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Musings: Five kinds of transmission: great empowerment
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Monday, April 6, 2015. Five kinds of transmission: great empowerment. The great empowerments (. དབང་ཆེན་. The mystery of how sensory sensations are experienced as emptiness-appearance,. The mystery of how emotional reactions are transformed into awareness,. The mystery of how the generation and transformation of bliss and other high energy states open up possibilities of direct awareness, and. You h...
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Musings: What language is that?
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Monday, July 28, 2014. What language is that? In many Buddhist circles, the English used to talk about practice and Buddhist concepts has evolved in some strange ways, different in different traditions, but sufficiently widespread that one can now call it Bunglish, for Buddhist Hybrid English. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Reflections on Infinite Space. Verse 3.14 — conclusion.
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Musings: Mind nature, transmission and teaching
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Tuesday, September 16, 2014. Mind nature, transmission and teaching. He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool: shun him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not is ignorant: teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep: wake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is a saint: follow him. 8212; Middle Eastern saying. For other students, the difficulties they ...
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Reflections on Infinite Space: September 2014
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Reflections on Infinite Space. Comments and feedback on The Visionary Experience of Ever-present Good. Thursday, September 25, 2014. Verse 2.1 — Ground, path and fruition in dzogchen. My nature is great completion. Complete — all experience, patterned or free, is free of anything to discard or attain. Complete — the essence of all spiritual instruction is utterly natural release. Complete — the essence of all outlook is no conceptual position. Complete — the essence of result is to be free of hope. My ow...
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Musings: The command transmission and an introduction to protectors
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Monday, March 23, 2015. The command transmission and an introduction to protectors. In the command transmission, the guru or teacher commands one of the protectors or one of the protector's attendants to take care of the student. What is a protector? How do they function? That sounds beneficial, right? We have a big powerful force on our side. Beneficial perhaps, but not necessarily benign. Contains...
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Reflections on Infinite Space: February 2015
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Reflections on Infinite Space. Comments and feedback on The Visionary Experience of Ever-present Good. Friday, February 13, 2015. Verse 3.14 — conclusion. In this age of strife, these vital instructions for the great mysteries. Are mingled with the authoritative writings of the analytic approach. Those knowledge holders who are not different from me. Will make my vision clear. Masters of this teaching, the expression of the awakening beings of the three families,. An age of strife? 8220;One can only carr...
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Musings: September 2010
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Wednesday, September 15, 2010. A short reading list. When you study, study everything under the sun. When you reflect, keep an open mind. When you practice, do one practice and go deep. 8212; Jamgön Kongtrül, 1813-1899. With the plethora of books on Buddhism now available, where do you start? All these books are on. Unfettered Mind's recommended reading blog. Mindfulness in Plain English. Of Liberat...
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Reflections on Infinite Space: Verse 3.13 — awakening, buddhahood
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Reflections on Infinite Space. Comments and feedback on The Visionary Experience of Ever-present Good. Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Verse 3.13 — awakening, buddhahood. When you open and relax,. There is an emptiness that goes beyond true or false. Here, if you know arise and release, natural release, and direct release. You are no different from all the awakened ones. You are awake and no different from me. Emptiness is not a thing. At the same time it’s not nothing. What is that way of experiencing?
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Reflections on Infinite Space: December 2014
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Reflections on Infinite Space. Comments and feedback on The Visionary Experience of Ever-present Good. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Verse 3.3 — when reactive energy enters the life channel. Some people cut off the ebb and flow of thoughts and feelings. And construct an emptiness practice infected with goal-seeking. Their forced and constricted practice wears them out. Serious problems develop when reactive energy enters the life channel. The quality of resting is important for three reasons. It help...
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Reflections on Infinite Space: Verse 3.12 — and so it ends
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Reflections on Infinite Space. Comments and feedback on The Visionary Experience of Ever-present Good. Sunday, February 8, 2015. Verse 3.12 — and so it ends. The great treasure is to be free of thought and thinking. To know that there is originally no buddha. Is to be where wanting has never been. With this special teaching that rots the roots of samsara. Wake up from the realm of misery. And so it ends. Where there is nothing to grasp or oppose, wanting doesn’t even enter the picture. Look into the sky&...