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The spiritual master is like a great ship for beings to cross the perilous ocean of existence, an unerring captain who guides them to the dry land of liberation, a rain that extinguishes the fire of the passions, a bright sun and moon that dispel the darkness of ignorance.
Evoking the power of compassion in us is not always easy. I find myself that the simplest ways are the best and the most direct. Every day, life gives us innumerable chances to open our hearts, if we can only take them.
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Meditation Posture
- By Rigpa Fellowship
- Published 04/2/2007
The most essential point of the meditation posture is to keep the back straight, like “an arrow” or “a pile of golden coins.” The “inner energy,” or prana , will th...
Follow the spiritual path that inspires you most
- By Rigpa Fellowship
- Published 02/20/2007
We all have the karma to take one spiritual path or another, and I would encourage you, from the bottom of my heart, to follow with complete sincerity the path that inspires you most. If you go on sea...
At the moment of death two things count
- By Rigpa Fellowship
- Published 02/20/2007
At the moment of death, there are two things that count: whatever we have done in our lives, and what state of mind we are in at that very moment. Even if we have accumulated a lot of negative karma, ...
A mantra can change the state of your mind
- By Rigpa Fellowship
- Published 02/20/2007
A meditation technique used a great deal in Tibetan Buddhism is uniting the mind with the sound of a mantra. The definition of mantra is “that which protects the mind.” That which protects...
The only thing we really have is now
- By Rigpa Fellowship
- Published 02/14/2007
The cells of our body are dying, the neurons in our brain are decaying, even the expressions on our face are always changing, depending on our mood. What we call our basic character is only a “m...
Ego is the absence of true knowledge
- By Rigpa Fellowship
- Published 02/14/2007
Ego is the absence of true knowledge of who we really are, together with its result: a doomed clutching on, at all costs, to a cobbled together and makeshift image of ourselves, an inevitably chameleo...
Having compassion for a dying person
- By Rigpa Fellowship
- Published 02/14/2007
Your compassion can have perhaps three essential benefits for a dying person: First, because it is opening your heart, you will find it easier to show the dying person the unconditional love he or she...
Tonglen the practices of giving and receiving
- By Rigpa Fellowship
- Published 02/14/2007
Of all the practices I know, the practice of Tonglen, Tibetan for “giving and receiving,” is one of the most useful and powerful. When you feel yourself locked in upon yourself, Tonglen ...
Attachment is the source of all our problems
- By Rigpa Fellowship
- Published 02/2/2007
Attachment is the source of all our problems. Since impermanence to us spells anguish, we grasp on to things desperately, even though all things change. We are terrified of letting go, terrified; in f...
Bodhicitta - Enlightenment for the benefit others
- By Rigpa Fellowship
- Published 01/25/2007
The compassionate wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all others is called Bodhicitta in Sanskrit: bodhi refers to ourenlightened essence, and citta means “heart.” So we could ...