The only valuable purpose - Battlecry of Freedom

 

There has to be a felt reality that emptiness protects the mind. There has to be a felt reality that identity is illusory. There has to be a felt reality that the needs of other beings are more important than personal needs. Mind Training must have become so much a part of the practitioner, and the purpose of Mind Training so present, that it is recognised as the only valuable purpose in life.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p. 210/211

Even at the risk of your life - Battlecry of Freedom

Refuge is a state of being that is continually renewed, rather than a state that is regarded as acquired during a refuge ceremony and then forgotten about. The certainty of holding refuge is the ground of practice. Holding that certainty as a lived reality is practised. Mind Training is rooted in this refuge The instruction to hold this commitment even at the risk of your life is direct and uncompromising. To be able to experience as a felt reality, that commitment to Mind Training as more important than life itself, there has to be considerable experience of practice.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p. 210