{"id":19944,"date":"2013-01-30T21:20:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T05:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/?p=19944"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:20:41","slug":"staying-in-my-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/2013\/01\/30\/staying-in-my-cave\/","title":{"rendered":"Logeren in Mijn Grot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19944\" class=\"elementor elementor-19944\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49e5ddea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49e5ddea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2316625d\" data-id=\"2316625d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9e67e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9e67e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Logeren in Mijn Grot<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bbe456d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bbe456d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Wat betekent het om de discipline van meditatie te beoefenen, wanneer je kinderen of je collega&#039;s je gek maken? Wanneer blijf je fouten maken? Als je niet naar een grot kunt gaan, hoe kun je dan je demonen onder ogen komen?<\/p>\n<p>As a young and starry-eyed Buddhist, I thought Milarepa was the most romantic figure imaginable and that meditating in a cave and eating nettles would be the idyllic life. &nbsp;I was a single mom trying to make ends meet, trying to meditate, to clean and cook, and teach, and also have fun. &nbsp;I fantasized rejecting it all and leading the life of a wild yogi. At an interview with my teacher, Trungpa Rinpoche, I complained, \u201cI have all this stuff going on \u2014 child, work, and everything. I can\u2019t get away into a cave like Milarepa, yet the lineage forefathers all say that this is the only way to attain enlightenment. What should I do?\u201d<br \/>Hierop antwoordde hij: &quot;Je moet de wereld als je grot beschouwen.&quot;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/2013\/01\/30\/staying-in-my-cave\/#more-19944\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Lees verder Staying in My Cave\">(meer&hellip;)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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? 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