Freedom in Bondage: The Life and Teachings of Adeu Rinpoche by Rinpoche Adeu & Schmidt Marcia Binder

Freedom in Bondage: The Life and Teachings of Adeu Rinpoche by Rinpoche Adeu & Schmidt Marcia Binder

Author:Rinpoche, Adeu & Schmidt, Marcia Binder [Rinpoche, Adeu]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781583943465
Publisher: Random House Inc Clients
Published: 2011-09-19T16:00:00+00:00


Rinpoche: There is a difference in level. The equalizing of one taste, such as equalizing pleasure and pain, is on a more general level, whereas rigpa is a different stage that has to do with being stable or not.

In the general teachings of one taste, you use any suffering you encounter to fuel compassion and bodhichitta. When you are capable of practicing like that, you will be happy to suffer. The result will be that your compassion and bodhichitta will increase.

On the other hand, in regard to rigpa, one taste refers to being able to recognize rigpa even while suffering. Pain doesn’t exist separately from mind itself. There is no separate identity that really hurts; it is all simply one expanse of rigpa. However, recognizing rigpa, when you are in great pain, is not so easy.

Generally speaking, emotions are dealt with either as something to be rejected, transformed, or utilized as the path. Whichever of these you practice depends on what you know how to do and are capable of doing—it is a completely individual matter as to which of the three methods is best. We can discover personally, which is best for us by seeing the method that actually works when we become involved with an emotion. But in all three cases the essential matter is to maintain awareness, because without being aware of your situation, you will miss the opportunity to apply any methods. That is the main point, whether one rejects emotion, can transform it or utilize it as path has to do with one’s ability to maintain awareness.

The Supplication in Seven Chapters known as the Leu Duenma says:

Do this to whatever occurs in your mind,

Do not lead, do not follow,

Leave whatever occurs without adjusting, without modifying,

And when the mental movement dissolves in itself, it is freed as dharmakaya.



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