Sublime

Genuine happiness does not come from accumulating pleasant feelings.

Her spiritual practice was called Chöd (pronounced “chuh”), which means “to cut through.” She developed this form of meditation, unusual even in her time in Tibet, and it generated such amazing results that it became very popular, spreading to all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism and beyond.

The book was entitled Three Pillars of Zen, by Philip Kapleau.

O Lord of Loving Kindness, through the blessing of your compassion, Purify the obscurations generated by my past actions and dissonant mental states, And secure me in the presence of your mother-like loving kindness!

Our practice is to transform the nature of manas a little bit each day and release our store consciousness more and more from its grip.

In this way a recognition of the natural purity of our own impure habitual tendencies is continuously cultivated and a perfected state of being and perception is aroused which encompasses all phenomena.

The practice that the Buddha offered for recognizing and transforming our seeking mind—the mind that’s always running after something—is the practice of giving, the giving of material things, the giving of non-fear, and the giving of the Dharma, as well as being generous with our time and our energy.

The practices of meditation, loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity are our tools.

The ground of loving-kindness is this sense of satisfaction with who we are and what we have.