From knowing the Mind.... Padma Sambhava

Instead of continuing to respond to various comments in various threads, I thought I would make a thread based upon this.

I was reading Chogam Trungpa"s book the Truth of Suffering. In it he mentions the "mantra of experience" also known as the "sixteen incantations".In this practice he states t…

Have a broken heart. That is the phrase that has been coming to me the last few days. I find myself wanting to run away from it in so many ways. I can tell you that there must be thousands of ways to…

I have done 3 weeks of Spanish classes and also studied online in a free program that I really like. I just do not have a fast enough internet connection to do the talking part. I also made a connect…

@Hanzze

"Having abandoned these five hindrances — imperfections of awareness that weaken discernment — then, quite withdrawn from sensual pleasures, withdrawn from unskillful mental qualities, he enters…

I don't think that not setting goals in meditation is really condusive to progress... The PURPOSE of meditation is to give us penatrative insight into the TRUTH through concentration and mindfulness.…

Yes, as others have suggested, it may be better to not set these kinds of goals. Even if you do have some sort of experience, then this will lead to further expectations of reaching it again, and it …

Goals need not have expectations. (Image)