May 15th-18th
Participation is an act of compassion.
The teachings open our hearts.
Start in silence.
Sitting even for 2 to 3 minutes helps to open your ears to hear this chant. Of course if you can sit more, please do.
Please read Faith in Mind at least two times a day. Please read it out loud. And listen to the audio once a day. As you listen to the audio and listen to your own voice please pay full attention.
After listening to the chant, return to the chant and focus on the following two paragraphs for this period. Read them out loud.
Attaining the Way is not difficult, just avoid picking and choosing.
If you have neither aversion nor desire, you'll thoroughly understand.
A hair's breadth difference is the gap between heaven and earth.
If you want it to come forth, let there be no positive and negative, for such comparisons are a sickness of the mind.
Without knowing the Great Mystery, quiet practice is useless.
The great perfection is the same as vast space, lacking nothing, nothing extra.
Due to picking up and discarding, you will not know it.
Don't chase the conditioned nor abide in forbearing emptiness.
In singular equanimity the self is extinguished.
Ceasing movement and returning to stillness, this is complete movement.
But only suppress the two aspects, how can you realize unity?
Not penetrating the one, the two lose their life.
Reject existence and you fall into it, pursue emptiness and you move away from it. With many words and thoughts you miss what is right before you.
Cutting off words and thought, nothing remains unpenetrated.
Return to the root and attain the essence, for if you chase the light you'll lose the way.
But if you reflect the light for only a moment, all previous shadows are dispelled.
All previous shadows are transformed because they were all due to delusive views. It's no use to seek the truth; just let false views cease.
Stay with the words.
Post a word or phrases from these 2 paragraphs on the blog as often as you like during these 3 days. This week just stay with the words from this section. Don't add anything else. Just the words. No commentary. Just what you heard. Just what you read.
Thank you.
The teachings open our hearts.
Start in silence.
Sitting even for 2 to 3 minutes helps to open your ears to hear this chant. Of course if you can sit more, please do.
Please read Faith in Mind at least two times a day. Please read it out loud. And listen to the audio once a day. As you listen to the audio and listen to your own voice please pay full attention.
After listening to the chant, return to the chant and focus on the following two paragraphs for this period. Read them out loud.
Attaining the Way is not difficult, just avoid picking and choosing.
If you have neither aversion nor desire, you'll thoroughly understand.
A hair's breadth difference is the gap between heaven and earth.
If you want it to come forth, let there be no positive and negative, for such comparisons are a sickness of the mind.
Without knowing the Great Mystery, quiet practice is useless.
The great perfection is the same as vast space, lacking nothing, nothing extra.
Due to picking up and discarding, you will not know it.
Don't chase the conditioned nor abide in forbearing emptiness.
In singular equanimity the self is extinguished.
Ceasing movement and returning to stillness, this is complete movement.
But only suppress the two aspects, how can you realize unity?
Not penetrating the one, the two lose their life.
Reject existence and you fall into it, pursue emptiness and you move away from it. With many words and thoughts you miss what is right before you.
Cutting off words and thought, nothing remains unpenetrated.
Return to the root and attain the essence, for if you chase the light you'll lose the way.
But if you reflect the light for only a moment, all previous shadows are dispelled.
All previous shadows are transformed because they were all due to delusive views. It's no use to seek the truth; just let false views cease.
Stay with the words.
Post a word or phrases from these 2 paragraphs on the blog as often as you like during these 3 days. This week just stay with the words from this section. Don't add anything else. Just the words. No commentary. Just what you heard. Just what you read.
Thank you.
posted by Dog Hair | 6:37 AM
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with out many thoughts and words you miss what is right before you.
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