Meditation Drill Sergeant

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Meditation Drill Sergeant

Yes there are days when we are the
most enthusiastic to contemplate Buddha’s teachings.
What days are those?
The days when are sufferings are the most intense!





In every Zen meditation hall, in every country,
on every continent, there are scores of folks
wrestling with their brains,
trying to force their minds to concentrate.





That’s what we call

"Contrived Concentration."

If that requires effort, then what’s it’s opposite?
The spontaneous concentration that is so effortless that
it could rightly be called automatic!

When?
When have you ever experienced that?
When what the last time you could have felt sad,
really sad…

sad:

-like you were on the verge of tears,
-like an elephant was stepping upon your chest,
-like nothing else was real to you but your sorrow?
That is a perfect example of…

"Spontaneous Concentration."

What is it that separates the
Bodhisattvas from the Boobs?

In a misguided effort to escape the pain of his
unpleasant emotion
a boob might drown his sorrows in
a frappuccino, a beer or a bong,





but a bodhisattva will use both the energetic
momentum of his spontaneous concentration and
his aversion for the suffering of sadness
to relentlessly practice Buddha’s mental yogas of :





#1 COMPASSION - that seeks to
take away other’s sadness,

#2 LOVE - that seeks to give everyone
sadness’ pleasant opposite {joy},

#3 RENUNCIATION - that explores sadness’
inability to satisfy,

#4 IMPERMANENCE - that considers the
temporary nature of sadness and

#5 WISDOM - that chooses to
let-go of sadness AND it’s causes.

Yes, there can be days when we lack the
enthusiasm to meditate, BUT
suffering can BE the contemplative Drill Sergeant
that ensures we find both the means and motivation to

sprint along Buddha’s path to
full enlightenment in this life.





Who is working with you, one-on-one, every week to
gently teach you Buddha’s lost techniques of
practically effortless: compassion, love, concentration,
renunciation, impermanence & the wisdom of letting-go?


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





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