A piece of wisdom from
February 26, 2021 · Friday
The quote
“The Zen state of "no mind" is the same state the climber calls being in the zone. The vocabulary differs; the experience does not.”
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · Flow State
The concept
Tonglen
The Tibetan practice of breathing in suffering, and breathing out relief, and the wider mind-training that grew around it.
When somebody is suffering, most cultures answer: distance yourself. Tibetan Buddhism answers: breathe them in. Tonglen, the practice of giving and taking through breath, is the most counterintuitive meditation in any tradition, and the mos…
A practice for today
Try this once today: the lesson of Tonglen. The Tibetan practice of breathing in suffering, and breathing out relief, and the wider mind-training that grew around it.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 2.62
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते। सङ्गात्संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते॥
“When a person dwells on the objects of the senses, attachment to them is born. From attachment, desire arises. From desire, anger is born.”
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