Sunday, November 28, 2010

I have returned!

Took some time off there didn't I? Sort how life goes I suspect. Anyway, I'm back to writing, and I'm working on a piece from the 37 Practices Of A Bodhisattva. My Facebook had a post that the Dalai Lama was going to teach about this, from the teaching by Thogme. That happens to be the one I will use, but from a far more "beginners" approach, I'm sure. I've had these 37 verses in my daily practice for quite some time, never knowing who this Thogme cat was. After I took refuge with Kilung Rinpoche, I started reading the authors of the Longchen Nyingthig lineage, one of whom is Dilgon Khyentse Rinpoche, who wrote The Heart Of Compassion, which by golly is about the 37 Practices by, guess who, Thogme! So I got to learn who Thogme was, and a bit of commentary from a lineage teacher. So, you can also read that book. For those of you who want to part with $200, Shambhala has a slip covered edition of the collected works of Dilgo Khyentse. I know, thats shamelss advertising for which I get nothing, but his teachings are easy to understand, at least the one's I've read. So I'm just passing along the word.

More later, and be well!

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