"Don’t worry…
You’re all tulkus … incarnations of beings who have taken the bodhisattva vow to raise all sentient beings to the level of complete enlightenment…
Just because you don’t have an important title attached to your name doesn’t mean that you haven’t appeared in this life to fulfill your bodhisattva vow….
Historically, the term “Rinpoche” referred to a person who is born with a “wealth” or “precious inheritance” of knowledge, whereas nowadays, it often refers to a person born into a wealthy family….
Be grateful that you don’t have a title…and rest assured that you entered this life and have the opportunity to continue in the stream of Buddhist teachings as a result of the vows and practices you engaged in during previous lives."
--- Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
When ones fights in Samsara there is never any rest. The stark reality of suffering is an insurgency the ego can never quell. Like any insurgency the more force you use the stronger the enemy gets. To win a warrior must change their doctrine. Loving kindness and emptiness are counter intuitive but the only road to lasting victory.
ReplyDeleteTrungpa Rinpoche did that? Wow awesome!
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ReplyDeleteYou said it Nemo! I recently read "Feeding Your Demons," which is like a Chod Lite practice for westerners--but even at that it's incredibly powerful--and it gives steps to intergate the approach you suggest into your daily experience--for dummies. It's changed everything for me, and it's something any level person, like me, can do.
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