Just as a physician is not upset with
Someone who rages while possessed by a demon,
Subduers see disturbing emotions as
The enemy, not the person who has them.
~ Aryadeva, Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way
Disturbing Emotions
June 16, 2009 by tendrol
Posted in Dharma Quotes | 2 Comments
2 Responses
Leave a Reply
-
Recent Posts
- Bodhisattva Samantabhadra
- Daily Practice: November 21
- Give up turkey this Thanksgiving
- Where’s Rinpoche? Google Calendar To the Rescue
- (FPMT) Urgent — 500,000 animals about to be sacrificed
- Compassion for a Killer: John Allen Muhammad
- Buddha’s Descent from Tushita
- In memory of Ed Hyde: A Prayer for Beings in the Bardo Realm
- Daily Practice Homework: Nov 21
- Memorial Service: Edward Hyde
Categories
Tag Cloud
Amitabha Basic Program Buddhism buddhist hospice children Dharma Gems Discovering Buddhism Do Ngak Kunphen Ling Earth Mouse Year Ecie Hursthouse Engaged Buddhism First Panchen Lama FPMT FPMT News Free Tibet Great Prayer Festival guhyasamaja His Holiness The Dalai Lama Homework human rights intro to Buddhism Kagyu lineage karma Lama Zopa Rinpoche advice Losar Mahamudra Meditation meditation how-to advice mindfulness mindfulness buddhism thich nhat hanh Miracles Monlam other blogs parenting prayer request Presenting the Path relic tour retreat Shantideva take action Tantra Ven Sean Price YamantakaArchives
- November 2009 (10)
- October 2009 (13)
- September 2009 (10)
- August 2009 (19)
- July 2009 (21)
- June 2009 (10)
- May 2009 (12)
- April 2009 (21)
- March 2009 (1)
- February 2009 (5)
- January 2009 (4)
- December 2008 (3)
- November 2008 (6)
- October 2008 (6)
- September 2008 (12)
- August 2008 (6)
- July 2008 (11)
- June 2008 (11)
- May 2008 (11)
- April 2008 (5)
- March 2008 (11)
- February 2008 (14)
- January 2008 (8)
- December 2007 (9)
- November 2007 (1)
Blogroll
- A Buddhist Library
- A View on Buddhism
- Compassion Buddha Retreat House
- Do Ngak Khun Phen Ling
- FPMT Masters Program in Buddhist Studies of Sutra and Tantra
- FPMT Website
- Guhyasamaja Center Website
- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
- Instituto Lama Tzong Khapa
- International Campaign for Tibet
- International Mahayana Institute
- Kopan Monastery
- Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
- Lawudo Gompa
- Liberation Prison Project
- Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Center of Washington DC
- Maitreya Project
- Mandala Magazine
- Online Dharma Resources
- Phayul.com – News and Views on Tibet
- Play Free Rice to help end hunger
- Recordings of Guhyasamaja Center Teachings
- Snow Lion Publications
- Sutra of Golden Light Global Recitation Calendar
- Thomsaling Institute
- Wisdom Publications
twitter
- Whatever well-being is yours now and in the future, is certain to be the fruit of merit ~ Sakya Pandita 1 day ago
About the Editor: Ven Tendrol
l had the good fortune to receive my ordination vows from my teacher, Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Losang Jampa in 2008. I co-facilitate the Guhyasamaja Center's Discovering Buddhism and meditation classes. Feel free to contact me: gcsanghablog@gmail.com.My Account
-
Blog Stats
- 21,538 hits
Pages
Calendar
This is VERY hard. Reminds me of the saying by the Baghavan; when a stick is thrown the dog chases the stick while the lion chases the one who threw the stick; be like the lion, when thoughts come, don’t chase them but look to the source of the thought. Those of us who make a living working with others know the difficulty of this. I wish I had more time to practice and then I could separate the poisons from those who possess them. In the best of worlds I could take a month off twice a year and internalize the wisdom that sees the afflictions as different from the sentient beings that possess them. AH perchance to dream…
Victor — I asked Rinpoche about this quote. I explained that I visualize the negative emotions in the form of a cloud or cloud of gnats above the person’s head as a means of separating the emotions from the person. That way I’m better able to develop loving kindness.
Rinpoche said it’s not necessary to do the visualization, it’s enough to just focus on loving kindness.