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 Freedom, zz Shantideva, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on Feb 14th, 2010
Sorry! Today’s reflection is once AGAIN—I am sure you guessed it— ‘negative emotions!’ You are probably tired of hearing about this again. I fully understand. It’s never been my favorite topic and, for the most part, I successfully ignored it all my dharma life and focussed instead on other aspects of teachings. Of course, I [...]
Posted in Freedom, zz HH Dalai Lama, zz Khunu Rinpoche on Feb 12th, 2010
The last couple of posts explored how our negative emotions manage to control us. This brings up the question of how can we actually apply this understanding to put an end their tyranny? The first step, I believe, is to truly accept how harmful negative emotions are. This is not easy! I have heard many [...]
Posted in Freedom, zz HH Dalai Lama, zz Shantideva on Feb 10th, 2010
Yesterday I found an excellent and brief explanation of the destructive nature of negative emotions in the book The World of Tibetan Buddhism by the 14th Dalai Lama. He writes: “To aid us in considering the destructive nature of the delusions and the undesirablity of their effects, I will quote from the Bodhicharyavatara. In the [...]
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