“Our minds are so skilled in all kinds of manipulative games. They’re not only good at making other people believe in your lie, but they’re also good in making you believe in your own lie. Isn’t that miraculous? That’s a real miracle. That’s really difficult. At some point, we totally believe, really believe, our own projections. Whatever they tell us, we begin to believe it.”
— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
In this article, Mitra Lee teaches: “Using our imagination enables us to expand our mind toward great love and great compassion, which are much more useful for bringing us into connection than are negative thinking and judgment. Kleshas, negative emotions, or depressing thoughts can really bring us down and cause despair, despondency, and disconnection. If we want to connect with ourselves and others, imagining, cultivating, and offering love and joy will be of much more benefit.”
What if everything is already perfect, and we just haven’t realized it? Please join Karunika Joshua Erickson in exploring the nine yanas of the Dzogchen Path. Hosted by Nalandabodhi Taipei, this course will follow the pith instructions from the seminal work Wild Awakening by the Dzogchen lineage holder, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.
How do we bring what we study and practice on the cushion into the flow of our everyday actions? Hosted by Nalandabodhi Akasha, Kristina Bischoff and Christian Scott will lead a 6-session course on the Path of Mindful Activity—learning to bring the clarity of study and the depth of meditation into our daily activity with awareness and compassion.
