Sublime

A way to discover intimacy with ourselves and all of life is to live with integrity, basing our lives on a vision of compassionate nonharming. When we dedicate ourselves to actions that do not hurt ourselves or others, our lives become all of a piece, a seamless garment with nothing separate or disconnected in the spiritual reality we discover.

“Rather than running around looking for small comforts that take the edge off your dissatisfaction, your discomfort, you need to discover the Great Comfort.”

it is said that śravaṇa, manana and nididhyāsana (study, careful consideration and practice) should continue hand in hand in our life until we as ego lose ourself entirely in the infinite clarity of pure self-awareness (ātma-jñāna).

The retreat was to be under the direction of the Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche, a close dharma brother of Trungpa Rinpoche and one of the foremost teachers in the Kagyü lineage.

Harshness and rigidity are expressions of the flow. When one experiences the One one naturally becomes soft and gentle, unassuming and quiet.

one—friendliness, compassion, etc., from I.33 must be cultivated in all instances.

inspiration, insight, and the feeling of being continually haunted by how paltry and posturing our ordinary “self” really is.

it is also important that we realize that the teacher is a traveler too, a person continuing on their own spiritual journey