“It may be obvious that planes fly and boats don’t sink, but who is to say whether a person is enlightened or not?”–Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche As a follow-up to my previous post, I wanted to explore a related topic re retreat practice, which emerged in the comments and is also currently being discussed within [...]
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What is the importance of long-term retreat practice?
Posted by sharanam on September 28, 2010
http://sharanam.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/what-is-the-importance-of-long-term-retreat-practice/
The teacher
I realize a lot of Buddhists, especially in the West, go it alone. I haven’t really tried to do that as a practitioner, so I can’t speak directly to the effectiveness of such an approach. The cliché (or adage) of course is that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. But I think that [...]
Posted by sharanam on July 27, 2010
http://sharanam.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/the-teacher/
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