Monday, September 21, 2009

Reflections with Paul Brunton


Wisdoms Goldonrod Teaching Day

Septeber 19, 2009

Prerequisites to Awakening

There are No Prerequisites

Faith in Buddha, Dharma, Sanga

Arouse the Mind that seeks the Way

Ego Strength

Need to Know

Dissatisfaction with Ordinary Life

Accurate Teaching

Faith in Your Ability to Realize the Truth

Psychological and Energetic Work

Suffering

Practice Before Awakening

Meditation

Commitment

Diligence

Persistence

Relentlessness

Refusal to Quit

Devotional Practice

Seclusion

Purification

Physical Fitness

Chi Practice

Energetic Awareness

Practice After Awakening

Degrees of Awakening

Vasanas

Meditation Optional

Reflection

Humility

Service

The Path of the Bodhisattva

No Personal Choice

Karma

The Nature of Awakening

It's Not What You Think

The End of the Seeker

No Observer Remains

"In Going and Returning"

Wu Wei

Just This, Nothing More

It Is What It Is

The Father and the Son are Not Two, Not Even One

The Tenth Ox Herding Picture


Thus shall you think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a steam;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom and a dream.
"The Diamond Sutra" in Low, A. (2000). Zen and the sutras. Boston: Tuttle.











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