Sat, 23 May 2009
Advice from the Lamas
I've been busy lately with little time to post, but I'm still around. I don't have much time to post tonight, but I'll pass along some advice from two different lamas. I was telling Lama Phurbhu Tashi about the lump I had on my head last November that I thought was cancer but turned out to be only an abcess. I was asked how I felt about it and I replied that I tried to view whatever happened to me as the guru's blessing. He grinned broadly and said that was a good way to practice, but it's difficult. So I'll try to take my own advice apply it more seriously. And I pass it on to you for the same reason.
I was at the Spring Retreat at the Tibetan Meditation Center. Pete and Kathy both had interviews with Khenchen and both were told to practice more, to practice every day. It's advice everyone can take to heart. If you study the dharma but don't practice, you're just a dharma tourist. I meet too many dharma students who didn't practice regulaly, which is a real shame.
