Emotions arise in the moment, abide, and then dissolve - Illusory Advice

Emotions arise in the moment, abide, and then dissolve. Each and every emotion that arises is a fresh experience, so it is not possible to learn how to deal with that. Trying to learn how to ‘tolerate emotions’ can only ever be intellectual because actual experience is direct and real in the moment. Trying to work with emotion intellectually will not function. The most useful practice to help cope with emotion when it arises is … yes you guessed … silent sitting. Recognising the movement of mind is all that can help: something arises, abides, and dissolves. You get used to the emptiness of dissolution and this makes your relationship with change more comfortable. Gradually this enables you to be more present in the moment.

page 82, Illusory Advice, Ngakma Nor’dzin & Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, Aro Books Worldwide, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-898185-37-6

Slogan 12 - Battlecry of Freedom

 

 

Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin read from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’.

‘Battlecry of Freedom’ by Ngakma Nor’dzin, published by Aro Books worldwide in 2019, explores the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Lojong, Mind Training, as presented by Chekhawa Yeshé Dorje in the 12th century. His Seven Points of Mind Training offer a complete approach to daily practice in 59 slogans.

This video is Slogan 12.

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Do join us for silent sitting and yogic song, finishing with a reading from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’. Everyone is welcome.

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Emptiness is the Key - Battlecry of Freedom

Emptiness is the key, because emptiness is the sphere which is denied. Form is easily recognised and there is experience with manipulating form, but there is a disconnection and lack of experience of the sphere of emptiness. This disconnection can be overcome through meditation practices that introduce the experience of emptiness, either through analysis or examination. Emptiness can also be discovered through both happy and sad life experiences. The sphere of emptiness can become available through devoted relationship with a teacher.

Emptiness is protection from delusion, because it corrects the relationship with form. It reunites that which delusion attempts to split. Emptiness makes it possible to awaken to the realisation of the nonduality of emptiness and form. Then the indivisibility of emptiness, energy, and form can be realised.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p.93

Slogan 11 - Battlecry of Freedom

 

https://youtu.be/FJWpPKFHGw8

Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin read from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’.

‘Battlecry of Freedom’ by Ngakma Nor’dzin, published by Aro Books worldwide in 2019, explores the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Lojong, Mind Training, as presented by Chekhawa Yeshé Dorje in the 12th century. His Seven Points of Mind Training offer a complete approach to daily practice in 59 slogans.

This video is Slogan 11.

Monday Meditations: 7 - 8:30 pm (UK time) on Zoom Monday evenings.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85249620913
Zoom Meeting ID: 85249620913
Passcode: 640389
Do join us for silent sitting and yogic song, finishing with a reading from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’. Everyone is welcome.

To see all videos with Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, go to:
https://www.youtube.com/c/AroLingCardiff

The Inseparability of Emptiness, Energy & Form - Battlecry of Freedom

To experience the inseparability of the dimensions of being is to awaken. Inseparability is the nonduality of form and emptiness – the unity of the two spheres of form and the single sphere of emptiness. The two spheres of form are intangible appearance and tangible manifestation. To deny inseparability, to deny nonduality, is to be deluded. The attempt to split form and emptiness is delusion, through denying emptiness and attempting to manipulate form. The inseparability of the three spheres is expressed as a fourth sphere – the sphere of indivisibility. It is impossible—of course—to force the three spheres to be disunited – and yet that is what is being attempted continually by all beings. Awakening is ceasing to engage in this process.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p.92-93

Slogan10 - Battlecry of Freedom

Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin read from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’.

‘Battlecry of Freedom’ by Ngakma Nor’dzin, published by Aro Books worldwide in 2019, explores the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Lojong, Mind Training, as presented by Chekhawa Yeshé Dorje in the 12th century. His Seven Points of Mind Training offer a complete approach to daily practice in 59 slogans.

This video is Slogan 10.

Monday Meditations: 7 - 8:30 pm (UK time) on Zoom Monday evenings.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85249620913
Zoom Meeting ID: 85249620913
Passcode: 640389
Do join us for silent sitting and yogic song, finishing with a reading from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’. Everyone is welcome.

To see all videos with Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, go to:
https://www.youtube.com/c/AroLingCardiff

Emptiness, Energy & Form - Battlecry of Freedom

To experience the inseparability of the dimensions of being is to awaken. Inseparability is the nonduality of form and emptiness – the unity of the two spheres of form and the single sphere of emptiness. The two spheres of form are intangible appearance and tangible manifestation. To deny inseparability, to deny nonduality, is to be deluded. The attempt to split form and emptiness is delusion, through denying emptiness and attempting to manipulate form. The inseparability of the three spheres is expressed as a fourth sphere – the sphere of indivisibility. It is impossible—of course—to force the three spheres to be disunited – and yet that is what is being attempted continually by all beings. Awakening is ceasing to engage in this process.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p.92-93