Greeted with patience - Battlecry of Freedom

 

Practitioners are patient with the good and the bad. Whatever arises is greeted with patience – the capacity to let it be as it is. Every occurrence is seen as the opportunity to awaken. The good is appreciated, but not clung to. It is not allowed to intoxicate the mind. The bad is recognised, but not rejected. It is not allowed to unseat the mind. Neither ruffles composure in the saddle of Mind Training. Each is ridden as the path of awakening.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p. 206

Monday Meditation times

Greetings on this fine sunny November afternoon.

We have decided to change the meeting times for Monday Meditations. From Monday 18th November the new start time will be 6pm instead of 7pm. This will continue weekly until further notice.

Monday Meditations
6 pm - 7:30 pm

Practice group with Ngakma Nor´dzin Pamo and Ngakpa ´ö-Dzin Tridral.
Silent sitting and yogic song.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85249620913

Zoom Meeting ID: 85249620913

Passcode: 640389

Let it go - Battlecry of Freedom

 

Regret any failures: mistakes and missed opportunities – the failure to get involved when an opportunity to help was recognised, a clever but spiteful remark that was out before it could be stopped, the irritation that wasn’t caught in time. Then let success and failure dissolve into emptiness. Do not become proud or complacent with successes. Do not go over and over any mistakes, or feel guilty. Recognise the mistake, regret it, and let it go.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p. 202

If there is no me - Battlecry of Freedom

If there is no me wanting something, then wanting dissolves into emptiness. If there is no me hating something, then hating dissolves into emptiness. The deluded definition of misfortune dissolves. By wishing you to be happy, everything becomes available to appreciate and share without the sticky consideration of identity. By wishing you to be free of pain, energy becomes available to help, liberated from the limiting considerations of identity-fixation. The awakening intention of wishing to help others protects the mind from self-centredness and the experience of dissatisfaction.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p. 198

 

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An extraordinary joke - Battlecry of Freedom

 

The vow of the awakening hero is a little like an extraordinary joke. The awakening hero vows to remain and not attain full awakening until all other beings are awakened. Yet the fact of the vow—if it is maintained— guarantees full awakening. It guarantees full awakening because it embraces the nonduality of view and intention. To live in a manner that upholds this vow, is itself the cause of awakening.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p. 194

Wisdom and kindness - Battlecry of Freedom

 

Kindness is not always wise. Sometimes trying to be kind in supporting someone in a situation does not help that person escape it, and there could be a wiser approach. Nevertheless such kindly intent is free of blame.

Assuming the capacity for wisdom, however, can be dangerous and far from kind. It could be deemed that there is a need to be cruel to be kind. Practitioners may believe this is skilful wrathful activity, when in fact it is just stupidly stumbling around hurting people. 

‘The only internal damtsig is wisdom.
The only external damtsig is kindness.’

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p. 194

Everyone’s lives are interconnected - Battlecry of Freedom

 

Everyone is always completely compromised. It is not possible to live in the world without cooperating with the exploitation of others, or without inadvertently hurting others. Everyone everywhere is totally dependent on everyone else. Everyone’s lives are interconnected. This is not about being politically correct. It is not about buying fairly traded products, and recycling to save the planet, donating to charities, working as a volunteer, and so forth – though such activity may be beneficial. It is about accepting the reality of being unable to live as a physically present human being without harming others. It is about taking responsibility for harm through that acceptance, rather than abdicating responsibility because there is no intention to harm. It is about attempting to live causing as little harm as possible, and making life meaningful by being as much benefit as possible.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p. 189