Sublime

“Lead me from the unreal to the real.”

counterpart. Since her beloved is the notoriously untamable outsider-god Shiva, there’s an element of danger and illicit delight in their relationship, a quality of mystery that makes even their domesticity seem fraught with potential chaos.

he alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving.

For instance, when participants share a positive experience about the practice, ask whether any participants experienced something challenging, and vice versa.

This exchange of inner wisdom and outer strength provided both the men and the women access to the gifts that the other had to offer. It was a balanced way of being.

Asher ben David, quoted in Daniel C. Matt, The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995), 66.

“Perhaps you’re coming to see your journey up to this point with new eyes? This is what realization feels like. You’re beginning to see how much of your life has been wasted seeking personal gratification, going from one path to another, avoiding the truth more often than committing to it.” “And yet here in the graveyard of the great saint, I met t

Try reading The Words of My Perfect Teacher. If you find it depressing, if Patrul Rinpoche’s disconcerting truths rattle your worldly self-confidence, be happy.