The power of an attitude | Vividness

Asking:

What do I need to do, or to understand, to live with greater gusto and wider vision?

is the guide to deciding how far to take particular techniques or studies, and which to take up next.

“Attitude” is an interesting word. Attitudes cross the internal/external, subjective/objective boundary. An “attitude” may include an emotional or mental state; but it can also refer to a bodily posture. It may be defined as a tendency toward a particular action or response.

Tantra can seem extremely complex and technical. However, its mass of details are all just hints about how to maintain the passionate, spacious attitude.

The attitude of spacious passion makes the tantric concepts and methods make sense . It shows why they exist and how they work. It gives you an intuitive meta-feel for them; an automatic natural understanding.

Usually, one has an attitude toward something or someone. Again, this is key for tantra. While some Buddhisms emphasize objectless emptiness, tantra is about this world and its inhabitants. While the Buddhas of the other leading brands sit around in the sky being holy, tantric Buddhas act . They act on the basis of their “attitude toward.”

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