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Hatred itself is the true enemyIf one does not conquer one's own hatred,
The more one fights outer enemies, the more they will increase.
Therefore, with the armies of loving-kindness and compassion,
To tame one's own mind is the practice of a bodhisattva.
pg. 120 "The Heart of Compassion,' Instructions on Ngulchu Togme's Thirty-Sevenfold Practice of a Bodhisattva, by Dilgo Khyentse
(Posted 9/8/2008 by nparis) |
Clean Slate"Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness"
Chogyam Trungpa
(pg. 150)
"...to have an affectionate attitude to somebody else, you have to be without ground to begin with. Otherwise you become an egomaniac, trying to attract people out of your seduction and passion alone, or your arrogance. Compassion comes from shunyata, or nonground, because you have nothing to hold on to, nothing to work with, no project, no personal gain, no ulterior motives. Therefore, whatever you do is a clean job."
(pg. 151)
"...the shedding of ego is the scale that measures the practitioner. If you have more ego, you will be heavier on that scale; if you have less ego, you will be lighter. That is the measure of how much meditation and awareness have developed, and how much mindlessness has been overcome"
(Posted 4/17/2007 by admin3) |
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