Hi Robert, when you say to see things as they are. Does it mean 'as they appear to me? ' Or as they are absolutely are? Which is not clear or stable to me 😁
I am saying without fabrication. We are accustomed to placing labels on everything, which means we fabricate what they are from a relative point of view. We need to relax and remain present, essentially learning to see things from the Ultimate point of view, which is the essence or what they are before conceptualizing. We learn to see the emptiness of appearances, as well as the emptiness of emptiness. When we discover our Real Nature, we can relax with all of these appearances, stop judging this or that as good or bad. We can see things as they really are, then practice in that knowledge where mind is getting into the Nature of Mind.
Thank you, Lama Robert. I've been reading, meeting, meditating and otherwise struggling to develop a befuddled Dharma practice for 50 years and I think it's beggining to penetrate my resistance and ignorance a TINY bit (relative to where I started). Contemplating your unusual book Frog and listening to your podcasts seems to be further piquing my attention. I pray to live long enough for bodhicitta to become much stronger before next entering the bardo. May I, with all beings, become capable of the bodhisattva path.
Hi Robert, when you say to see things as they are. Does it mean 'as they appear to me? ' Or as they are absolutely are? Which is not clear or stable to me 😁
I am saying without fabrication. We are accustomed to placing labels on everything, which means we fabricate what they are from a relative point of view. We need to relax and remain present, essentially learning to see things from the Ultimate point of view, which is the essence or what they are before conceptualizing. We learn to see the emptiness of appearances, as well as the emptiness of emptiness. When we discover our Real Nature, we can relax with all of these appearances, stop judging this or that as good or bad. We can see things as they really are, then practice in that knowledge where mind is getting into the Nature of Mind.
Thank you, Lama Robert. I've been reading, meeting, meditating and otherwise struggling to develop a befuddled Dharma practice for 50 years and I think it's beggining to penetrate my resistance and ignorance a TINY bit (relative to where I started). Contemplating your unusual book Frog and listening to your podcasts seems to be further piquing my attention. I pray to live long enough for bodhicitta to become much stronger before next entering the bardo. May I, with all beings, become capable of the bodhisattva path.