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 Sogyal Rinpoche on Feb 18th, 2010
In my last post I wrote about how this life is a special opportunity to become free of the grip of negative emotions and that it would be a pity to let this opportunity go to waste. In The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche writes about this point: “In the Sufi Master [...]
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 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. [...]
Posted in Ten non-virtuous actions, Vegetarian Diet, zz Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, zz Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on Jan 11th, 2010
Yesterday, a friend forwarded an email to me about a mass slaughter of dolphins in Denmark. Apparently, every year a mass slaughter of hundreds of dolphins takes place on the island of Feroe. The dolphins are herded into a shallow bay and killed slowly with hooks. The whole bay turns red as they slowly bleed [...]
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