Sat, 11 Jul 2009
Positive and Negative
Tonight I fulfill my duty to chatter endlessly by pointing you to a few links. The first is a new composition by Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen called Samsara and Nirvana, Two Sides of the Same Hand (pdf). The text is a short summary of the Buddhist path. He updates the analogy of compassion and wisdom as the two wings of a bird to the two wings of a plane:
Following the flight path of all the conquerors of the three times, the
Jumbo jet of relative and ultimate bodhicitta
Soars through the sky on the wings of the two accumulations and
Lands smoothly, with no delays, at the four-kayas airport.
The translation was done by Khenchen and Terry during the Spring Retreat in Frederick. Terry really seemed to enjoy working with Khenchen.
The next link is to the weblog of a woman dedicated to proclaiming the dangers of meditation, Down The Crooked Path. My experience has been that meditation is pretty safe, as long as people aren't pushed and are allowed to ease into practice at their own pace. This stuff about kundalini syndrome is overblown, I've known more people who went crazy at work than in the meditation hall.
The last link is just to show that everyone doesn't love KTD. A Woodstock native has visited Karma Triyana Dharmachakra and is put off by the deference shown to the lamas. Everyone should be equal in our democratic, egalitarian age. I understand the sentiment, even if I don't agree with it.
