Mahamudra of Bliss and Emptiness

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Mahamudra of Bliss and Emptiness

I love how profoundly efficient the
Lower-cauldron exercises of
the “Beginning Collection of Practices,” are at
helping us to rapidly accomplish the
Mahamudra of Bliss and Emptiness.

Do you know how many pissed off Zen-practitioners
there are across the world, painstakingly sitting in
Dojos, just waiting to feel this blissful?
They are really missing out.
And they’re not alone.

There are Nichiren, Nembutsu, Zen, Chan,
Tantra, Dzogchen, and Theravada practitioners all
waiting to feel blissful and,

oh my God, what about
those poor students of Vipassana Meditation as
Taught by S.N. Goenka who torture themselves
during their 10 day retreats in an effort to
feel this centered?

None of them do it this easily or
this quickly.

Now the flip side is this:
around the world many folks think that this is
the pinnacle of meditation.

There are people that sincerely believe that
once you get centered in your belly
you can take a nap there and when you wake up,
you’ll be a Buddha.
No, not so much!

And you’ve got people all around the world proclaiming,
“Dude I just had this mystical experience!”
No, you’re just stoned off of your own belly.

“Dude, I just had this mystical experience,
now I’m so spiritual!”
No, you’re just groggy.

Now, can the grogginess give you
a short break from
the turmoil of grief, rage & terror?
Yeah, sure ya bet’cha.

But they’re like a cat waiting
patiently outside the mouse hole
for it’s prey.
They’re not going anywhere!





Once you rouse your self from your stupor,
guess what’s gonna pounce on you?
The 3 angry kitty cats of grief, rage and terror,
or their kittens of sorrow, anger or fear.

I’m not sure what’s worse, being quickly
killed by the cat or being tortured by
the kitten for half a day.

“Oh please, just feed me to your
mom and be done with it,” says the mouse,
“I’ve got a train to Potala I need to catch!”

One of the nice things about grief verses sadness,
or rage verses anger or terror verses fear is that
#1 they are easy to meditate upon. And
#2 they are easy to dissolve.

How much more energy is there behind
grief than there is sorrow or
behind rage than there is anger or
behind terror then mere fear?

So you feel all that anger, you feed into the
upper cauldron practices of
the “Beginning Collection of Practices,” and Bam!
It dissolves like that!

Isn’t ironic that the bigger they are the harder they fall.
Which of course, as a Sci Fi geek it reminds me of
the Snow Walkers in “The Empire Strikes Back.”
Wasn’t it cool how the Rebels were able to trip the
mechanical behemoths with their super duper dental floss?





Likewise we can do the same with
heavy duty negative emotions.

Are you familiar with this “Show-me” joke?
You show me a self-made man, and
I’ll show you the Frankenstein monster!”

Armed with even the finest practice materials it
is naive, no less arrogant to think that we
can just teach or selves.

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Om Mani Padme Hum,
Lama Jigme Gyatso: Rime Manipa Tantrika







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