tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36454612873738110962024-03-18T12:30:31.775+00:00Aro Quotation'ö-Dzin Tridralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17730325748234730983noreply@blogger.comBlogger799125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-62005468948666266512024-03-18T12:30:00.029+00:002024-03-18T12:30:00.123+00:00A heart sensation<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYErgDm37YcgHqXIn0g5XoBWFvDTaAedC900cvaK7l4QJ7PeFw4eN5Q47CpmPVb_ZVOzoMgLHQXSczQaVoEuUbODIInLYZGy8Sq9AfKYWKNcKu2QvnO-DfprT1qKEd0suVAo7lfFVbP7f99D0BUuBwTD4wX3Xewz5Ft-FfsEe1AM6demqhfl-mcLwG_yI/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYErgDm37YcgHqXIn0g5XoBWFvDTaAedC900cvaK7l4QJ7PeFw4eN5Q47CpmPVb_ZVOzoMgLHQXSczQaVoEuUbODIInLYZGy8Sq9AfKYWKNcKu2QvnO-DfprT1qKEd0suVAo7lfFVbP7f99D0BUuBwTD4wX3Xewz5Ft-FfsEe1AM6demqhfl-mcLwG_yI/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In order to establish a connection with the tradition and the lineage, a heart sensation for Guru Rinpoche and Yeshé Tsogyel is indispensable – just as form and emptiness are indispensable in our practice.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p205, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span> </p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-34216307318628343152024-03-11T12:30:00.041+00:002024-03-11T12:30:00.132+00:00Out of the state of emptiness<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTc44xW0hxFydWoB2snTjHlAiukxy3eyo2cLJcXTihbaphs656nELF8x-5KuOFXmNoVfr3LcKUSlg1Ba1WK5XdScMkzDdJsXl9oG8d-TkRl9e6bskT8vyJkHvxN0iYsXLbpJCHIwQ-L-OIWoAXZoEGMwkrXfhjraZUz4b9Z1VHxe6bQxzyhZOV4ksUcw/s523/wearing_the_body_of_visions_00350_00523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTc44xW0hxFydWoB2snTjHlAiukxy3eyo2cLJcXTihbaphs656nELF8x-5KuOFXmNoVfr3LcKUSlg1Ba1WK5XdScMkzDdJsXl9oG8d-TkRl9e6bskT8vyJkHvxN0iYsXLbpJCHIwQ-L-OIWoAXZoEGMwkrXfhjraZUz4b9Z1VHxe6bQxzyhZOV4ksUcw/w134-h200/wearing_the_body_of_visions_00350_00523.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">After you’ve received empowerment into the practice of a particular awareness-being or yidam, the form of this awareness-being will spontaneously arise out of the state of emptiness when you engage in practice. Your experience of emptiness is the oven where the bread of vision bakes itself. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">p116, </span><a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/wearing-the-body-of-visions.html" style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Wearing the Body of Visions</a><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">, Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books, 1995, ISBN 1-898185-03-4</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-42939527768110355892024-03-04T06:00:00.069+00:002024-03-04T06:00:00.248+00:00The practice of yidam<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8mIoK3H1kwRP-SmqrWrHnrehoSUD-hzF1WEn89JVr35bW-RBldaZ7aQfv0W-5JfF9T_fsjoqoDqBa6pUZX4bq6NG6AaQTnhKRZGv1CgF1GHcvtCLTIBJk3wi7SCdR0DsyPlJezkPVvXshzZtkqWFwr89PTftfMmoOuyNz9kOMlfBF2kH06Ymn6dr4CY/s523/wearing_the_body_of_visions_00350_00523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8mIoK3H1kwRP-SmqrWrHnrehoSUD-hzF1WEn89JVr35bW-RBldaZ7aQfv0W-5JfF9T_fsjoqoDqBa6pUZX4bq6NG6AaQTnhKRZGv1CgF1GHcvtCLTIBJk3wi7SCdR0DsyPlJezkPVvXshzZtkqWFwr89PTftfMmoOuyNz9kOMlfBF2kH06Ymn6dr4CY/w134-h200/wearing_the_body_of_visions_00350_00523.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The word 'yidam' can be translated as 'awareness-being' or 'meditational deity'. To arise as the awareness-being, is to wear the <i>body of visions</i>. The form of the yidam gives us the opportunity to enter the world of form <i>as</i> the yidam. This is what is called <i>living the view</i>. Living the view means that we retain the feeling that we are the yidam in whatever we do. We experience the world around us as the realised dimension of the yidam. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">p96-97, </span><a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/wearing-the-body-of-visions.html" style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Wearing the Body of Visions</a><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">, Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books, 1995, ISBN 1-898185-03-4</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-31481169928853625242024-02-26T06:00:00.041+00:002024-02-26T06:00:00.131+00:00A good horse which can be ridden with joy<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9WuPKwI2rSqJb2aAYRynkRRa3AYqW3H32w4i-Mpfo1z22WXYVB6OZzXi3erH3ulGfCzhYz4Nx4WuiejjQtpo5AHqRiUm5dq6L630Jy05Phcckp3qLhv39vHH-peJaJNOjrKIPWRlWd2FDvAkCTL00d3Je1Oz4Cd5MVWqaPXe_-OFYsRZTpjErUpNWdQ/s527/source_book_emailing_the_lamas_from_afar_00350_00527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9WuPKwI2rSqJb2aAYRynkRRa3AYqW3H32w4i-Mpfo1z22WXYVB6OZzXi3erH3ulGfCzhYz4Nx4WuiejjQtpo5AHqRiUm5dq6L630Jy05Phcckp3qLhv39vHH-peJaJNOjrKIPWRlWd2FDvAkCTL00d3Je1Oz4Cd5MVWqaPXe_-OFYsRZTpjErUpNWdQ/w133-h200/source_book_emailing_the_lamas_from_afar_00350_00527.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">rLung is the wind principle – which is powerful and direct. rTa means horse – the energy which can be ridden. rLung rTa is a sophisticated energy. which is clean, decent, honest, honourable, and committed – a good horse which can be ridden with joy. The situation resplendent with rising rLung rTa is fresh and exuberant – but only eminently rideable once you have mucked out, groomed thoroughly, and cared for the tack with assiduous patience.</span> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p197, </span><a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/emailing-the-lamas-from-afar.html" style="font-family: times;">Emailing the Lamas from Afar</a><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9653948-5-7</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-77811865260068998562024-02-19T06:00:00.036+00:002024-02-19T06:00:00.137+00:00Self-sustainingly cheerful<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqpSRG4YvyrflYPxdwHWnbAxSThjOpL6mDTwShtzyZktS0TaPJhNqH16d0NVohzA_4ay9C-GrK2aQ2SMtgBFneooHAfgai-3ACYBdjxnueARTyXfXBt-bFxoVRfe7ocYUhsh4bcSYzordPgwo4mEmqkrGxHu_ACQ8JeNINE_4s3H3s06FJ72zrtWtzH0/s527/source_book_emailing_the_lamas_from_afar_00350_00527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqpSRG4YvyrflYPxdwHWnbAxSThjOpL6mDTwShtzyZktS0TaPJhNqH16d0NVohzA_4ay9C-GrK2aQ2SMtgBFneooHAfgai-3ACYBdjxnueARTyXfXBt-bFxoVRfe7ocYUhsh4bcSYzordPgwo4mEmqkrGxHu_ACQ8JeNINE_4s3H3s06FJ72zrtWtzH0/w133-h200/source_book_emailing_the_lamas_from_afar_00350_00527.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">rLung rTa is the cheerful uplifting quality which resides as a natural aspect of our lives. One could define it as authentic existential appreciation. It is spontaneously present and self-created as an aspect of awareness. When rLung rTa is present—or if we wish to encourage rLung rTa—we give phenomena the attention they deserve.</span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p197, </span><a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/emailing-the-lamas-from-afar.html" style="font-family: times;">Emailing the Lamas from Afar</a><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9653948-5-7</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-26333496133551561052024-02-12T11:00:00.039+00:002024-02-12T11:00:00.130+00:00Likes and dislikes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9WuPKwI2rSqJb2aAYRynkRRa3AYqW3H32w4i-Mpfo1z22WXYVB6OZzXi3erH3ulGfCzhYz4Nx4WuiejjQtpo5AHqRiUm5dq6L630Jy05Phcckp3qLhv39vHH-peJaJNOjrKIPWRlWd2FDvAkCTL00d3Je1Oz4Cd5MVWqaPXe_-OFYsRZTpjErUpNWdQ/s527/source_book_emailing_the_lamas_from_afar_00350_00527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD9WuPKwI2rSqJb2aAYRynkRRa3AYqW3H32w4i-Mpfo1z22WXYVB6OZzXi3erH3ulGfCzhYz4Nx4WuiejjQtpo5AHqRiUm5dq6L630Jy05Phcckp3qLhv39vHH-peJaJNOjrKIPWRlWd2FDvAkCTL00d3Je1Oz4Cd5MVWqaPXe_-OFYsRZTpjErUpNWdQ/w133-h200/source_book_emailing_the_lamas_from_afar_00350_00527.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We feel it is important for people to be open and forthright about their subjectivity – and at the same time to acknowledge their subjectivity as being just that: subjectivity. If you regard your likes and dislikes as subjective, there is never any clash with another person – no matter how strongly worded your like or dislike happen to be.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p192, </span><a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/emailing-the-lamas-from-afar.html" style="font-family: times;">Emailing the Lamas from Afar</a><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9653948-5-7</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-55347630729227447322024-02-05T06:00:00.031+00:002024-02-05T06:00:00.138+00:00Assume kindness<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhn3JG1IF31Jm_F5dOD8cfhjrTqtpbMiZcUQa7RZFs-k2SI9E4xTth5hhx1jWoxI9bAfu2iEImF4GVvoRZBxm13pz3o4_niF2ePikx4mZEewdlDiWw1Ett5zkie4eO-SRYv42N6le6k5FF8RzWTKj4vQZX4F-zuHIxjtHP7402zSFnz9MxwsGHy_FwrY/s200/ros_book_cover_front_00500_00771.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="130" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhn3JG1IF31Jm_F5dOD8cfhjrTqtpbMiZcUQa7RZFs-k2SI9E4xTth5hhx1jWoxI9bAfu2iEImF4GVvoRZBxm13pz3o4_niF2ePikx4mZEewdlDiWw1Ett5zkie4eO-SRYv42N6le6k5FF8RzWTKj4vQZX4F-zuHIxjtHP7402zSFnz9MxwsGHy_FwrY/w130-h200/ros_book_cover_front_00500_00771.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It is important to observe ourselves and understand our condition. It is also important not to observe others with a judgemental eye because we probably have no conception of their condition or motivation. It is always better to assume that other people have kind motivation – especially when they are acting in ways we would not act. We all see the world in different ways – and so it is not possible to judge someone else’s actions or words on the basis of our own way of seeing.</span><p></p><p>p73, <a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/rays-of-the-sun.html">Rays of the Sun</a>, Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books worldwide, 2010, 978-1-898185-06-2 </p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-44414844360985349152024-01-29T06:00:00.052+00:002024-01-29T06:00:00.256+00:00Communicating with dignity<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqhrf9thcT9UGshPAXxbYefL5KKNPNbfp4kVJp1lbAUKoyAY4Omfc8MlxcIOUvyovt975WyhQLPaXfE_OaSlG98PfqepP9sNya_9BndenkE39pTSKpxx6dHRDaXX_U_uQDxFCHqQJevMODYNpmdaLW8IRUQalZXAa9W6I2mKVGEcPpBUVSruQFSBcOpY/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqhrf9thcT9UGshPAXxbYefL5KKNPNbfp4kVJp1lbAUKoyAY4Omfc8MlxcIOUvyovt975WyhQLPaXfE_OaSlG98PfqepP9sNya_9BndenkE39pTSKpxx6dHRDaXX_U_uQDxFCHqQJevMODYNpmdaLW8IRUQalZXAa9W6I2mKVGEcPpBUVSruQFSBcOpY/s320/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">When it can take as long to spell out an acronym or letterisation in speech – there is more dignity in using the words the initials represent. A Vajrayana practitioner needs to communicate with dignity – because Mind, Speech, and Body need to be the focus of practice in every arena of life.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p56, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-47231848698562505592024-01-22T06:00:00.034+00:002024-01-22T06:00:00.142+00:00Transparent to ourselves<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqhrf9thcT9UGshPAXxbYefL5KKNPNbfp4kVJp1lbAUKoyAY4Omfc8MlxcIOUvyovt975WyhQLPaXfE_OaSlG98PfqepP9sNya_9BndenkE39pTSKpxx6dHRDaXX_U_uQDxFCHqQJevMODYNpmdaLW8IRUQalZXAa9W6I2mKVGEcPpBUVSruQFSBcOpY/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqhrf9thcT9UGshPAXxbYefL5KKNPNbfp4kVJp1lbAUKoyAY4Omfc8MlxcIOUvyovt975WyhQLPaXfE_OaSlG98PfqepP9sNya_9BndenkE39pTSKpxx6dHRDaXX_U_uQDxFCHqQJevMODYNpmdaLW8IRUQalZXAa9W6I2mKVGEcPpBUVSruQFSBcOpY/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The experience of meditation practice is essential as a means of realising the view. It is only within the development of the meditational experience that we become transparent to ourselves. When we become transparent to ourselves, we can witness the mechanics of stylised perception – and only then can we free ourselves from restriction.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p49, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span> </p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-15310893399464774712024-01-15T06:00:00.047+00:002024-01-15T06:00:00.248+00:00Dance with the situation<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqhrf9thcT9UGshPAXxbYefL5KKNPNbfp4kVJp1lbAUKoyAY4Omfc8MlxcIOUvyovt975WyhQLPaXfE_OaSlG98PfqepP9sNya_9BndenkE39pTSKpxx6dHRDaXX_U_uQDxFCHqQJevMODYNpmdaLW8IRUQalZXAa9W6I2mKVGEcPpBUVSruQFSBcOpY/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqhrf9thcT9UGshPAXxbYefL5KKNPNbfp4kVJp1lbAUKoyAY4Omfc8MlxcIOUvyovt975WyhQLPaXfE_OaSlG98PfqepP9sNya_9BndenkE39pTSKpxx6dHRDaXX_U_uQDxFCHqQJevMODYNpmdaLW8IRUQalZXAa9W6I2mKVGEcPpBUVSruQFSBcOpY/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The dance costume of Vajrayana is demanding in terms of personal responsibility, integrity, and honour. One can don the costume and enter the dance – but to sustain the dance throughout one’s life requires a degree of familiarity with the pattern of motivation. Life resembles dance – and a piece of advice which Trungpa Rinpoche gave was to ‘dance with the situation’.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p42, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span> </p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-80385482564941459742024-01-08T13:00:00.055+00:002024-01-08T13:00:00.143+00:00Both imposters<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqhrf9thcT9UGshPAXxbYefL5KKNPNbfp4kVJp1lbAUKoyAY4Omfc8MlxcIOUvyovt975WyhQLPaXfE_OaSlG98PfqepP9sNya_9BndenkE39pTSKpxx6dHRDaXX_U_uQDxFCHqQJevMODYNpmdaLW8IRUQalZXAa9W6I2mKVGEcPpBUVSruQFSBcOpY/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqhrf9thcT9UGshPAXxbYefL5KKNPNbfp4kVJp1lbAUKoyAY4Omfc8MlxcIOUvyovt975WyhQLPaXfE_OaSlG98PfqepP9sNya_9BndenkE39pTSKpxx6dHRDaXX_U_uQDxFCHqQJevMODYNpmdaLW8IRUQalZXAa9W6I2mKVGEcPpBUVSruQFSBcOpY/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Neither cynicism nor naïveté should be taken as <i>reference points for one’s identity</i>. If one wishes to impress people with one’s intellect one opts for cynicism. If one wishes to impress people with one’s spirituality one opts for naïveté. If one has no desire to impress anyone, one opts for <i>treating both imposters just the same.</i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p35, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-7072273186944839072024-01-01T06:00:00.026+00:002024-01-01T06:00:00.147+00:00Karma<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTU_XNuHhmr1mlmXW1Jrtmkg8ljHie6KfmQnfbgtoYu4Sl8LtKC83FiaywSgBwKnoTz9css7_b1nFBwTjuEbucXGuingfeE1rNfr0ABOM8n_PL4_XmC864jtUuIB7j9rHAc7XOpieYMcl4A_Rg_ICIbzsRy3AZXxuKDNmHfQ05lzmVbHVhAzq0oFlz__s/s527/source_book_emailing_the_lamas_from_afar_00350_00527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTU_XNuHhmr1mlmXW1Jrtmkg8ljHie6KfmQnfbgtoYu4Sl8LtKC83FiaywSgBwKnoTz9css7_b1nFBwTjuEbucXGuingfeE1rNfr0ABOM8n_PL4_XmC864jtUuIB7j9rHAc7XOpieYMcl4A_Rg_ICIbzsRy3AZXxuKDNmHfQ05lzmVbHVhAzq0oFlz__s/w133-h200/source_book_emailing_the_lamas_from_afar_00350_00527.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Karma is pattern. Karma is the pattern through which we apprehend our existential / experiential environment. Karma evaporates as soon as we see the pattern.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p60, </span><a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/emailing-the-lamas-from-afar.html" style="font-family: times;">Emailing the Lamas from Afar</a><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9653948-5-7</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-54398621030685611852023-12-25T06:00:00.045+00:002023-12-25T06:00:00.129+00:00The meaning of ‘accident’<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QFzIbShxBm_w5LRTmKYomrkJIM828qd0ofb0v9pfgzVZKwiJSK84Jc9rDayNd4mXqrNVrCtWDsejWkxZtdcoX6gUZ3sYDZh3Lv1kMlZhd0mmeLzTnBoJ5wMPXgrT7rYz3Cuirag_rqwqsYarVgqZhCfc14ohsc0kfccuvyuP4kU0XJSXIGeyIIUNGko/s527/source_book_emailing_the_lamas_from_afar_00350_00527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QFzIbShxBm_w5LRTmKYomrkJIM828qd0ofb0v9pfgzVZKwiJSK84Jc9rDayNd4mXqrNVrCtWDsejWkxZtdcoX6gUZ3sYDZh3Lv1kMlZhd0mmeLzTnBoJ5wMPXgrT7rYz3Cuirag_rqwqsYarVgqZhCfc14ohsc0kfccuvyuP4kU0XJSXIGeyIIUNGko/w133-h200/source_book_emailing_the_lamas_from_afar_00350_00527.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The Nyingma are indeed called ‘the accident lineage’, but not because they are accident prone. The meaning of ‘accident’ is more concerned with working with chaos than surviving calamity. The nature of reality is the dance of chaos and order. Order arises out of chaos and dissolves back into chaos—and this is why Nyingmas are not overly concerned with establishing institutions.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p7, </span><a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/emailing-the-lamas-from-afar.html" style="font-family: times;">Emailing the Lamas from Afar</a><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9653948-5-7</span></p><p><br /></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-9844306709569269392023-12-18T06:00:00.028+00:002023-12-18T06:00:00.136+00:00Continually breaking through<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5DjLk0mf2VFjj2aQiVCN-aanAsjcQRPZ42WXBNZsesi8FVfTfS3AeMMrtqH6oZZGmPNSENPxSTE111T4NuNkvuvEEQNZ4EfZYO-u7u3CL4W5K2Q0v55Zi1e1MYW2VlFGSnIC6sgBxHaGIuwBkmI8JTHjS6ws-vsLEf79NNtryI7WSxi2Xiw8OR5qheU/s200/ros_book_cover_front_00500_00771.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="130" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5DjLk0mf2VFjj2aQiVCN-aanAsjcQRPZ42WXBNZsesi8FVfTfS3AeMMrtqH6oZZGmPNSENPxSTE111T4NuNkvuvEEQNZ4EfZYO-u7u3CL4W5K2Q0v55Zi1e1MYW2VlFGSnIC6sgBxHaGIuwBkmI8JTHjS6ws-vsLEf79NNtryI7WSxi2Xiw8OR5qheU/s1600/ros_book_cover_front_00500_00771.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Becoming a Buddhist is a process of continually becoming a Buddhist – of continually breaking through limitations and conditioned perception.</span><p></p><p>p86, <a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/rays-of-the-sun.html">Rays of the Sun</a>, Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books worldwide, 2010, 978-1-898185-06-2</p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-38987419341151234142023-12-11T06:00:00.033+00:002023-12-11T06:00:00.136+00:00The basic ground of being<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5DjLk0mf2VFjj2aQiVCN-aanAsjcQRPZ42WXBNZsesi8FVfTfS3AeMMrtqH6oZZGmPNSENPxSTE111T4NuNkvuvEEQNZ4EfZYO-u7u3CL4W5K2Q0v55Zi1e1MYW2VlFGSnIC6sgBxHaGIuwBkmI8JTHjS6ws-vsLEf79NNtryI7WSxi2Xiw8OR5qheU/s200/ros_book_cover_front_00500_00771.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="130" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5DjLk0mf2VFjj2aQiVCN-aanAsjcQRPZ42WXBNZsesi8FVfTfS3AeMMrtqH6oZZGmPNSENPxSTE111T4NuNkvuvEEQNZ4EfZYO-u7u3CL4W5K2Q0v55Zi1e1MYW2VlFGSnIC6sgBxHaGIuwBkmI8JTHjS6ws-vsLEf79NNtryI7WSxi2Xiw8OR5qheU/w130-h200/ros_book_cover_front_00500_00771.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The essence is empty. The nature is clear and unimpeded. The energy is free of all barriers and is boundlessly compassionate. We have arrived at what is known as the <i>kun-zhi</i> – the basic ground of being beyond duality and non-duality.</span><p></p><p>p102, <a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/rays-of-the-sun.html">Rays of the Sun</a>, Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books worldwide, 2010, 978-1-898185-06-2</p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-31227377926927757822023-12-04T06:00:00.035+00:002023-12-04T06:00:00.139+00:00A superbly complete portrait<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JBIGaHkTxQlfmq-BNaS2rm8okooJQYOyiSOXeev-Au7dR6GuUefiUKc_-RyujMbZJNMHQtboStLv4AF3Nbwkv5NctaqoZqIAmD1Yft8vYd8zx0BqZG2akyf5hc3K_h9B6-q7r5YfoWv3JE7j614R7XcYTczvcwVt17du3nhkVxLLhaG2n8SCf-ISeeg/s523/wearing_the_body_of_visions_00350_00523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JBIGaHkTxQlfmq-BNaS2rm8okooJQYOyiSOXeev-Au7dR6GuUefiUKc_-RyujMbZJNMHQtboStLv4AF3Nbwkv5NctaqoZqIAmD1Yft8vYd8zx0BqZG2akyf5hc3K_h9B6-q7r5YfoWv3JE7j614R7XcYTczvcwVt17du3nhkVxLLhaG2n8SCf-ISeeg/w134-h200/wearing_the_body_of_visions_00350_00523.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The form of the yidam is essentially instructive. Through assuming this form, we learn to experience ourselves as possessing limitless capacities. The limitless nature of our capacities is described by the many different forms in which yidam can be practised. Each form is a particular avenue of approach to the experience of enlightenment. Every image is a complete portrait of the enlightened state.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">p97-98, </span><a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/wearing-the-body-of-visions.html" style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Wearing the Body of Visions</a><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">, Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books, 1995, ISBN 1-898185-03-4</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-64270694714881468572023-11-27T17:00:00.047+00:002023-11-27T17:00:00.142+00:00A grand illusion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSg9bIT2Ccw7zO3oTVkahxNmI7s1ewWKJVkeGfu5TwA2W4uOPRDKVO5tmA9j2u3b1_Vbdvx-OAbGoPPAGXcDKEfFHJcnbFkWlHdTszhVhkf-ggYSZ1QPghLiICSn5PkzrVx6IChynKge6tIgAQ65bkeIvbvVSCafJDRMVccvcVIhjmt9nlu47vQJ3UpM/s523/wearing_the_body_of_visions_00350_00523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSg9bIT2Ccw7zO3oTVkahxNmI7s1ewWKJVkeGfu5TwA2W4uOPRDKVO5tmA9j2u3b1_Vbdvx-OAbGoPPAGXcDKEfFHJcnbFkWlHdTszhVhkf-ggYSZ1QPghLiICSn5PkzrVx6IChynKge6tIgAQ65bkeIvbvVSCafJDRMVccvcVIhjmt9nlu47vQJ3UpM/w134-h200/wearing_the_body_of_visions_00350_00523.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Without the Lama there is no way out of the experience of infinite cross-referencing. No matter how differently we experience our various explorations into the internalised world of ‘sense-making’, they always add up to the same thing: justification for our need to maintain a grand illusion. This illusion is duality.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">p143, </span><a href="http://arobuddhism.org/books/wearing-the-body-of-visions.html" style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Wearing the Body of Visions</a><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">, Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books, 1995, ISBN 1-898185-03-4</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-90435902858214472082023-11-20T06:00:00.030+00:002023-11-20T06:00:00.170+00:00Liberation<p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3EXc15M9m1cPJ7WLxL3d3Qk3UvREm2Dajz-Ni7YZPgTAL6VsndrC_BsH16uYVB79MduNUMIQ1R0yUClIqoB61andu4oid3mkR4fZCo-P6_b7Nlpza8w298hNPdn0lBiXwkHJ4m0-oDBuqYLzJ0YUHfbgvxKevxDT8zxtMwGT1F14gFyOxu5_8DLvhAY/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3EXc15M9m1cPJ7WLxL3d3Qk3UvREm2Dajz-Ni7YZPgTAL6VsndrC_BsH16uYVB79MduNUMIQ1R0yUClIqoB61andu4oid3mkR4fZCo-P6_b7Nlpza8w298hNPdn0lBiXwkHJ4m0-oDBuqYLzJ0YUHfbgvxKevxDT8zxtMwGT1F14gFyOxu5_8DLvhAY/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Liberation is ours to see, hear, touch, smell, taste, and ideate – but all we seem to sense is the shifting surface of that vastness. We see reflections, but are blind to the nature of the mirror. We see waves, but fail to experience the ocean. We see clouds, but cannot conceive of the sky.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p188, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-3952035341042952392023-11-13T06:00:00.028+00:002023-11-13T06:00:00.139+00:00Tortuous patterns<p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc63wiVPeD8BIDPcKuEwH7i3b1d1cZtizf-ZHHVYC75AEUoZ7Zgp7fDC-eWrbW_VtpqP_KDU__M7yp44bSO9xPIci0MgkKxcvAtFvPcq0QwH_WnNy_XeFE2FTHpfkj16wIkBBPwLQvjn3DBkRAtq2vVnApqkvi96uivcaQiV7UG3sM0k7JXEf3b771As/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc63wiVPeD8BIDPcKuEwH7i3b1d1cZtizf-ZHHVYC75AEUoZ7Zgp7fDC-eWrbW_VtpqP_KDU__M7yp44bSO9xPIci0MgkKxcvAtFvPcq0QwH_WnNy_XeFE2FTHpfkj16wIkBBPwLQvjn3DBkRAtq2vVnApqkvi96uivcaQiV7UG3sM0k7JXEf3b771As/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Essentially we have always been nondual. Dualistic derangement is merely the fear of that fact – playing itself out in tortuous patterns.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p188, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-67066593772423958272023-11-06T06:00:00.033+00:002023-11-06T06:00:00.141+00:00Inspiration<p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3EXc15M9m1cPJ7WLxL3d3Qk3UvREm2Dajz-Ni7YZPgTAL6VsndrC_BsH16uYVB79MduNUMIQ1R0yUClIqoB61andu4oid3mkR4fZCo-P6_b7Nlpza8w298hNPdn0lBiXwkHJ4m0-oDBuqYLzJ0YUHfbgvxKevxDT8zxtMwGT1F14gFyOxu5_8DLvhAY/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3EXc15M9m1cPJ7WLxL3d3Qk3UvREm2Dajz-Ni7YZPgTAL6VsndrC_BsH16uYVB79MduNUMIQ1R0yUClIqoB61andu4oid3mkR4fZCo-P6_b7Nlpza8w298hNPdn0lBiXwkHJ4m0-oDBuqYLzJ0YUHfbgvxKevxDT8zxtMwGT1F14gFyOxu5_8DLvhAY/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is something crucial to apprehend. Inspiration surrounds us continually: in the laughter of seagulls; in passages of music; in the natural beauty of phenomena; in the beauty of the kindness which can flow out of human beings; in the unexpected, spontaneous, and surprising experience of existence.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p313, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-75846425281742636702023-10-30T06:00:00.017+00:002023-10-30T06:00:00.139+00:00Life-spark of enthusiasm<p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc63wiVPeD8BIDPcKuEwH7i3b1d1cZtizf-ZHHVYC75AEUoZ7Zgp7fDC-eWrbW_VtpqP_KDU__M7yp44bSO9xPIci0MgkKxcvAtFvPcq0QwH_WnNy_XeFE2FTHpfkj16wIkBBPwLQvjn3DBkRAtq2vVnApqkvi96uivcaQiV7UG3sM0k7JXEf3b771As/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc63wiVPeD8BIDPcKuEwH7i3b1d1cZtizf-ZHHVYC75AEUoZ7Zgp7fDC-eWrbW_VtpqP_KDU__M7yp44bSO9xPIci0MgkKxcvAtFvPcq0QwH_WnNy_XeFE2FTHpfkj16wIkBBPwLQvjn3DBkRAtq2vVnApqkvi96uivcaQiV7UG3sM0k7JXEf3b771As/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">We need a clear idea of why we are engaged with this practice of Vajrayana. There needs to be some fire burning in us – some dynamic life-spark of enthusiasm which characterises us as members of this tradition.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p313, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-90705240859159854682023-10-23T06:00:00.044+01:002023-10-23T06:00:00.144+01:00Attraction to Vajrayana<p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3EXc15M9m1cPJ7WLxL3d3Qk3UvREm2Dajz-Ni7YZPgTAL6VsndrC_BsH16uYVB79MduNUMIQ1R0yUClIqoB61andu4oid3mkR4fZCo-P6_b7Nlpza8w298hNPdn0lBiXwkHJ4m0-oDBuqYLzJ0YUHfbgvxKevxDT8zxtMwGT1F14gFyOxu5_8DLvhAY/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3EXc15M9m1cPJ7WLxL3d3Qk3UvREm2Dajz-Ni7YZPgTAL6VsndrC_BsH16uYVB79MduNUMIQ1R0yUClIqoB61andu4oid3mkR4fZCo-P6_b7Nlpza8w298hNPdn0lBiXwkHJ4m0-oDBuqYLzJ0YUHfbgvxKevxDT8zxtMwGT1F14gFyOxu5_8DLvhAY/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">The most receptive audience for Vajrayana <i>should</i> be Artists – but unfortunately Artists don't often seem attracted to Vajrayana because they see it as ‘religion’ and ‘religion’ tends to have a reputation for repression of individuality. Whilst this tends to be true for institutionalised religion – it bears no similarity to essential Vajrayana.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p219, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-55921925261182882522023-10-16T06:00:00.039+01:002023-10-16T06:00:00.172+01:00Theatre of existence<p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc63wiVPeD8BIDPcKuEwH7i3b1d1cZtizf-ZHHVYC75AEUoZ7Zgp7fDC-eWrbW_VtpqP_KDU__M7yp44bSO9xPIci0MgkKxcvAtFvPcq0QwH_WnNy_XeFE2FTHpfkj16wIkBBPwLQvjn3DBkRAtq2vVnApqkvi96uivcaQiV7UG3sM0k7JXEf3b771As/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbc63wiVPeD8BIDPcKuEwH7i3b1d1cZtizf-ZHHVYC75AEUoZ7Zgp7fDC-eWrbW_VtpqP_KDU__M7yp44bSO9xPIci0MgkKxcvAtFvPcq0QwH_WnNy_XeFE2FTHpfkj16wIkBBPwLQvjn3DBkRAtq2vVnApqkvi96uivcaQiV7UG3sM0k7JXEf3b771As/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love touches people through Art: not simply through the Arts of music, painting, sculpture, poetry, literature, and drama – but through the constantly performing theatre of existence. Art and the nature of the senses continually imitate, intimate, and initiate each other.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p220, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-6765612788881199862023-10-09T06:00:00.028+01:002023-10-09T06:00:00.195+01:00Compassionate society<p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3EXc15M9m1cPJ7WLxL3d3Qk3UvREm2Dajz-Ni7YZPgTAL6VsndrC_BsH16uYVB79MduNUMIQ1R0yUClIqoB61andu4oid3mkR4fZCo-P6_b7Nlpza8w298hNPdn0lBiXwkHJ4m0-oDBuqYLzJ0YUHfbgvxKevxDT8zxtMwGT1F14gFyOxu5_8DLvhAY/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3EXc15M9m1cPJ7WLxL3d3Qk3UvREm2Dajz-Ni7YZPgTAL6VsndrC_BsH16uYVB79MduNUMIQ1R0yUClIqoB61andu4oid3mkR4fZCo-P6_b7Nlpza8w298hNPdn0lBiXwkHJ4m0-oDBuqYLzJ0YUHfbgvxKevxDT8zxtMwGT1F14gFyOxu5_8DLvhAY/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is no guarantee that any conventional point of view can create a compassionate society. Obsession with individual freedom at the expense of others is the death of compassion. Obsession with neurotic parental concern at the expense of the personal liberty of others is the death of wisdom.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p217, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3645461287373811096.post-88894946579582043662023-10-02T11:00:00.002+01:002023-10-02T11:00:00.144+01:00Indoctrination<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3EXc15M9m1cPJ7WLxL3d3Qk3UvREm2Dajz-Ni7YZPgTAL6VsndrC_BsH16uYVB79MduNUMIQ1R0yUClIqoB61andu4oid3mkR4fZCo-P6_b7Nlpza8w298hNPdn0lBiXwkHJ4m0-oDBuqYLzJ0YUHfbgvxKevxDT8zxtMwGT1F14gFyOxu5_8DLvhAY/s576/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3EXc15M9m1cPJ7WLxL3d3Qk3UvREm2Dajz-Ni7YZPgTAL6VsndrC_BsH16uYVB79MduNUMIQ1R0yUClIqoB61andu4oid3mkR4fZCo-P6_b7Nlpza8w298hNPdn0lBiXwkHJ4m0-oDBuqYLzJ0YUHfbgvxKevxDT8zxtMwGT1F14gFyOxu5_8DLvhAY/w133-h200/Tracts%20of%20the%20Sun%20image%20from%20Lulu%20zdemv2-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">People often fail to question the commonly accepted version of reality into which they have been indoctrinated. It’s not necessarily a deliberate process of indoctrination – it merely happens as part of the way human society functions.</span><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">p216, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/khandro-d%C3%A9chen-and-ngakpa-ch%C3%B6gyam/tracts-of-the-sun/paperback/product-zdemv2.html?q=Tracts+of+the+Sun+paperback&page=1&pageSize=4">Tracts of the Sun</a> : </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4</span></p>Naljorma Sônamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161850570927566393noreply@blogger.com