Yesterday morning as I was driving along a cat suddenly shot out from the woods and into the path of my car. In an instant my rear wheel hit the cat. In my rear mirror I could see it jumping around on the road, obviously in pain. The poor thing … what would I give […]
Suffering and Karma Read Post »
I came across this the other day .. what a delight! Taking everything onto the path … nothing is outside of the path, nothing is essentially problematic …. all is the path, all is mind, all is same taste …. Namo Ratna Guru ! When thoughts that there is something perceived and a perceiverLure my
Gotsampa – Seven Delights: A Song About Taking Difficult Circumstances to the Path Read Post »
In the ‘Jewel Ornament of Liberation’, Gampopa (as do other teachers of orthodox Dharma) asserts that there are three types of suffering, which are: 1 – the suffering of suffering2 – the suffering of change3 – all-pervasive suffering The suffering of suffering In brief, the suffering of suffering is simply the stuff that really hurts,
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Having just had my first real positive breakthrough with my slipped disc, after 7 years of pain, I was reflecting on what different views it is possible to form on the myriad shifting conditions of ones life, and how differently those views must then impact on your life. I’ve just had a successful course of
Half Empty or Half Full Cup? Read Post »
May the lives of ailing sentient beings be extended and made meaningful.May those who are suffering from hunger or thirst obtain sustenance,Those who are afflicted by external fears become fearless,And everything that beings desire be granted exactly as they wish.May all sentient beings do good and swiftly attain enlightenment.May those in power rule with justice,Governments
Prayer of Compassion following London Bombing Read Post »
The most powerful moment of the concerts for me was when Madonna brought on the Ethiopian woman who had last been seen as a blighted, starving child in a video shown at the Live Aid concerts 20 years ago. It seemed inconceivable that the terrible wretch in the video was now the radiant and stunningly
I thought I’d share some experiences in meditation ….. The Ocean and the Waves …. thoughts are like gossamer ripples on the surface of the ocean. Waves are not something other than the ocean. They are just an aspect of it, not different in nature. Thoughts kinda ripple on the surface of it. Really fragile
Meditation on Mind Read Post »
How often it is that our response to our own suffering is to grasp at the very things which bring about our suffering! We seem to have a wrong ‘gameplan’ – one which says that having or grasping this or that experience will make things ‘right’, and not having or pushing away something will lessen
The Response to Suffering Read Post »
What an odd tendency I have! When I’m driving I invariably catch myself, every 10 minutes or so, looking what another driver is doing, and thinking in my mind “that’s not right, don’t do that, do it like I do”! Whether it’s turning without indicating, driving inches behind the car in front of them, hogging
Where does the unsatisfactoriness of life come from? How is it that we experience pain or sorrow, frustration or unhappiness? What is the cause of experience of life as being imperfect? It’s all just a matter of perspective! The experience of Samsara Misunderstanding the nature of things we experience suffering. This is the experience of
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