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“Tonglen: The Key to Realizing Interconnectedness
PEOPLE GENERALLY eat up the teachings, but when it comes to doing tonglen, they say, “Oh, it sounded good, but I didn’t realize you actually meant it.” In its essence, this practice is: when anything is painful or undesirable, breathe it in. In other words, you don’t resist it. You surrender to yours
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When we bring awareness to the way that any form of sexual relation motivated by craving cannot dissipate the feelings of loneliness or longing that we are trying to satisfy but actually creates more suffering, frustration, and isolation, we become determined not to engage in sexual relations without mutual understanding, love, and commitment.
Michael Stone • The Inner Tradition of Yoga: A Guide to Yoga Philosophy for the Contemporary Practitioner
“During the degenerate times, sentient beings are tormented by powerful emotions like a blazing fire. If wood is added to the fire, it will only create more fire. Likewise, all kinds of virtuous actions, particularly the tantric teachings and especially the Mahasandhi teachings, may become more profound and powerful.”