Beloveds, we’ve been reflecting on living the lojong slogans for a couple of weeks now. How about we take a pause for today, catch our breath, and reflect back on the four preliminaries. How are you honoring the unique and precious gift of your life today?…
When living into the lojong slogans, our goal is to reside in absolute bodhicitta. And, while all 59 slogans teach us how to do so, the first six slogans help us get a sense of what it is and what it feels like. That’s why we…
The idea of the soul of unborn awareness may be repetitive. Because in my understanding, the soul is unborn awareness. I realize there’s some difference here from traditional Buddhist understanding. Buddhists don’t tend to use the language of soul or Self. But for me, the soul…
The third lojong slogan is “Examine the nature of unborn awareness.” Like the previous slogan, “See everything as a dream,” this slogan asks us to consider the nature of the mind itself. We want to examine its nature. And its nature is unborn awareness. But what’s…
What makes people cling so defensively to their rigid views of the world? I’ve been pondering this as I practice seeing everything as a dream this week. And while the answer is multi-layered and more complicated than can be addressed in one blog post, I think…
Reflections on the second lojong slogan, "See everything as a dream." …
How is training in the preliminaries going for you? Have you been mindful of how precious life is, how certain death is, how important your actions are, and how suffering happens to everyone? Before we move on to the next slogan, Zen teacher Norman Fischer offers…
The first lojong slogan is "first, train in the preliminaries." Here's what it means to start with the basics. …
Introducing this year's Soul Ninja project, Living with the Lojong. The 59 lojong slogans help us practice awareness and compassion.…
The Four Divine Abodes are noble qualities of mind that bring us into the fullness of wisdom. As this post marks the end of our journey through practicing the Eightfold Path, I wanted to end with a meditation on these four Divine Abodes. (Lama Surya Das…
