’t it? Would you agree? You have to translate Guenther into English. What is samsara? Ken: Now, what is samsara? It’s the six realms of existence, which means it’s living in one or more of the worlds which are projected by reactive emotions. Well, when you’re in the grip of […]
Chapter 4 of “Heart Sutra Workshop”
[…] is called samsara; and we think we know what we’re doing all the time. You see, it’s a lot worse than you thought. [Laughter] These are the six realms. You know, we can divide them up very nicely, you see, just like the traditional diagram. And this is the god’s realm, you know… Student: [Unclear] […]
Practice Material
[…] Ever-present Good, Entirely fill the domains of the awakened. These tongues of flame blaze with the offering rays of the five wisdom lights. The light fills the six realms down to the depths of the deepest hells. Those who go round and round in the three realms are freed in rainbow-light bodies. May all beings […]
Practice Material
Through my awakened intention When strong aversion arises In any being in the six states, May they let it be, without doing anything with it. As awareness finds its own place, May they attain the pristine awareness of clarity.
Chapter 1 of “Guru, Deity, Protector”
[…] all of these negative things, very clearly. Why? Because through the practice, they know them intimately. One of my students, when he was first introduced to the six realms, said, “Yeah, I can relate to the titan realm, and the hell realm; I’ve got a lot of anger, I’m competitive. But I don’t think I […]
Chapter 12 of “A Trackless Path II”
[…] transformation practices. And there are a whole bunch. And then you have the very high level stuff you get from the Tibetan tradition and dzogchen like the Six Yogas of Naropa and anuyoga, etc., in which you are using the symbolic representation of mind as channels and energy and vital essences and so forth […]
Chapter 3 of “Living Awake: Who Am I?”
[…] These people just change their personalities. Experiencing opposition Ken: Okay. Now we go into the next thing, which is the top one. This is based on the six realms of course. When you find yourself in opposition, who are you? Student: You mean like a child or management …? Ken: No, just now in your […]
Chapter 30 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] half-an-hour wait, I wasn’t impatient when in fact, I got a half-an-hour wait. But if I had walked in expecting a five-minute wait, then, at minute number six, the impatience would have gradually grown and built into the anger. Ken: Yeah. Randye: And so, it’s a mismatch between the expectation and the reality. Ken: […]
Chapter 25 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] the difference between reaction and response. When they’re talking about this, they’re saying when we are subject to samsara, that is being subject to reaction, and the six realms of samsara are the worlds projected by emotional reactions. And so you’re going to the other side, you’re crossing over. Now what are you crossing to? […]
Chapter 2 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] ‘gro ba (pron. dro wa) which is literally the verb to go, like I go to the store. The idea is that they’re constantly moving around the six realms of existence. That’s the outer interpretation. The worlds we project Ken: Another interpretation is, if you look the six realms as being the worlds that we […]
Chapter 3 of “Living Awake: Money and Value”
[…] Ken: Yeah. It doesn’t work very well. I agree. [Chuckles] Need to dig a little deeper than that. [Laughter] Okay? Anybody else? Student: We talked about the six realms. Ken: Microphone? Student: I think we all shared the experience of being in the six realms when we were talking about the materialism. Ken: Say a […]
Chapter 3 of “Living Awake: Making Things Happen”
[…] I do this I’ll do a before and after, because they really do change. Right. If we’re in fear we’re going to be in one of the six realms, and all of that reactivity. Okay. Now a lot of people, the way they function in the world is, they only know how to function when […]
Chapter 2 of “Ideology & Wisdom”
[…] after the resounding “No!” was, which also surprised me, and I’m glad you mentioned it, because I forgot, was, “I want more.” Ken: Wonderful. Which of the six realms are you in now? [Laughter] But that’s perfect because that’s how it operates. “No, I don’t want just peace, I want more.” “Well, what more do […]
