The key to the tonglen practice is when you feel anything unpleasant, that's the only way that you understand what other people are going through. So when I feel fear, and I don't want to feel this anxiety gnawing at me, instead of asking how to get rid of this feeling—this edgy, uncomfortable, nervy, speedy feeling—instead of how to ge...
Re-PostWhat People Will ThinkBy MiroYou know what must be done but 4 words always hold you back:"What will people think?" has always halted your attackThose 4 words keep you from doing the things that must be doneTo own your life and live with confidence but everyoneCasts judging eyes which make you second-guess yourself and say"They...
I first heard Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche teach in the spring of 2000. I recall the talk vividly because it awakened in me something I hadn't experienced with quite the same impact since my first teacher, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, died in 1987. It was a feeling of reconnecting with a wide-open perspective on reality, as if I'd been muddling...
