In de frustratie vrij zijn.
Zonder waarom.
Betrokken onbevangen.
Het leven vieren.
Hoe wonderbaarlijk.
De beoefening is de realisatie.
On Loving-Kindness and the Gifts of an Open Heart
An Excerpt from Teachings Given by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche in Nepal, 2024
It comes from a self-centered focus; worrying solely about yourself for so many hours throughout the day, and then not even recognizing that when you are thinking about other people, you're still thinking about yourself. These are the causes of unhappiness.
If you're trying to heal your sickness, clearly bodhicitta and loving-kindness are the medicine. Researchers studying the effects on monks who did 15 minutes of compassion practice found that something like 40 percent of their stem cells were activated in that 15-minute time period. Clearly, when your heart opens and feels that kind of loving-kindness towards someone, your body's ability to protect and heal itself is activated probably better than any supplements can do. Simple as that. Bodhicitta is better than any sleeping pill. And there are no side effects. Or rather, there are many good side effects. Every cell in your body is getting a message of loving-kindness.
Wat is het doel van initiatie, en hoe werkt dat bij verschillende tradities?
Hoe kan een ceremonie het proces van zelf-transformatie beïnvloeden? Waarom is er vaak geheimhouding? En heb je een goeroe nodig, of kun je alle kennis ook in teksten vinden?
