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DPR geeft les in NYC: afhankelijkheid en onderlinge afhankelijkheid

Op 11 en 12 mei hield Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche drie gesprekken in het Tibet House in New York City.

Tijdens de ochtendzitting op zaterdag wees DPR erop dat de belangrijkste boodschap van de Boeddha is om met onze geest te werken om een diepere realisatie te krijgen:

"Onze geest is als wilde paarden, die deze kant op gaan en dat. Ze zijn erg mooi, maar ongetemd. We moeten ze eerst temmen met de lasso van opmerkzaamheid of herinnering.

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Logeren in Mijn Grot

What does it mean to practice the discipline of meditation, when your kids or your co-workers are driving you nuts? When you keep making mistakes? If you can’t get away to a cave, how can you face your demons?

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Backpacken van oost naar west

How important is it to get free of the Asian baggage we may have picked up along with our meditation practice? How can we tell if we’re clinging to the familiar for its own sake, or if we’re revering the truth? How do we evolve a Buddhism that works for Westerners without creating new obstacles for ourselves?

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Heretic Buddhists

Are we in touch with our rebel spirit, always questioning and testing? Can we take our “no fear” approach too far? Or, by rigidly holding to the “right” rules and rituals, are we actually losing spiritual ground and just shoring up the ego? Is it possible to cut ourselves off from our own clarity and wisdom, all the while thinking we’re playing it safe?

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