\u00c2\u00a0Today , a beautiful gentle spring day of March, 15, 2012, in Palo Alto, California in USA, a glimpse appeared at something so profound\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6that in the past pieces of it had showed up , but not so complete and whole\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
The move that feels so right\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 is to bow to my teachers who are teaching this glimpsing\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and the view that is present in this glimpsing, and perhaps by practice the glimpse can stabilize?!\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
So in the spirit of bowing in deep appreciation, I am moved to type this note to express\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Is there any gift above and higher than freedom from my own limit setting\/ignorance? \u00c2\u00a0I feel, not\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Thank you beloved lineage teachers\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6(Guru Rinpoche, Long Chen Pa, Milarepa, Tartang Tulku Rinpoche, Jack Petranker\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and the inner illuminating awareness\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6) who continue to expound how to glimpse, and through practice embody this freedom\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
As I read a story last night before bed, it echoed and facilitated this morning\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s glimpsing\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 so I re-read it this morning, after practicing exercise 5 (Abiding, in DTS) in a meditative manner\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and oh my \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 the glimpse appeared\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Here is the part of the story or the song that gets sung by the major character in the story\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, Volume I<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 (P 212)<\/em><\/p>\n Because I see the self-face of the View,<\/em><\/p>\n The thought of contrast by itself dissolves;<\/em><\/p>\n How then can I have the Idea-of-Two-<\/em><\/p>\n the self and others?<\/em><\/p>\n The View is void of limit and discrimination.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n When in the Practice I become absorbed,<\/em><\/p>\n Good and evil are reduced to self-liberation;<\/em><\/p>\n How then can I have the Idea-of-Two-<\/em><\/p>\n happiness and suffering?<\/em><\/p>\n The Practice is devoid of limitary feelings and experience.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n When I adhere to the self-continuance of Action,<\/em><\/p>\n Dislike is reduced to self-liberation;<\/em><\/p>\n How then can I have the Impulse-of-Two-<\/em><\/p>\n craving, and aversion?<\/em><\/p>\n The Action is free from limitary attachment.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Since self-liberation is the Fruit,<\/em><\/p>\n Both Nirvana and Samsara are reduced to it.<\/em><\/p>\n How then can I have the Idea-of-Two-<\/em><\/p>\n getting and abandoning?<\/em><\/p>\n Absence of fear and hope is<\/em><\/p>\n The Fruit of this great Practice.\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n In appreciation,<\/p>\n Soudi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00c2\u00a0Today , a beautiful gentle spring day of March, 15, 2012, in Palo Alto, California in USA, a glimpse appeared at something so profound\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6that in the past pieces of it had showed up , but not so complete and whole\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 … Continue reading