Thu, 14 May 2009
Story Time
I'm too tired to do a proper weblog post tonight, so let me just repeat a story I heard Tuesday from Lama Phurbu Tashi. I heard the same story previously from Khenpo Tsultrim, so I'm pretty sure I got it right. A Kadampa master saw his student circumambulating a stupa. He commented, "That's good, but it would be better if you practiced the dharma." So the student stopped and went to his room and started reading a sutra. The master saw him in his room, and said, "That's good, but it would be better if you practiced the dharma." So the student put the sutra away and sat down on his cushion to meditate. The master passed by his room again and said, That's good, but it would be better if you practiced the dharma." The student was confused and asked, "How do I practice the dharma?" The master replied, "Renounce worldly dharmas! Renounce worldly dharmas!"
