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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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Translating Buddhist Tibetan: Gampopa Variations — line 3
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Monday, January 26, 2015. Gampopa Variations — line 3. Let this path dissolve confusion. As far as translation goes, this is probably the most straightforward of the four lines. For me, the steps we take in practice form a path. Thus, “this path” means the ongoing effort that we make in practice. I chose the word “dissolve” rather than the more conventional “clear away” because “dissolve” is closer to my own experience. Now I simply bring my attention to it and experience it as completely as possible....
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Translating Buddhist Tibetan: Variations on a Theme by Gampopa
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Monday, January 19, 2015. Variations on a Theme by Gampopa. One reader suggested that these different translations of The Four Teachings of Gampopa were more akin to variations on a theme, like, for example, the numerous variations of Paganini’s 24. Caprice. (See https:/ www.youtube.com/watch? For a discussion of Rachmaninoff’s composition.). Thus, however presumptuously, I’ve decided to call this series Variations on a Theme by Gampopa. Here is the original. And here are three variations. Let me see con...
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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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Translating Buddhist Tibetan: Four Separations — awakening mind
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Monday, January 12, 2015. Four Separations — awakening mind. Some years ago, I was reading Red Pine's translation of The Diamond Sutra. And my mind just stopped. The Buddha was teaching how a bodhisattva steps out of the thinking mind, and everything just stopped. In Reflections on Silver River. I put the same exercise in contemporary language and added an additional reflection that brings out the complementary aspect of "bodhi" or "awakening mind". That is awakening mind. You see joy and pain, beauty an...
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Translating Buddhist Tibetan: Four Separations — no holding
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Monday, January 12, 2015. Four Separations — no holding. You cannot decide not to hold a position, if for no other reason that to decide to not hold a position is, in itself, a position, and you are back in the holding mindset again - an example of both an ancient and a post-modern dilemma. The box consumes you. It's all you experience. You want to get out but there is no door, no window, no exit of any kind. What do you do? When you rest, pose the question "What rests? Don't try to answer the question&#...
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Translating Buddhist Tibetan: January 2015
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Monday, January 26, 2015. Gampopa Variations — line 3. Let this path dissolve confusion. As far as translation goes, this is probably the most straightforward of the four lines. For me, the steps we take in practice form a path. Thus, “this path” means the ongoing effort that we make in practice. I chose the word “dissolve” rather than the more conventional “clear away” because “dissolve” is closer to my own experience. Now I simply bring my attention to it and experience it as completely as possible....
