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, zz Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on Mar 10th, 2011
Please enjoy my guest post at the What Meditation Really Is blog. Here is how it starts off: At first glance, this might sound like a strange question, but actually there are meditation instructions that use these examples! I recently listened to a collection of teachings called “What Meditation Really Is” by Sogyal Rinpoche. In [...]
Posted in Meditation, Shunyata, zz Mingyur Rinpoche on May 30th, 2010
Today, I would like to share more advice by Mingyur Rinpoche on how to deal with thoughts and emotions, that he gave in the context of the exercise from his book The Joy of Living, which I described in my last post. He wrote: Sea lace by Katarina 2353 “The point of the exercise is [...]
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 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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