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Waking Up to Your World
by PEMA CHÖDRÖN | March 21, 2018
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“Since death is certain, but the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?”
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Every day of your life, every morning of your life, you could ask yourself, “As I go into this day, what is the most important thing? What is the best use of this day?” At my age, it’s kind of scary when I go to bed at night and I look back at the day, and it seems like it passed in the snap of a finger. That was a whole day? What did I do with it? Did I move any closer to being more compassionate, loving, and caring — to being fully awake? Is my mind more open? What did I actually do? I feel how little time there is and how important it is how we spend our time.
How Will You See the Guru?
by DZONGSAR KHYENTSE RINPOCHE | January 12, 2017
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Are you able to see your teacher as the Buddha?
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Deciding to follow another human being — not a god, not a machine, not nature, not a system of governance, not the sun or the moon but a shower-taking, sleeping, yawning, shitting, moody, bribable being — is either the stupidest thing a person can do or the most rewarding. It is a gift to have this inclination and the tenacity to follow it.
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the guru has three aspects: the outer guru, the inner guru, and the secret guru. … The outer guru is “as Buddha as it gets.” The inner guru is the nature of your mind — in other words, a mind that is not thinking of a “thing” but is simply cognizant and undeniably present. And the secret guru is the emptiness of all phenomena.
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Outer gurus are invariably complicated entities … tangible and lovable … [ with ] moods and attitudes and phone numbers. They are less mysterious [ than the inner and secret gurus ] because they yawn and go to sleep when they are tired. But all three manifestations of the guru — outer, inner, and secret — are equally valuable. There is no hierarchy.
Beginner’s Mind or Imposter Syndrome
by GESSHIN GREENWOOD | March 1, 2018
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As a young, female Zen priest I am keenly aware of how self-doubt and wisdom can comingle.
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Humility is a value that exists in all sects of Buddhism across the world. However, I think in the West we have yet to really come to terms with how to enact humility in a healthy way. As women in this culture, especially, we are conditioned from a young age to be quiet, to defer our needs, to make ourselves small so that the men around us can feel important.
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How do we know when self-criticism and imposter syndrome are masquerading as beginner’s mind? What is humility in our practice, and what is self-flagellation?