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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Sunday's Recommended Reading

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From Dilgo Khyentse's
"The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones,"
lets read from the Commentary on pg. 66-67 and
let's also read from the root text on page 185.





In today's selection from Dilgo Khyentse's commentary we can read:

"It is said that when those who are
afflicted in the prison of Sam-sa-ra
generate the thought of enlightenment,

they are instantly adopted by the Buddhas
as their sons and daughters,
and they are praised by both men and gods.

The whole of their existence
takes on a new meaning.
This is all due to the measureless power of
the jewel-like Bo-dhi-chit-ta.

Bo-dhi-chit-ta is the essence of
the eight-four thousand sections of
the Buddha's teachings,
but at the same time it

is so simple, so easy to understand and
practice, even for a beginner.

Absolute Bo-dhi-chit-ta is the
inseparability of voidness and
uncontrived compassion.

It is the simplicity of the natural state,
beyond all concepts
and intellectual limitations,
out of which

spontaneous, objectless compassion arises,
benefiting all sentient beings. "


From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 88-89 and
let's also read from the biography of
the 3rd Dalai Lama on page 220.





In today's selection the 14th Dalai Lama explains:

"It is NOT difficult to recognize
the certainty of death.
The world is very old,
yet there is NO sentient being we can point to
who is immortal.

The very nature of our body is
vulnerability and impermanence.

Beautiful or ugly, fat or thin,
we all steadily approach death, a
nd nothing can avert it.

Physical power, flattery, bribery,
and all things of this world can NOT
persuade it {death} to turn away."


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In today's exploration of
the " Beginning Collection of Practices "
we could consider:


What about the Fourth "I"?
That is for "Inclusion."

Whether you are practicing the
Concise, Middling or Extensive versions of
"Buddha's Three Cauldrons"
found in either the

Beginning, Intermediate or Advanced
collections of practices
you are embracing the essence of
all that Buddha Taught.

The Theravadans have cyclopedically organized
Buddha's teachings
as have the Tantrikas
who call it "Lam Rim" or "gradual steps upon the path."

Whether you catagorize Buddha's teachings as:
-Sutra and Tantra,
-Renunciation, Love and Wisdom,

-View, Meditation and Action,
-Concentration, Compassion and Contemplation,
-the Two Bodhichittas or
-Devotion, Awareness, Love and Letting-go;

the fourth "I" {inclusion}
is all about effectivly putting into practice
the essence of all Buddha taught.

What then is the path of
NON-sectarian Devotion to the Buddha of Compassion
in a nut shell?

#1 - Inscription,
#2 - Inquisition,
#3 - Invocation and
#4 - Inclusion!



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my other students at: Buddha's Quick Path


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


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Bliss and Openness

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Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 137
from your Buddhism expert



Happy Impermanence-Tuesday!

There are so many Buddhist practices! There are practices of Renunciation, practices of Love, practices of Concentration, practices of Sight, practices of Sound, practices of Sensation and practices of Devotion. How easily one could squander their: time, wealth and energy always chasing after the next teaching like a child running to find the end of a rainbow.

I am so glad that Patrul Rinpoche, the great Tibetan devotee of the Buddha of Compassion provides an essentialized path for us to traverse:

“…one Dhar-ma, Bo-dhi-chit-ta, embodies all practices
of the development and completion stages...”

So that is the essence of all Buddha’s teachings, huh? But what does it mean?
We’ll explore that on Tomorrow.



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