I’ve been having a lot of trouble in my meditation practice lately; a sense of restlessness comes up whenever I’m sitting, and my body has resisted attempts to relax and open. My bones crackle and my muscles stick and my feet fall asleep and they all keep telling me I need to move around. Combine […]
Tantric Buddhism uses life itself to create the energy for enlightenment, rather than relying on meditation or direct transmission alone. As such, its lessons deal with harnessing the power of our strongest desires, at least as I have understood the teachings I’ve received so far. The secrecy around Buddhist tantra is explained as concern that […]
Chogyam Trungpa explains the Three Poisons as passion (wanting to magnetize or possess), aggression (wanting to reject or attack), and indifference (can’t be bothered). As I read about these poisons, I first thought that I have a major problem with indifference; my path seems to bring me to a very laissez-faire attitude toward life. In […]