Reflections on how to live a meaningful life inspired by "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche and teachings from other Buddhist masters
Posted in Meditation, Shunyata, zz Buddha, zz Mingyur Rinpoche, zz Nagarjuna on May 25th, 2010
I am immensely enjoying helping with the online course in meditation that I mentioned previously, however it hasn’t left me with a lot of time of writing in my blog. I have kept my routine of practicing and reflecting, but just haven’t found time to write it down. So today I sat down and decided [...]
Posted in Meditation, zz Longchenpa, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on May 14th, 2010
A few of the students in the online class I am helping to instruct are finding it quite difficult to get down onto the cushion. I sometimes have the same problem and this made me reflect on what I do when this happens. The first question that came to my mind was why I find [...]
Posted in 08 Samsara, Meditation, zz Buddha, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on May 13th, 2010
Just as I thought I was finally shaking off my flue, which seemed to be dragging on for weeks, I got hit by another bug. It wiped me out for a couple of days, but fortunately now I seem to be recovering quickly. Sogyal Rinpoche has often told us that when you are unwell it [...]
Posted in Meditation, zz Mingyur Rinpoche on May 5th, 2010
Settling into our new permanent home here in Hawaii took much longer as anticipated, but Sandra and I are finally coming to an end of our moving-in phase. Now we actually have somewhere to sit down and relax. I am working on getting used to this. My mind is still in busy mode and, as [...]
Posted in Meditation on Apr 28th, 2010
Wow! I just realized it has been more than a week since I made my last post here. I think that’s the longest gap I have had since I started. Gaps are good in meditation. The instructions say to rest in the gap when the out-breath is complete and before the next in-breath naturally rises. [...]
Posted in Meditation, zz Mingyur Rinpoche, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on Apr 19th, 2010
I have been doing a lot of non-meditation and non-blogging lately, but not the good kind. Settling into our new place is taking longer than I thought. I hoped I would have more time after we moved, but a few things needed to be fixed right away. Generally that is going well, but everything is [...]
Posted in Meditation, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on Apr 10th, 2010
Over the last week I have tried to remember the advice from the non-meditation exercise that I wrote about in my last two posts. The message is very simple, “just be aware without trying to do anything”. This sounds all clear, straightforward, wonderful …. but when I meditate the idea that there is nothing to [...]
Posted in Meditation, zz Mingyur Rinpoche on Apr 5th, 2010
Over the last few days I have been trying out Mingyur Rinpoche’s exercise in non-meditation. I have enjoyed to try to “not meditate”, and to just be aware of whatever happens without interfering in any way. In my last post I promised I would let you in on the secret on what the difference between [...]
Posted in Meditation, zz Dudjom Rinpoche, zz Mingyur Rinpoche, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on Mar 30th, 2010
I will soon be starting to help instruct an online course on meditation from the Rigpa Distance Learning Program. Naturally, as the start of the course has come nearer, I have been thinking more and more about meditation lately and how to best help with instructing the course. From photo set “A Hundred Faces of [...]
Posted in Meditation, zz Mingyur Rinpoche, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on Jan 16th, 2010
I have been reflecting more on waves and thoughts. An advice that came to my mind is by my principal Dzogchen teacher, Sogyal Rinpoche, who often advises to make friends with thoughts and emotions and to be like a charming host or hostess when they become difficult. Another one of my teachers, Mingyur Rinpoche, writes [...]
Posted in Meditation, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on Jan 15th, 2010
Yesterday, I went to the beach and spent some time watching the waves. In the teachings, thoughts are often compared to waves. Just like waves are the natural activity of the ocean, thoughts are the natural activity of the mind. The advice sounds really simple: “Don’t worry about the thoughts they are just like waves. [...]
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