Nobody is Safe
We are all together in this--it is a very difficult world.
That doesn't mean don't engage.
In fact Buddha said that's where we should be.
Anybody can be stable on a beautiful day.
What about when the thunder rolls and rumbles on the horizon?
What about when there is trouble in the air?
Can you be stable then?
Forget about Buddhism--it's not important.
The world does not need to be Buddhist. It needs to be stable.
Then we are all safe.
Choyin Rangdrol, from an interview with Turning Wheel, The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism, Fall 2005.
When effort is needed, effort will appear.
When effortlessness becomes essential, it will assert itself. You need not push life about.
Just flow with it and give yourself completely to the task of the present moment, which is the dying now to the now.
For living is dying. Without death life cannot be.
Get hold of the main thing that the world and the self are one and perfect. Only your attitude is faulty and needs readjustment.
This process or readjustment is what you call sadhana (spiritual practice).
You come to it by putting an end to indolence and using all your energy to clear the way for clarity and charity.
But in reality these all are signs of inevitable growth.
Don't be afraid, don't resist, don't delay.
Be what you are.
There is nothing to be afraid of.
Trust and try. Experiment honestly.
Give your real being a chance to shape your life.
You will not regret.
Excerpted from 'I Am That', by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
We are all together in this--it is a very difficult world.
That doesn't mean don't engage.
In fact Buddha said that's where we should be.
Anybody can be stable on a beautiful day.
What about when the thunder rolls and rumbles on the horizon?
What about when there is trouble in the air?
Can you be stable then?
Forget about Buddhism--it's not important.
The world does not need to be Buddhist. It needs to be stable.
Then we are all safe.
Choyin Rangdrol, from an interview with Turning Wheel, The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism, Fall 2005.
When effort is needed, effort will appear.
When effortlessness becomes essential, it will assert itself. You need not push life about.
Just flow with it and give yourself completely to the task of the present moment, which is the dying now to the now.
For living is dying. Without death life cannot be.
Get hold of the main thing that the world and the self are one and perfect. Only your attitude is faulty and needs readjustment.
This process or readjustment is what you call sadhana (spiritual practice).
You come to it by putting an end to indolence and using all your energy to clear the way for clarity and charity.
But in reality these all are signs of inevitable growth.
Don't be afraid, don't resist, don't delay.
Be what you are.
There is nothing to be afraid of.
Trust and try. Experiment honestly.
Give your real being a chance to shape your life.
You will not regret.
Excerpted from 'I Am That', by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
