On the relative level, we must take the time and make the space to authentically bear witness to the bare experience of mind. The magic is in the looking—and the not-finding anything.
“This mind now is the dharma we have been looking for. Practicing the dharma means working with present appearances. Working with this mind now.”
Tara practice invites us to connect with the fearless and compassionate nature of our own mind — through visualization, offering, chanting, and meditation — as taught in our Kagyü lineage and adapted for English-speaking practitioners by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.
Interconnectedness in all of its manifestations is key to my healing. This includes being connected to my body, rather than trying to escape it,” writes Beth Patterson, one of Nalandabodhi’s karunikas.
We often hear references to the three or more kāyas of the Buddha, but what are they and where are they? Hosted by Nalandabodhi Montréal, Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl taught an inspiring weekend workshop exploring the universe of the kāyas as presented in the Sūtrayāna and Mahayana traditions, as well as in the Vajrayana texts.
“When something disturbs me bodily, mentally, or emotionally, my first movement, a deep-rooted habit, is to look outward,” Adela Iglesias writes. “I too often forget that the main source of my suffering (and of my liberation) is within me, in my own mind.”
