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Un épisode bonus avec la lecture de ce texte de Wangmo. Elle nous parle de son père, autiste, très très intelligent, avec un syndrome de diogène, chômeur presque chronique et qui a été quitté assez tôt par sa femme.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

In this arresting episode of White Shores Theresa is joined by  'Buddhist Businessman' and scientist, Richard Dixey, PhD to discuss the life changing power of devoting just three minutes a day to meditation. Holding advanced degrees in biophysics and the history and philosophy of science, Richard directed the bioelectronic research unit at a London hospital before becoming CEO of his own biotech company, Phytopharm Plc.  From 2007 onwards he has  devoted himself to deepening his own practice and running the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo, the eldest daughter of the well-known Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku. He is a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley and divides his time between California and India.To find out more about Richard and his vision and to order his latest title: Three Minutes: A Fourteen Week Course to Learn Mediation and Transform Your Life, visit:https://www.richarddixey.com/To out more about Theresa's bestselling dream, intuition, afterlife, astrology and mystical titles and mission, visit:Www.theresacheung.comhttp://linktr.ee/theresacheungYou can contact Theresa via @thetheresacheung on Instagram and her author pages on Facebook and X and you can email her directly at: angeltalk710@aol.comThank you to Cluain Ri for the blissful episode music.White Shores is produced by Matthew Cooper.

Richard Dixey, PhD, is a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley, California. A research scientist and a lifelong student of Buddhism who holds advanced degrees in biophysics and the history and philosophy of science, Dixey directed a bioelectronic research unit at a London hospital before becoming CEO of his own biotech company. He moved to the US in 2007 to devote himself to teaching meditation, deepening his own practice, and running the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo, the eldest daughter of the well-known Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mission-evolution-with-gwilda-wiyaka--2888020/support.

Dans cet épisode bonus je vous lis un texte de Wangmo, que vous retrouverez avec ses autres écrits sur son blog Choisis la Wie. Son récit illustre avec force et intensité la réalité de que ce vit au quotidien une personne atypique, et les impacts sur sa vie. Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Njegova svetost dalajlama pogosto pripoveduje zgodbo o menihu, ki ga je poznal še iz časa, preden je leta 1959 zbežal iz Tibeta. Ko se je to zgodilo, so Kitajci meniha vrgli v zapor, kjer je ostal osemnajst let. Ko so ga končno izpustili, je tudi on prišel v Indijo, kjer se je ponovno srečal z dalajlamo. Dvajset let se nista srečala, vendar se je menih dalajlami zdel enak. Seveda se je postaral, vendar je bil še vedno dobrega zdravja, njegov um pa je bil po dolgih letih zapora še vedno enako oster. Še vedno je bil isti prijazni menih. Menih je povedal dalajlami, da so ga Kitajci silili, naj se odpove svoji veri. V zaporu so ga pogosto mučili, trpel je tudi zelo težke življenjske pogoje, pomanjkanje hrane in oblačil. Dalajlama ga je vprašal, ali se je kdaj bal, ali je bil kdaj v nevarnosti, in menih mu je odgovoril: »Da, enkrat sem res čutil, da sem v resnični nevarnosti. Zelo hudo so me mučili in na neki točki sem se zbal, da bom izgubil sočutje do Kitajcev.« Dalailamo je menihov odgovor močno ganil in navdihnil. Ko ga je vprašal, ali je bil kdaj v nevarnosti, je s tem mislil na življenjsko ogroženost ali podobno telesno nevarnost, vendar je bil presenečen, ko je slišal, da je bila edina nevarnost, ki jo je menih občutil, nevarnost izgube sočutja do tistih, ki so mu povzročali toliko trpljenja. V zaporu sta menihu najbolj pomagala odpuščanje in sočutje. Zaradi odpuščanja njegova strašna izkušnja ni postala še hujša. Njegovo trpljenje je bilo le telesno, duševno in čustveno pa ni preveč trpel. Ker je vedel, da ne more pobegniti, je presodil, da je bolje sprejeti resničnost, kot da bi ga ta travmatizirala. Morda mu je prav ta odnos pomagal preživeti dolga leta v zelo težkih razmerah. Menih je dočakal več kot devetdeset let in užival zdravo in srečno življenje. Intervjuji in študije so pokazali, da so Tibetanci, ki so bili zaprti in mučeni, nenavadno mirni in sočutni, brez sledi psiholoških travm, zamere in jeze. To je nekaj, kar lahko pomaga tudi vsakemu od nas, ko se v življenju srečamo s težavami in z izzivi – namesto brezupa in jeze se poskušajmo z njimi soočiti s sočutjem, jasnostjo in zavedanjem.

Ta zgodba je učenje o naravi predanosti in o tem, kako ta preseže predmet, ki jo navdihuje. Nekoč je živel tibetanski trgovec, ki je zaradi svojih poslov redno potoval v Indijo. Njegova mati je bila zelo pobožna, in ko je prvič odhajal v Indijo, ga je prosila, naj prinese kakšno Budovo relikvijo, saj se je odpravljal prav v sveto deželo, v kraj, kjer je Buda živel in učil. Dejala je, da je sama že prestara, da bi šla na romanje v Indijo, zato bi bila to zanjo edina možnost, da prejme Budove blagoslove. Sin ji je obljubil, da ji bo prinesel sveto relikvijo. Toda nekaj mesecev pozneje, ko se je vrnil domov, je sin ugotovil, da je popolnoma pozabil na materino prošnjo. Obljubil ji je, da naslednjič zagotovo ne bo pozabil. Naslednje leto, ko se je odpravljal na pot, je mati ponovila prošnjo, vendar je sin spet pozabil na relikvije. To se je dogajalo znova in znova, dokler mu ni zagrozila: »Staram se in morda bom prav kmalu umrla. Če mi tokrat ne prineseš kakšne Budove relikvije, se bom pred teboj ubila!« Toda sin je, tako kot po navadi, preživel nekaj mesecev popolnoma zaposlen s trgovanjem. Na koncu, ko je bil zadovoljen s svojim delom, se je polno naložen odpravil nazaj proti domu. Potoval je čez vroče planjave, čez himalajske gore in doline, in ko je bil na zadnjem prelazu pred svojim domom, se je nenadoma spomnil materinih besed. Tibetanci so namreč zelo trmasti in zavedal se je, da je mati povsem sposobna storiti, kar mu je zagrozila. Ker je bil že zelo blizu svoje vasi, se je v obupu začel ozirati okrog sebe, da bi videl, ali lahko najde nekaj, kar bi prinesel materi. Končno je zagledal okostje psa. V čeljusti pasje lobanje je bilo še nekaj rjavkastih zob. Izpulil je enega, ga očistil, malo spoliral in zavil v lepo indijsko svilo. Ko je prišel domov, ga je slovesno izročil materi in ji rekel: »Tokrat sem ti le prinesel tvojo relikvijo in kakšna relikvija je to! Glej, zob samega Bude!« Mati je jokala od sreče in spoštljivo položila pasji zob na svoj oltar. Cele dneve je pred njim z najglobljo predanostjo molila in molila. Čez nekaj časa so iz zoba začele sijati mavrice ter petbarvni žarki. Sloves Budove relikvije se je hitro razširil in ljudje so začeli prihajati od vsepovsod, da bi prejeli njene blagoslove. Tudi sin je jasno videl mavrice, ki so sijale iz zoba, in se ni mogel načuditi, kako je to mogoče. Ko je starka naposled umrla, so se pojavila številna čudežna znamenja. Zgodba uči, da je predmet naše predanosti morda res pomemben, vendar je poudarek predvsem na sami predanosti, saj prav ta spreminja naš um. Z močjo predanosti lahko tudi vsakdanji predmet postane vir blagoslovov.

Wellness author Heather Grzych interviews Richard Dixey about meditation as a fundamental necessity of being human. As a Buddhist teacher with a background as a biotech CEO, Richard discusses why, even though science is very valuable and useful, people are being duped every day into believing that science is the ultimate truth - when it's actually the status quo. You'll learn how long is a good time to meditate, and why it's essential that educated people practice it in today's world to live a fully human life.   Richard Dixey, PhD, is the author of Three Minutes a Day: A Fourteen Week Course to Learn Meditation and Transform Your Life and a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley, California. A research scientist and a lifelong student of Buddhism who holds advanced degrees in biophysics and the history and philosophy of science, Dixey directed a bioelectronic research unit at a London hospital before becoming CEO of his own biotech company. He moved to the US in 2007 to devote himself to teaching meditation, deepening his own practice, and running the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo, the eldest daughter of the well-known Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku. For more information visit him online at http://www.richarddixey.com Heather Grzych, AD is the author of The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility and the host of the Wisdom of the Body podcast. A board-certified Ayurvedic Practitioner at the Ayurvedic Doctor level, Heather serves on the Board of Directors for the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and has been a consultant for doctors, governments, and healthcare companies, and even ran an infant studies psychology lab in undergrad. She offers virtual consultations and programs worldwide. www.heathergrzych.com   Connect with Heather: Instagram.com/heathergrzych Facebook.com/grzychheather   Read the first six pages of The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility for FREE: https://www.heathergrzych.com   Connect with Heather to balance your health for your fertility: https://www.heathergrzych.com/book-online   This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only.

To je zgodba o razumevanju prave narave stvari. Iz budističnega stališča sta relativna celo čas in prostor, zaradi česar nimata nespremenljivega, trdnega obstoja. Različni dogodki lahko v istem prostoru potekajo istočasno. To lepo prikazuje zgodba o tibetanskem mojstru Milarepi in jakovem rogu. Tibet je zelo mrzla dežela, vendar je Milarepa obvladal jogijsko tehniko notranje toplote (»tumo«), zato je celo v visokih pogorjih Himalaje nosil le bombažno ogrinjalo. Tudi eden od njegovih učencev je obvladal tumo, vendar je bil manjše rasti kot Milarepa, zato so ga imenovali Rečungpa. »Re« v tibetanščini pomeni bombaž, »čung« pa majhen, zato so ga klicali »mali, v bombaž oviti jogi«. Milarepa ga je nekoč poslal v Indijo, da bi od tam prinesel nauke, ki jih še ni prejel. Rečungpa se je vrnil z naročenimi nauki, vendar je zraven prinesel še nekaj knjig o črni magiji. Ker je v Indiji prejel veliko redkih in dragocenih naukov, je bil na to malce preveč ponosen in si je mislil, da je že dosegel enako raven spoznanja kot njegov učitelj. Milarepa, ki mu je prišel naproti, da bi ga pozdravil, je to vedel in je nameraval uničiti te knjige, ki bi Rečungpi samo škodovale. Medtem ko je Rečungpa odšel po vodo, jih je Milarepa hitro sežgal. Ko se je Rečungpa vrnil in to videl, se je silno razjezil in je Milarepi dejanje zameril. Hodil je za njim in kuhal mulo. Morala sta prečkati prostrano planoto, kjer ni bilo ne rastja ne zavetja. Na tleh sta našla jakov rog in Milarepa je dejal Rečungpi, naj ga vzame, saj jima bo morda kmalu prišel prav. Rečungpa ga je nejevoljno ubogal in si mislil, da se je njegovemu učitelju zmešalo, saj uničuje dragocene stvari in zbira ničvredne. Ko sta dosegla osrednji del planote, se je nad njima razbesnela silovita nevihta s točo. Milarepa je Rečungpi naročil, naj rog položi na tla, in Milarepa je hitro smuknil v zavetje notranjosti roga. Rog se ob tem ni povečal in tudi Milarepa se ni skrčil. Udobno se je namestil v rogu in začel prepevati pesem, s katero je vabil Rečungpo, naj se mu pridruži. Seveda Rečungpa tega ni zmogel, ker še ni dosegel končnega spoznanja prave narave resničnosti, zato je ostal zunaj sredi nevihte in njegov ponos se je razblinil v nič. Kako je to mogoče? Kako se lahko človek usede v jakov rog, ne da bi se rog povečal ali človek zmanjšal? Take navidez nemogoče stvari se lahko zgodijo, ko popolno razumemo pravo naravo stvari.

Richard Dixey, PhD offers us useful advice on how to begin incorporating meditation into our daily life, in just three minutes a day!Women in particular have a tendency to take care of everyone else around them first, while putting their own self care and wellness on the back burner. This podcast is designed to give you actionable advice and tools to help you power up your own wellness journey, and live the best life possible!I am your host, Amy Zellmer. I am editor-in-chief of MN YOGA + Life magazine and author of The Chair Yoga Pocket Guide. Additionally I am passionate about yoga, photography, wellness, and all things glittery! You can find out more about me at www.creatingwellnessfromwithin.comFollow me on: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter         Today's guest is: Richard Dixey, PhD Richard Dixey, PhD,  is the author of Three Minutes a Day: A Fourteen Week Course to Learn Meditation and Transform Your Life and a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley, California. A research scientist and a lifelong student of Buddhism who holds advanced degrees in biophysics and the history and philosophy of science, Dixey directed a bioelectronic research unit at a London hospital before becoming CEO of his own biotech company. He moved to the US in 2007 to devote himself to teaching meditation, deepening his own practice, and running the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo, the eldest daughter of the well-known Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku.  http://www.richarddixey.comFind his book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3RcEasP Consider supporting the podcast for $5 though BuyMeACoffeeSupport the show

Elle Russ chats with Richard Dixey, PhD — a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley, California. A research scientist and a lifelong student of Buddhism who holds advanced degrees in biophysics and the history and philosophy of science, Dixey directed a bioelectronic research unit at a London hospital before becoming CEO of his own biotech company. He moved to the US in 2007 to devote himself to teaching meditation, deepening his own practice, and running the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo, the eldest daughter of the well-known Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku. For more information visit him online at RichardDixey.com   SELECTED LINKS: https://www.elleruss.com/ http://www.richarddixey.com

On this episode of the Psychology Talk Podcast, Richard Dixey joins Dr. Hoye. Richard is a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley, California. He's a research scientist and a lifelong student of Buddhism who holds advanced degrees in biophysics and the history and philosophy of science. Dixey directed a bioelectronic research unit at a London hospital before becoming CEO of his own biotech company. He moved to the US in 2007 to devote himself to teaching meditation, deepening his own practice, and running the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo.Richard discusses his new book which is really like a pocket meditation guide or mentor, Three Minutes a Day: A Fourteen-Week Course to Learn Meditation and Transform Your Life.Three Minutes a Day BookRichard Dixey's WebsiteThe Psychology Talk Podcast is a unique conversation about psychology around the globe. Your host Dr. Scott Hoye discusses psychology and mental health trends with practitioners and experts to keep you informed about issues and trends in the industry. Dr. Hoye is a clinical psychologist and the director of Chicago Psychology Services, in Chicago, IL., USA.https://psych-talk.comhttps://www.instagram.com/psychtalkpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/psychtalkpodcasthttps://chicagopsychservices.comThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3571902/advertisement

Richard Dixey, PhD is the author of Three Minutes a Day: A Fourteen Week Course to Learn Meditation and Transform Your Life and a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley, California. A research scientist and a lifelong student of Buddhism who holds advanced degrees in biophysics and the history and philosophy of science, Dixey directed a bioelectronic research unit at a London hospital before becoming CEO of his own biotech company. He moved to the US in 2007 to devote himself to teaching meditation, deepening his own practice, and running the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo, the eldest daughter of the well-known Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku. Here he and Dawson share about: What the world really is and what we believe it is are very different Meditation is the process of seeing things as they actually are The 5 obstacles that stand in the way of our peace of mind The history of meditation Meditation myths How we live in a map made by the mind The benefit of meditation practices that are direct, quick, and experiential If you're to establish a change in your routine it requires effort The 5 senses we live in are just like 5 degrees of perception To learn more about Dr. Richard Dixey and to purchase his books: https://www.richarddixey.com/ To connect with host Dr. Dawson Church: http://dawsongift.com/   #meditation #transformyourlife #eft #eftuniverse #mindtomatter #blissbrain #buddhism

Do you struggle to find a meditative practice that fits your calendar-filled life? In this episode, James welcomes Richard Dixey, PhD, to discuss his new book, Three Minutes a Day: A Fourteen Week Course to Learn Meditation and Transform Your Life. Richard is a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley, California. A research scientist and a lifelong student of Buddhism who holds advanced degrees in biophysics and the history and philosophy of science, Dixey directed a bioelectronic research unit at a London hospital before becoming CEO of his own biotech company. He moved to the US in 2007 to devote himself to teaching meditation, deepening his own practice, and running the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo, the eldest daughter of the well-known Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku. For more information, visit him online at http://www.richarddixey.com.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knowyourtrueself/support

Richard Dixey, PhD, a scientist and lifelong student of Asian philosophy, believes that we don't have to sit in lotus pose for twenty minutes or more to feel the benefits of meditation. In his new book, Three Minutes a Day: A Fourteen-Week Course to Learn Meditation and Transform Your Life, he introduces a convenient approach to cultivating a daily meditation practice, requiring just three minutes each day. Delving into the creation of our experiences by our senses, their processing in the brain, and the resulting construction of our worldview, Richard explores how we can establish a solid foundation for profound insight in almost no time at all.     Guest Bio Richard Dixey, PhD, is a scientist and lifelong student of Asian philosophy. He runs the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo, the eldest daughter of Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku. He is a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley and divides his time between California and India. For more information, visit RichardDixey.com.   For episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode262    Learn more about coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com    Mentioned in this Episode Guest's book:Three Minutes a Day: A Fourteen-Week Course to Learn Meditation and Transform Your Life Paperback – August 29, 2023 by Richard Dixey (Author)   https://www.amazon.com/Three-Minutes-Day-Fourteen-Week-Meditation/dp/1608688836    Guest's website:  https://dharma-college.com/about/people/  https://www.richarddixey.com/    Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and wellbeing. She also helps individuals navigate transition with clarity and confidence. Her areas of focus are: stress reduction, energy management, mindset, resilience, habit formation, rest rituals, and self-care. As the host of the weekly 60 Mindful Minutes podcast, an Apple top 100 social science podcast, Kristen has interviewed over 200 authors about what it means to live a more conscious, connected, intentional and joyful life. Learn more at kristenmanieri.com/work-with-me.    Learn more about coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com  Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com  Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/

Can a meditation practice of three minutes a day change your life? Tune in for an inspiring discussion with Richard Dixey, PhD on his new #book Three Minutes a Day: A Fourteen Week Course to Learn Meditation and Transform Your Life.#MomentsWithMarianne airs in the Southern California area on KMET 1490AM & 98.1 FM, an ABC Talk News Radio Affiliate! Click here to listen: https://youtu.be/yk76Xmh54eERichard Dixey, PhD, is a scientist and lifelong student of Asian philosophy. He runs the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo, the eldest daughter of Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku. He is a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley and divides his time between California and India. https://www.richarddixey.com For more show information visit: www.MariannePestana.com#bookclub #bookish #readinglist #lifepurpose #empowerment #tranformation #lifeisgood #lifepatterns #lifelessons #overcome #hardship #lifejourney #selfimprovement #selfempowerment #selfhelp #consciousliving #consciousnessshift #consciouslife #consciousness #kmet1490am #authorinterview #change #bethechange #bookstagram

Richard Dixey, PhD, is a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley, California. A research scientist and a lifelong student of Buddhism who holds advanced degrees in biophysics and the history and philosophy of science, Dixey directed a bioelectronic research unit at a London hospital before becoming CEO of his own biotech company. He moved to the US in 2007 to devote himself to teaching meditation, deepening his own practice, and running the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo, the eldest daughter of the well-known Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku. For more information visit him online at http://www.richarddixey.com. Three Minutes a Day offers a series of short exercises, laid out simply and clearly, that build sequentially in a fourteen-week program. The book also includes: ·     straightforward visualizations and explorations of sensation that help readers achieve shamata (calmness) and vipassana (the ability to see clearly) through settled awareness ·     Q&A sections after each exercise that provide opportunities for further clarity and understanding ·     summaries at the end of each short chapter covering the techniques discussed to relieve stress, tension, and anxiety ·     a free app for iPhone and Android to enable readers to take their meditation anywhere “Meditation is a useful, perhaps even essential, element of self-exploration, a practice that can develop a reliable foundation for both subjective knowledge and emotional resilience,” writes Dixey. “I hope that some of the readers of this book will embark on it, as it is a rich and fulfilling practice that can quietly enhance journaling, prayer, contemplation, or any other element of a life well lived.” #newworldlibrary @dharmacollege @theliberatedhealer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Happy and Richard Dixey Phd, as Richard breaks down all the aspects of successful meditation. Whether you are an advanced meditator or a beginner, this episodes holds gems that cannot be missed. Learn about the two main types of mediations, the 6 gates of information, and the 5 main obstacles. This is by far one of the most informative episodes of the Happy Insights Podcast. Richard Dixey, PhD, is a senior faculty member at Dharma College in Berkeley, California. A research scientist and a lifelong student of Buddhism who holds advanced degrees in biophysics and the history and philosophy of science, Dixey directed a bioelectronic research unit at a London hospital before becoming CEO of his own biotech company. He moved to the US in 2007 to devote himself to teaching meditation, deepening his own practice, and running the Light of Buddhadharma Foundation in India with his wife Wangmo, the eldest daughter of the well-known Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku. For more information visit him online at http://www.richarddixey.com. You can visit all things Happy Insights at https://linktr.ee/happyinsights

Tsering Wangmo Dhompa is the first Tibetan woman to publish poetry in English. She joins Julie Murphy to read new and favorite poems, as well as the poem ⁠When it rains in Dharamsala⁠ by Tenzin Tsundue. They talk about exile, impermanence, and how poems take us from image to mystery. Tsering Wangmo Dhompa is the author of the poetry books, My Rice Tastes Like the Lake, In the Absent Everyday, and Rules of the House (all from Apogee Press, Berkeley) and three chapbooks. Dhompa's first non-fiction book, Coming Home to Tibet was published in the US by Shambhala Publications in 2016 and by Penguin, India in 2014. She was born in India and raised in the Tibetan refugee communities in India and Nepal. Dhompa has a PhD in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She teaches in the English Department at Villanova University. When it rains in Dharamsala by Tenzin Tsundue.  Tsering Wangmo Dholpa on Intagram

To je znana zgodba o pomenu čuječnosti, ko se trudimo delati dobro. Govori o Gešeju Benu, tibetanskemu budističnemu praktiku, ki je vedno govoril: »Ne vadim ničesar drugega kot to, da opazujem svoj um.« Nekega dne je Geše Ben izvedel, da prihaja na obisk k njemu nekaj njegovih učencev. Pazljivo je očistil svoj oltar in obložil mizo z daritvami, nato pa se je usedel in se vprašal: »Kaj delam in zakaj to počnem?« Ko se je zavedel, da je to naredil zato, da bo naredil dober vtis na svoje učence in da ga bodo pohvalili, je takoj šel do ognjišča, vzel pest pepela in ga raztresel po oltarju. Nato se je ponovno usedel in počakal obiskovalce. Ko je veliki mojster Atiša slišal to anekdoto, je dejal: »To je bila najboljša možna daritev!« Nekoč drugič je Geše Ben obiskal družino, ki je živela v neki vasi. Nameraval je oditi v meditativni umik v jamo, vendar je imel zelo malo tsampe – ječmenove moke, ki je tradicionalno osnovno živilo na Tibetu. Ta družina pa jo je imela veliko zalogo in ko je v hiši ostal sam, je pomislil: »Zakaj ne bi vzel nekaj njihove tsampe s seboj v jamo? Oni jo imajo ogromno, jaz pa je nimam nič!« Vzel je svojo mošnjo in segel z desno roko v vrečo, kjer je družina hranila tsampo. V tistem trenutku se je zavedel, kaj počne. Z levo roko je zgrabil svojo desno, ki je bila v vreči, in na ves glas zakričal: »Tat! Tat! Zalotil sem ga pri kraji!« Vsi so hitro pritekli in vprašali: »Kaj se dogaja? Kje je tat?« Geše Ben je pokazal na svojo desno roko in dejal: »Tukaj je!« Ti dve anekdoti prikazujeta, kako se moramo opazovati in se zavedati, ali je to kar počnemo dobro ali ne. Če opazimo, da ne delujemo pravilno in da bi bilo tako za nas same kot za ostale bolje, da bi delovali drugače, potem moramo to upoštevati. Tako ustvarjamo dobre navade. To je ključna vadba, ki jo gojimo vse svoje življenje, in tako se postopoma izboljšamo, kar je dobro za nas same in za vse ostale.

V epizodi 85 je bila moja gostja Lama Karma Wangmo, ki je svoje življenje posvetila tibetanskemu budizmu, praksi meditacije, odkrivanju uma in poglabljanju vase. V epizodi se dotakneva naslednjih tematik: Jaz (osebnost), ego Zdrav občutek jaza Začetki poti, uvidi, koncept budizma Bistvo in iskanje sreče Zaznava, reagiranje, posledice in razsvetljenje Relativna in absolutna resnica Meditacija in spoznavanje resničnosti Uvajanje na odmikih, čuječnost, sočutje, modrost Mahamudra, Dzogchen Reinkarnacija, um in snov Težek problem zavesti Klemenova izkušnja Vipassane Samsara, sanje in dojemanje resničnosti Znanstveno raziskovanje uma in občutek sreče, bolečina Občutek, bolečina in moč uma Stopnje spoznanja Psihedeliki in spreminjanje zavesti Vprašanje gosta ============================= Pridruži se kot podpornik kanala AIDEA

Veliki indijski kralj Ašoka je bil v zgodnjih letih svojega kraljevanja zelo bojevit. Osvajal je sosednja kraljestva in pobil na tisoče ljudi. Njegov imperij je zajemal večino jugovzhodne Azije, vendar mu tudi to ni prineslo sreče, saj se je postopno zavedel, koliko trpljenja prinašajo vojne. Nekega dne je na potovanju slišal nekoga kričati: »Končno sem zmagal! Sem resničen zmagovalec!« Ašoka je svojim spremljevalcem ukazal, naj ugotovijo, kaj se dogaja. Našli so kričečega moža, ki je stal ob bregu reke, v katero je bil odvrgel svojo sabljo. Moža so privedli h kralju in Ašoka ga je vprašal: »Zakaj zganjate tak hrup? V čem ste zmagali?« Mož mu je odgovoril: »Dolgo sem bil poln sovraštva. Imel sem veliko sovražnikov, ki sem jih skušal enega za drugim pobiti. Na koncu sem spoznal, da se je za vsakim sovražnikom, ki sem ga ubil, pojavil nov sovražnik. Dokler bom v sebi gojil sovraštvo in željo po maščevanju, mojih sovražnikov ne bo nikoli konec. Od takrat skušam premagati svojo jezo in zdaj mi je končno uspelo. Svojo sabljo sem vrgel v reko. Od danes naprej ne bom več ubijal.« Njegove besede so prižgale iskrico v Ašokovem srcu in pomislil je: »To pa je izvedljivo!« Zatem je Ašoka sprejel filozofijo nenasilja in odigral vodilno vlogo pri širjenju budizma v Aziji. Iz krutega vladarja se je spremenil v zagovornika nenasilja in v svojem kraljestvu je ustvaril pravično in poduhovljeno družbo, uvedel je celo zakone o blaginji živali in okolja. Ta zgodba uči o tem, kako se lahko srečamo s svojo jezo in odpravimo sovraštvo. Vse dokler je naš um poln jeze in maščevalnih misli, vidimo vsakega človeka kot svojega sovražnika. Vsaka malenkost nas razjezi in v vsem zaznavamo morebitno nevarnost. Postanemo človek, ki v vsem najde nekaj slabega in spregleda vse, kar je dobrega, zato smo vedno nesrečni in zagrenjeni. Toda če spoznamo, da je naš um tisti, ki ustvarja tako zaznavo, potem je to kot iskrica v Ašokovem srcu – kar naenkrat uvidimo, da lahko to stanje izboljšamo. Manj ko imamo v sebi sovraštva in jeze, bolj v drugih opazimo dobroto in bolj se nam zdi prijetno naše okolje. Naš um je namreč tisti, ki pogojuje naša izkustva. In če je kralju Ašoki, ki je pred več kot dva tisoč leti na tako obširnem območju vladal milijonom ljudi, uspelo doseči mirno sobivanje, versko strpnost, splošno blaginjo, pravičnost, ekološko ozaveščenost in spoštovanje vseh živih bitij, zakaj ne bi to uspelo tudi nam?

Veliki indijski kralj Ašoka je bil v zgodnjih letih svojega kraljevanja zelo bojevit. Osvajal je sosednja kraljestva in pobil na tisoče ljudi. Njegov imperij je zajemal večino jugovzhodne Azije, vendar mu tudi to ni prineslo sreče, saj se je postopno zavedel, koliko trpljenja prinašajo vojne. Nekega dne je na potovanju slišal nekoga kričati: »Končno sem zmagal! Sem resničen zmagovalec!« Ašoka je svojim spremljevalcem ukazal, naj ugotovijo, kaj se dogaja. Našli so kričečega moža, ki je stal ob bregu reke, v katero je bil odvrgel svojo sabljo. Moža so privedli h kralju in Ašoka ga je vprašal: »Zakaj zganjate tak hrup? V čem ste zmagali?« Mož mu je odgovoril: »Dolgo sem bil poln sovraštva. Imel sem veliko sovražnikov, ki sem jih skušal enega za drugim pobiti. Na koncu sem spoznal, da se je za vsakim sovražnikom, ki sem ga ubil, pojavil nov sovražnik. Dokler bom v sebi gojil sovraštvo in željo po maščevanju, mojih sovražnikov ne bo nikoli konec. Od takrat skušam premagati svojo jezo in zdaj mi je končno uspelo. Svojo sabljo sem vrgel v reko. Od danes naprej ne bom več ubijal.« Njegove besede so prižgale iskrico v Ašokovem srcu in pomislil je: »To pa je izvedljivo!« Zatem je Ašoka sprejel filozofijo nenasilja in odigral vodilno vlogo pri širjenju budizma v Aziji. Iz krutega vladarja se je spremenil v zagovornika nenasilja in v svojem kraljestvu je ustvaril pravično in poduhovljeno družbo, uvedel je celo zakone o blaginji živali in okolja. Ta zgodba uči o tem, kako se lahko soočimo s svojo jezo in odpravimo sovraštvo. Vse dokler je naš um poln jeze in maščevalnih misli, vidimo vsakega človeka kot svojega sovražnika. Vsaka malenkost nas razjezi in v vsem zaznavamo morebitno nevarnost. Postanemo človek, ki v vsem najde nekaj slabega in spregleda vse, kar je dobrega, zato smo vedno nesrečni in zagrenjeni. Toda če spoznamo, da je naš um tisti, ki ustvarja tako zaznavo, potem je to kot iskrica v Ašokovem srcu – kar naenkrat uvidimo, da lahko to stanje izboljšamo. Manj ko imamo v sebi sovraštva in jeze, bolj v drugih opazimo dobroto in bolj se nam zdi prijetno naše okolje. Naš um je namreč tisti, ki pogojuje naša izkustva. In če je kralju Ašoki, ki je pred več kot dva tisoč leti na tako obširnem območju vladal milijonom ljudi, uspelo doseči mirno sobivanje, versko strpnost, splošno blaginjo, pravičnost, ekološko ozaveščenost in spoštovanje vseh živih bitij, zakaj ne bi to uspelo tudi nam?

Eden od Budovih učencev, ki je pozneje dobil ime Anathapindada, je bil bogat trgovec, ki se je z velikim navdušenjem udeleževal Budovih naukov. Toda kadarkoli je Buda govoril o radodarnosti, je Anathapindada opazil, da tega ne more razumeti. Nekega dne je to povedal Budi: »Vaši nauki so mi zelo všeč, vendar kadarkoli učite o radodarnosti, tega nikakor ne morem razumeti. Jaz ne morem ničesar podariti. Že sama misel na to je boleča.« Buda mu je odgovoril: »Z vadbo vam bo morda uspelo, da boste postali bolj radodarni.« Anathapindada mu je odvrnil: »Kako naj to vadim? Podariti karkoli je zame nemogoče!« V odgovor ga je Buda vprašal: »Ali lahko nekaj podarite samemu sebi?« Ko je Anathapindada potrdil, da lahko, mu je Buda svetoval: »Vzemite nekaj v svojo desno roko in podarite to svoji levi roki z besedo 'izvoli!' Nato pa naj vaša leva roka to spet podari vaši desni. To ponavljajte in morda vam bo pomagalo postati radodarnejši.« Anathapindada je upošteval Budov nasvet in ko se je vrnil domov, je v desno roko vzel kos zlata in ga podaril svoji levi rekoč: »Izvoli!« Nato je z levo roko zlato podaril desni in spet ponovil: »Izvoli!« Čeprav je zlato podarjal samemu sebi, mu je bilo na začetku to zelo težko in beseda »izvoli« mu nikakor ni šla z jezika. Vajo je znova in znova ponavljal in postopoma mu je bilo to vedno lažje. Nato je postal radodaren tudi do drugih, najprej z majhnimi darili, potem z vedno večjimi, dokler na koncu ni postal eden od največjih dobrotnikov svojega časa. Po celi deželi je ustanavljal domove, v katerih je revnim dajal hrano in prenočišče. S tem si je tudi prislužil ime Anathapindada, kar pomeni »nekdo, ki je radodaren in nesebičen.« Ta zgodba uči o tem, da se radodarnost ne nanaša le na darovanje. Bistvo radodarnosti je, da se znebimo svoje neizmerne navezanosti nase in na vse, kar imamo za svoje. Radodarnost nas naredi velikodušne in odpre naše srce, prinaša nam srečo v vseh stopnjah njene vadbe. Na začetku izkusimo srečo, ko vzbudimo namero, da bi bili radodarni. Nato izkusimo srečo med samim dejanjem radodarnosti in na koncu izkusimo srečo, ko se svojega dobrega dejanja spomnimo.

Ta anekdota prikazuje vlogo duhovne vadbe na budistični poti. Pripoveduje o možu, ki je v večletnem obdobju pogosto poslušal Budove nauke v Benaresu. Nekega dne je prišel k Budi in dejal: »Nekaj bi vas rad vprašal.« »Seveda,« je odgovoril Buda, »kaj pa želite izvedeti?« »Že dolgo poslušam vaše nauke in zelo mi je všeč to, kar govorite. Opažam, da vas posluša veliko ljudi, a le pri enem ali dveh izmed njih lahko res opazim spremembo in vidim, da sta dosegla visoko stopnjo spoznanja. Večina ljudi pa ostaja nespremenjenih. Le zakaj je tako?« »Od kod prihajate?« ga je vprašal Buda. »Slišim, da niste iz Benaresa. Vaš naglas je drugačen.« »Iz Gaje,« je odgovoril mož. »Torej,« je dejal Buda, »zagotovo pogosto potujete v Gajo.« »Moja družina živi tam, zato res pogosto grem v Gajo.« »Potem gotovo dobro poznate pot od Benaresa do Gaje.« »Seveda. Pot do Gaje poznam tako dobro, kot da bi bila narisana na moji dlani!« »Sklepam, da veliko ljudi ve, da poznate pot do Gaje,« je predvideval Buda in mož mu je potrdil: »Tako je! Vsi moji znanci vedo, da jo poznam.« »Ali vas torej veliko ljudi sprašuje po napotkih, kako do Gaje?« ga je vprašal Buda. Mož mu je to potrdil in povedal, da jim razloži vse podrobnosti, saj niso nobena skrivnost. »Ali potem vsakdo, ki vas povpraša o poti do Gaje, tja tudi prispe?« mu je spet zastavil vprašanje Buda. »Ne. Samo tisti, ki potovanje res opravijo, pridejo do Gaje, drugi pa ne.« »V mojem primeru je prav tako,« je dejal Buda. »Dosegel sem razsvetljenje in poznam pot do tja. Ljudje vedo, da sem to dosegel, in vedo, da poznam pot, zato me sprašujejo za napotke. Povem jim vse, kar vem, le zakaj jim ne bi. To ni skrivnost. Vendar pridejo do cilja le tisti, ki potovanje tudi opravijo, drugi pa ne.« Budovi nauki ali darma predstavljajo pot. Darma je izkustvo Bude ali kogar koli, ki je našel pot do razsvetljenja. Ne obstaja samo ena pot, poti je veliko. Kar koli, kar nam pomaga pridobiti globlje razumevanje in odkriti svojo resnično naravo, je prava pot. Darma je kot zemljevid, ki nam podaja napotke, vendar je to, ali bomo prispeli do cilja, odvisno od tega, ali jo uresničimo, ali to pot sami prehodimo. Zato je Buda vedno poudarjal: »Pot vam lahko le pokažem, prehoditi pa jo morate sami!«

Shacha Wangmo is a 20 years old student in a small town of Bhutan. While travelling her country back from Abu Dhabi she spent a day and a half with my family in Delhi. Here is what I talked to her. She also gleefully sang some songs in her sweet and attractive voice. Recorded on 18 May 2022 Cover Image and Art: Irfan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sm-irfan/message

In the third part of my conversation with my dharma friend Loppon Yudron Wangmo, she explains how to request teachings and make a good connection with a spiritual teacher. Did you know that it's traditional to ask a teacher for instructions on a certain topic? And Loppon-la shares why it's good not just to learn from famous teachers (like the Dalai Lama, Pema Chodron, and so many others) but also to have a teacher who knows you personally. I hope you'll join us for more of this conversation with a wonderful contemporary female Buddhist teacher. Part 1 (this is part 3): https://youtu.be/I38-aTSceiY Part 2: https://youtu.be/rSrxUSmEbiA Loppon-la is on YouTube! Find her here: https://www.youtube.com/c/YudronWangmo Learn more about Mayum Mountain and join their mailing list: https://www.mayummountain.net/ And get Loppon-la's wonderful novels (they're written for young adults, but I enjoyed them a lot!): https://amzn.to/3KNiFdb May you and all beings be well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/buddhist-wisdom/message

In the second part of my conversation with my dharma friend Loppon Yudron Wangmo, she explains the lineage she teaches in, the Dudjom Tersar, and her approach to teaching at Mayum Mountain, her foundation. Plus she shares the benefits of ngondro or the foundational/preliminary practices students of Tibetan Buddhism do before engaging in Vajrayana practices, Dzogchen, or Mahamudra. I hope you'll join us for more of this conversation with a wonderful contemporary female Buddhist teacher. Part 1 (this is part 2): https://youtu.be/I38-aTSceiY Loppon-la is on YouTube! Find her here: https://www.youtube.com/c/YudronWangmo Learn more about Mayum Mountain and join their mailing list: https://www.mayummountain.net/ And get Loppon-la's wonderful novels (they're written for young adults, but I enjoyed them a lot!): https://amzn.to/3KNiFdb May you and all beings be well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/buddhist-wisdom/message

Y'all, I'm so pleased to introduce you to a dharma teacher I follow and admire, Loppon Yudron Wangmo. She's a Western-born teacher who's now based in California, and in this conversation she shares how she became a Buddhist in the first place, how her practice deepened, what it's like to do long retreat in the Tibetan tradition, and what it's been like becoming a teacher (Loppon) in the Nyingma lineage. Stay tuned for next week's conversation with Yudron Wangmo about what it means to take refuge in the Buddhist tradition. And spoiler alert: she's going to offer refuge online to anyone who's interested! Stay tuned for more details. Learn more about Mayum Mountain and join their mailing list: https://www.mayummountain.net/ And get Loppon-la's wonderful novels (they're written for young adults, but I enjoyed them a lot!): https://amzn.to/3KNiFdb May you and all beings be well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/buddhist-wisdom/message

Ta zgodba o paru, ki je izgubil sina, govori o minljivosti, ki je velikokrat tema tibetanskih zgodb, tudi tistih, ki govorijo o preteklih življenjih Bude Šakjamunija. Nekoč je živela družina, ki so jo sestavljali starejši par, njun odrasli sin in njegova žena ter njun vnuk. V družini so se dobro razumeli, imeli so se radi in so spoštovali drug drugega, tako da so postali zgled vsej svoji vasi. Nekega dne pa je sin nenadoma umrl. Sosedje so bili vznemirjeni in med seboj so se pogovarjali, kako je to grozno in kako morajo biti njegovi starši in žena popolnoma pretreseni. Odpravili so se družini izreč sožalje. Ko so prišli k njim, so presenečeno opazili, da so se preostali družinski člani vedli, kot da se ne bi nič zgodilo. Ne njegovi starši ne njegova žena niso žalovali, vse je bilo videti kot po navadi. Nihče ni mogel verjeti svojim očem, zato so vprašali očeta: »Kaj naj to pomeni? Ali niste pravkar izgubili sina?« »Res je, moj sin je umrl,« je odvrnil oče. Nato ga je sosed vprašal: »Kako je to mogoče, da niste žalostni in da ne žalujete? Mislili smo, da ste imeli čudovito družino in da ste se imeli radi, vendar kaže, da smo živeli v zmoti.« Oče mu je odgovoril: »Imeli smo se radi in nikoli nismo rekli ali storili ničesar, kar bi druge prizadelo, ker smo se vedno zavedali, da ne bomo za vedno skupaj. Vedeli smo, da lahko kdor koli izmed nas kateri koli trenutek umre. Ker smo razumeli, da imamo le malo časa, ko smo lahko skupaj, smo si bili blizu in smo bili vedno dobri drug do drugega. Mojega sina ni več, vendar nisem pretresen, ker sem vedno vedel, da se to lahko kadar koli zgodi. Seveda se tega ne veselim. Toda ko smo bili skupaj, smo vedno pomagali drug drugemu in smo živeli v dobrih odnosih. Zdaj je moj sin umrl, vendar ničesar ne obžalujem. Hvaležen sem za čas, ki smo ga preživeli skupaj.« Seveda je to dejal sam Buda v enem izmed svojih prejšnjih življenj in razmišljati tako ni preprosto. Vendar ko se v svojem srcu zavedamo, da bomo vsi, ki smo skupaj, prej ali slej ločeni, potem ni nobenega razloga in nobene potrebe po tem, da bi se prepirali. Priložnost, da smo skupaj, moramo čim bolje izkoristiti. Če resnično razumemo minljivost, bomo imeli veliko boljše odnose z drugimi.

Budistična anekdota o odlašanju kot vrsti lenobe naj bi nas spodbudila k marljivosti, ki je ena izmed šestih popolnosti, ki predstavljajo bistvo budizma. Nekoč je živel tibetanski menih, ki se je spoprijateljil z neke vrste škratom, ki mu po tibetansko pravimo theurang. Theurangi so temačni, kosmati škrati, ki imajo samo eno nogo in radi kockajo. Pravijo, da če se želimo z njimi spoprijateljiti, moramo iti na sotočje treh rek, vreči kocke in reči: "Jaz sem zmagala, theurang je izgubil." To moramo ponavljati tako dolgo, dokler theurang ne zapade skušnjavi, se nam prikaže in iztegne roko, rekoč: "Ne! Nisem izgubil! Podaj mi kocke!" Takrat ga moramo zgrabiti za roko in mu dejati: "Ne bom te spustila, dokler ne postaneš moj prijatelj!" Tako se je tudi ta menih spoprijateljil s takim škratom. Živela sta skupaj v samostanu in theurang mu je prinašal, kar koli si je zaželel. Menih je srečno živel v razkošju. Čeprav je vedel, da bi moral meditirati, je s svojo prakso nenehno odlašal. Svojemu prijatelju je dejal: "Seveda sem zdaj zelo srečen, vendar moram meditirati, da se pripravim na smrt. Opozori me, ko boš videl, da se približujem smrti." Škrat je obljubil, da bo to storil. Leta so tekla in nekega dne je theurang omenil svojemu prijatelju: "Lama, ali si opazil, da ti lasje sivijo?" Menih mu je odvrnil: "Seveda imam sive lase, saj se staram!" Škrat si je mislil: "Vse je v redu. Lama me je razumel." Nekaj let pozneje mu je theurang dejal: "Lama, izpadajo ti zobje!" Menih mu je odgovoril: "Seveda mi izpadajo zobje, saj se staram." Škrat si je spet mislil: "Če lama to ve, potem je vse v redu." Nekega dne je theurang svojemu prijatelju naznanil, da bo naslednji dan umrl. Menih se je razjezil in ga okaral: "Zakaj mi nisi tega prej povedal? Prosil sem te, da me opozoriš!" Theurang mu je odvrnil: "Saj sem te velikokrat opozoril! Najprej sem ti povedal, da ti sivijo lasje, in ti si mi odgovoril, da se staraš. Mislil sem, da si razumel. Potem sem ti povedal, da ti izpadajo zobje, in spet si mi odvrnil, da veš. Velikokrat sem te opozoril." Tokrat je meniha resnično zaskrbelo, kaj bo z njim, toda kaj naj bi storil zdaj, ko mu je preostalo tako malo časa? Ta vrsta lenobe, ko stvari odlašamo, ker naj bi imeli še dovolj časa, je zahrbtna, saj naše zmotne predstave ustvarjajo lažen občutek varnosti. Čeprav vemo, da bomo morali vsi umreti, resnično verjamemo, da je to nekje daleč v prihodnosti in da nam bo uspelo dokončati vse, česar se lotimo. Zato vedno odlašamo s svojo duhovno prakso, ki nam lahko pomaga živeti srečno in izpolnjeno življenje. Pomembno je torej, da s svojo duhovno prakso, pa tudi drugimi dolžnostmi in nalogami, ki jih pred nas postavlja življenje, ne odlašamo, temveč da se jim marljivo posvetimo že danes.

Ngak'chang Rinpoche speaks with Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo about his memoirs — from her readings of ‘an odd boy' Volume I. ‘an odd boy' has been described as Jack Kerouac's ‘On the Road' meets Dylan Thomas' ‘Under Milk Wood'. It's a portrait of the artist as a young man; a coming-of-age adventure set in the cultural ferment of the 1960s. A high-spirited escapade—humorous and poignant by turn—of an era when the arts set a generation's imagination on fire. https://aro-books-worldwide.org/shared/text/b/book_pb_05_an_odd_boy_v01_01_eng.php

Zgodba o pastirju z vrečkama črnih in belih kamenčkov je tradicionalna tibetanska budistična pripovedka o pomembnosti urjenja v čuječnosti in zavedanju. Nekoč je živel pastir, ki je v hribih pasel svojo čredo ovc. V bližnji jami je živel priznan lama, kot rečemo tibetanskemu menihu, ki je dokončal izobrazbo in preživel veliko let v meditativnem umiku. Pastir je že večkrat slišal o njem, saj so vsi govorili, da je ta lama dosegel visoko stopnjo spoznanja. Veliko učencev od vsepovsod, celo iz oddaljenih krajev, je prihajalo k njemu. Nekega dne je pastir obiskal tega lamo in dejal: "Sem samo preprost pastir. Ničesar ne vem. Sem nepismen, vendar si zelo želim, da bi lahko spoznal duhovno pot. Prosim, naučite me prakse, ki je lahko razumljiva in ne zahteva nobenega zapletenega znanja, preprosto prakso, ki bi jo lahko delal celo najbolj neizobražen človek." Lama mu je odvrnil: "Vzemi dve vrečki in napolni eno z belimi kamenčki, drugo pa s črnimi. Ko boš sedel na skali in pasel ovce, imej vrečki ob sebi in opazuj svoj um. Če se v njem pojavi slaba misel, iz vrečke vzemi en črn kamenček in ga položi na svojo levo stran. Če pa se v tvojem umu pojavi dobra misel, vzemi bel kamenček in ga položi na svojo desno. Samo to počni, za to prakso ne potrebuješ ničesar drugega." Pastir je upošteval nasvet budističnega meniha, napolnil dve vrečki s črnimi in belimi kamenčki in opazoval svoj um. Opazil je, da se kup črnih kamenčkov vse bolj povečuje, belega kamenčka pa ni bilo niti enega. Na koncu dneva je bilo na levi strani veliko črnih kamenčkov in morda le en ali dva bela na desni. To ga je zelo zaskrbelo in je sklenil, da njegova praksa ni dobra, da mu gre res slabo. Vrnil se je k lami in se pritožil: "To ni v redu. Črnih kamenčkov je cela gora, bela sta pa samo dva ali trije." Lama mu je odgovoril: "To sploh ni pomembno. Le nadaljuj. Vsak večer pospravi kamenčke v vrečki in naslednji dan začni znova." Pastir je delal, kot mu je bilo naročeno, vsak dan znova in znova. Počasi in postopoma je čez nekaj mesecev opazil, da se beli kup povečuje, črni pa zmanjšuje. Na koncu so bili skoraj vsi kamenčki beli. Nauk te zgodbe je, da ne glede na to, kaj počnemo v svojem vsakdanjem življenju, se moramo zavedati stanja svojega uma. Ko opazimo, da je naš um pozitiven in umirjen, je to tako, kot da bi na kup postavili bel kamenček. Ko pa je naš um negativen in se tega zavemo, je tako, kot bi postavili kamenček na črni kup. S čuječnostjo in zavedanjem bo naš um vse bolj pozitiven.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 39 Part 2 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 29 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 14 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 15 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 27 Part 1 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 27 Part 2 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 28 Part 1 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 28 Part 2 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 31 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 39 Part 1 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 34 Part 1 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 36 Part 1 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 36 Part 2 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 37 Part 1 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 37 Part 2 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 38 Part 1 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 38 Part 2 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Wisdom Eccentrics Chapter 40 Part 1 Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche. Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo. A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes. In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi'méd Rig'dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios. Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author's fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.