Sublime

Here’s a formula you should commit to memory to make joy and relaxation a natural part of your practice: relax and look for the joy; observe; let it come, let it be, and let it go. Recite it every time you sit, especially when you catch yourself thinking meditation is difficult.

Not a Buddhist class.

Atisha passed on his lineage to his close disciples, and a few generations later, Chekawa Yeshe Dorje (1102–76) wrote down these teachings, which were later organized as the The Mahayana Instructions on the Seven Points of Mind Training, fifty-nine slogans divided into seven categories. This presentation of lojong, which makes up the framework of

Milarepa, the twelfth-century Tibetan yogi, sang wonderful songs about the proper way to meditate.

It’s not a discipline or a good thing

Then we have gurus in the tradition of Patrul Rinpoche and present-day Alak Zenkar Rinpoche, who never belonged to a legendary monastery and who have no entourage or patrons.

For they were Buddhas now, who resided in the Land of Bliss.