They said meditation meant boredom. I didn't believe them. Including: 1. Aro e-mail course. "After the boredom, more boredom." Email 28. 2. The Aro e-mails collection. "Here's to boredom!" 3. In this post, David Chapman wrote that: "Like Dzogchen, shi-ne is
A quote from E-Mailing the Lamas from Afar, email "something of a big deal." The questioner is asking about compassion, given "the exciting new term: changchub sem (byang chub sems — or bodhicitta)." In Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Dechen's response, Ngak'chang
I'm reading Seeing That Frees, the first five chapters irritated me, and this irritation is working a lot like curiosity. It's making me want to hear what other people found in the book. It's making me want to read on a little more and
Collecting some posts and perspectives on identity that seem connected... Exhibit A: Ari Nielsen on identity. Talks about orienting to identity as a method for engaging with life. In this view (if I understand correctly) you view identity is a bundle of affordances. Like: Artist, paint a painting of a
(I should focus on what I want to see more of. But... eh, I already wrote this. So oh well.) It turns out there is such a thing as too much book. I read three meditation books recently related to the general theme of tradition and teacher-student relationships. I read