Coming Home!

The day started with the motivation of,  Minimize the harm that I give to others.. Give the least harm and Being the most benefit.. Practicing Compassion .. After a 10 Day long retreat in silence, I was reflecting on how I can practice or use all the teachings  that I've learned during retreat  in my daily life . I found out that 'Awareness' is the very first step or pre-requisite of anything that we do in and around our lives. I observed and pen down the things that I can practice on a daily basis . . .  Setting the motivation everyday before getting up from the bed and follow M.A.D. (Motivation - Action - Dedication). Start with small motivations :) Checking my motivation before doing anything or taking any action (internally or externally) ..Is that motivation going to help oneself and other sentient beings? Would it support me in my inner journey? :) Seeing or taking things from different perspectives that everybody wants to be happy and be free from sufferings!...

Those wishing to quickly rescue Oneself and Others, Need to practice the most sacred Secret, The exchange of self with others! If it can be remedied, Why be upset about it? If it cannot be remedied, What is the use of being upset about it? (From the walls of Tushita, Dharamshala)

It was a 10 day long retreat on practicing Metta-Loving-Kindness. On the 8th day, I was able to share Metta with my spiritual friend for like 30 minutes without getting distracted.  The more I was practicing forgiveness for myself, the more I was able to develop Metta within me effortlessly.   It felt like I was cleaning a pipe that got choked with loads and loads of garbage.  It felt like the water was flowing freely-naturally without any obstruction.  After the formal sitting, I reflected and found that when I 'genuinely' started forgiving myself, I realized, that is all I have to do. I don't need to forgive the other person if I have forgiven myself. As when I looked more closely, I could see that it was all my mistake or craving or clinging towards some feelings/people that caused me pain and suffering. I suffered because of my own ignorance, not because of the other person. But one question was kept on coming in my mind, as Goenka ji said, "जितना गहरा राग है, उत...

This was my first time when I was getting introduced to  analytical meditation on  Equanimity during one of the course at Tushita. I began with seeing 'me' 'myself', I was directly looking into my eyes and recognizing all the positive and negative qualities of mine one by one, and wished, "May I be happy, May I be free from sufferings.." And then, I started thinking about a 'stranger', to whom I had seen on the street or on the TV channel. I did not know anything about that person. Very gently and with full awareness, I put myself into his/her place and started seeing the things from his perspective, and checked what that person really wants? and deep down I found that,  "He wants to be happy and wants to be free from sufferings.." Afterwards, I brought an image of a person (in my memory) whom I love, who is very close to me. I then started thinking about all the good and positive qualities of that person. I put myself also on his place and  ...