Start Where You Are

The next slogan is “Self-liberate even the antidote.” In case you think you understood “Examine the na- ture of unborn awarenes ...

feelings that maybe you’re not okay. Well, no big deal. None of us is okay and all of us are fine. It’s not just one way. We are ...

of whatever you come up with. Whatever bright solu- tions or big plans you come up with, just let them go, let them go, let them ...

of all phenomena. We can rest in the fundamental openness and enjoy the display of whatever arises without making such a big dea ...

4 Let the World Speak for Itself T he lastof the absolute bodhichitta slogans is “In postmeditation, be a child of illusion.” Th ...

These absolute bodhichitta slogans present the view. “In postmeditation, be a child of illusion” or “Regard all dharmas as dream ...

the river and you never really get to solid ground. This is what is meant by becoming a child of illusion. The “child of illusio ...

30 Let the World Speak for Itself lowed to dissolve into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky. The practice and the v ...

other. We could start to open our eyes and our hearts to that deep way of perceiving, like moving into a whole new dimension of ...

vipashyana and tonglen—are meant to support a softer, more gentle approach to the whole show, the whole catastrophe. We begin to ...

lawn, “They call that a tree.” Whereupon Khyentse Rinpoche started to laugh too. Had we been there, I think we might have had a ...

There was a Native American man called Ishi, which in his language meant “person” or “human being.” He was a good example of wha ...

hidden for fear of being killed. But very soon after he arrived in the city they took him to a formal dinner party. He sat there ...

5 Poison as Medicine W ith the slogan“Three objects, three poi- sons, and three seeds of virtue” we begin to enter into the teac ...

ing that we have to have some kind of resolution. Aversion encompasses violence, rage, hatred, and negativity of all kinds, as w ...

even talked to him yet, but the minute they saw him, they felt loathing. Some of us haven’t noticed him, and we may never notice ...

world really small. When you feel craving, you could be sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon, but all you can see is this pie ...

great beauty and joy; poison becomes medicine. Whatever you do, don’t try to make the poisons go away, because if you’re trying ...

Acting out and repressing are the main ways that we shield our hearts, the main ways that we never re- ally connect with our vul ...

seat and feel completely what’s underneath all that story line of wanting, not wanting, and so forth. In terms of “Three objects ...