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Musings: Five kinds of transmission: great empowerment
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Monday, April 6, 2015. Five kinds of transmission: great empowerment. The great empowerments (. དབང་ཆེན་. The mystery of how sensory sensations are experienced as emptiness-appearance,. The mystery of how emotional reactions are transformed into awareness,. The mystery of how the generation and transformation of bliss and other high energy states open up possibilities of direct awareness, and. You h...
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Musings: What language is that?
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Monday, July 28, 2014. What language is that? In many Buddhist circles, the English used to talk about practice and Buddhist concepts has evolved in some strange ways, different in different traditions, but sufficiently widespread that one can now call it Bunglish, for Buddhist Hybrid English. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Reflections on Infinite Space. Verse 3.14 — conclusion.
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Musings: Mind nature, transmission and teaching
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Tuesday, September 16, 2014. Mind nature, transmission and teaching. He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool: shun him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not is ignorant: teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep: wake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is a saint: follow him. 8212; Middle Eastern saying. For other students, the difficulties they ...
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Musings: The command transmission and an introduction to protectors
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Monday, March 23, 2015. The command transmission and an introduction to protectors. In the command transmission, the guru or teacher commands one of the protectors or one of the protector's attendants to take care of the student. What is a protector? How do they function? That sounds beneficial, right? We have a big powerful force on our side. Beneficial perhaps, but not necessarily benign. Contains...
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Musings: September 2010
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Wednesday, September 15, 2010. A short reading list. When you study, study everything under the sun. When you reflect, keep an open mind. When you practice, do one practice and go deep. 8212; Jamgön Kongtrül, 1813-1899. With the plethora of books on Buddhism now available, where do you start? All these books are on. Unfettered Mind's recommended reading blog. Mindfulness in Plain English. Of Liberat...
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Musings: July 2010
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Thursday, July 22, 2010. What are you looking for in a teacher? Teacher, guru, or spiritual friend, what are you looking for? In Buddhism we usually think of a teacher. In Catholicism, the comparable term might be spiritual guide. Whatever term we use, this person has a crucial role in our spiritual growth. Role? Now, what are you looking for in a teacher? Links to this post. An Arrow to the Heart.
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Musings: February 2014
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Sunday, February 16, 2014. This is the title of an article in the current issue of Tricycle magazine. It consists of two verses and their commentaries from my book Reflections on Silver River. In publishing these excerpts, Tricycle is calling into question the current obsession with happiness that pervades American (Western? Society and much of what is written about Buddhism today (e.g.,. However, y...
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Musings: July 2014
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Monday, July 28, 2014. What language is that? In many Buddhist circles, the English used to talk about practice and Buddhist concepts has evolved in some strange ways, different in different traditions, but sufficiently widespread that one can now call it Bunglish, for Buddhist Hybrid English. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Reflections on Infinite Space. What language is that?
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Musings: August 2010
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Reflections of various topics by Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher, executive coach, and management consultant. Monday, August 30, 2010. At the end of the last retreat, a student asked, "Why don't you talk much about happiness, as most Tibetan teachers do? Doesn't everyone, in the end, seek happiness? Perhaps. Perhaps it depends on what happiness means to you. Indeed, the quest for happiness is, in another way, the continuation of the traditional view of religion and spiritual practice, namely, a way of trans...