Category Archives: uncatagorized

“By being ready to take each question to a deeper level, it dissolves or transforms each structure in turn, so that in the end there are no obstacles to the recognition of knowledge at work.” – Tarthang Tulku LOK, 273 … Continue reading →

We are trapped by thoughts, when we know through them. We “pop out” when we recognize thoughts as forms or ways of knowing. Hayward

Last saturday night I was having diner and while enjoying the meal suddenly I was overflown with gratitude for the food which was ‘available for me on the table’: I could kind of ‘connect/see/appreciate’ how the vegetables I was eating had … Continue reading →

Here is a second point arising for me from the phone discussion – this one is on another way to use words: Words can be thought of as ‘labels, that’s true. In that sense they might be thought of as … Continue reading →

Dear Jack, It’s a shame I can’t be on the phone link, because I would have certainly ‘challenged’ Rinpoche’s statement regarding trusting intuition, when you invited it in the phone link-up. I can’t get up at 2:00 a.m, for the … Continue reading →

Wow, have I been in the dark lately. So much tension, stress and resentment to what is happening in my life and to continue these classes, so many I want this and I want that. The “I” in the first … Continue reading →

In this morning’s conference call, discussing how the self’s reliance on models still shows up when we search for knowledge through tradition, feeling, or deference to the transcendent, I kept thinking of the phrase “pang of conscience”.  When we are stopped … Continue reading →

Dear Jack, Since much of the conversation/dialogue in this forum centres on the word ‘self,’ please tell me what Rinpoche means by ‘self.’ To me, wherever I pick the thread of his thinking, he’s seems to be talking about a … Continue reading →