Buddhist thought of the day 7/31/06 - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

Blake · 07-31-2006, 02:34 AM

The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself
of his ego. - Fingers Pointing Toward the Moon by Wei Wu Wei

Ngokpa · 07-31-2006, 03:03 PM

Examine the nature of unborn awareness.

Look at your basic mind, just simple awareness which is not divided into sections, the thinking process that exists within you. Just look at that, see that. Examining does not mean analyzing. It is just viewing things as they are, in the ordinary sense.

The reason our mind is known as unborn awareness is that we have no idea of its history. We have no idea where this mind, our crazy mind, began in the beginning. It has no shape, no color, no particular portrait or characteristics. It usually flickers on and off, off and on, all the time. Sometimes it is hibernating, sometimes it is all over the place. Look at your mind. That is a part of ultimate bodhichitta training or discipline. Our mind fluctuates constantly, back and forth, forth and back. Look at that, just look at that!

From Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness by Chogyam Trungpa

aloneagainor · 07-31-2006, 05:36 PM

If you wish to attain lasting happiness you must be ready to leave father, mother, even your own life and take leave of all your possessions. How?
Not by renouncing them or giving them up because what you give up violently you are forever bound to. But rather by seeing them for the nightmare that they are; and then, whether you keep them or not, they will have lost their grip over you, their power to hurt you, and you will be out of your nightmare at last, out of your darkness, your fear, your unhappiness.
-Antony deMello The Way to Love

07-31-2006, 02:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
Blake I'm an addict. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 1,201	Buddhist thought of the day 7/31/06 The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego. - Fingers Pointing Toward the Moon by Wei Wu Wei __________________ Warning: I'm a sick person so take any advice I may be spewing with a grain of salt, but it's what has worked for me, so far.

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07-31-2006, 03:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ngokpa Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: El Cerrito, California Posts: 551	Examine the nature of unborn awareness. Look at your basic mind, just simple awareness which is not divided into sections, the thinking process that exists within you. Just look at that, see that. Examining does not mean analyzing. It is just viewing things as they are, in the ordinary sense. The reason our mind is known as unborn awareness is that we have no idea of its history. We have no idea where this mind, our crazy mind, began in the beginning. It has no shape, no color, no particular portrait or characteristics. It usually flickers on and off, off and on, all the time. Sometimes it is hibernating, sometimes it is all over the place. Look at your mind. That is a part of ultimate bodhichitta training or discipline. Our mind fluctuates constantly, back and forth, forth and back. Look at that, just look at that! From Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness by Chogyam Trungpa

07-31-2006, 05:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
aloneagainor Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The Big Woods Posts: 521	If you wish to attain lasting happiness you must be ready to leave father, mother, even your own life and take leave of all your possessions. How? Not by renouncing them or giving them up because what you give up violently you are forever bound to. But rather by seeing them for the nightmare that they are; and then, whether you keep them or not, they will have lost their grip over you, their power to hurt you, and you will be out of your nightmare at last, out of your darkness, your fear, your unhappiness. -Antony deMello The Way to Love

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