SCHOOL OF WISDOM LIVING THEOSOPHY IN THE 21ST CENTURY THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. December 3-14, 2018 DAY 7 OPENING THE HEART

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1 SCHOOL OF WISDOM THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY December 3-14, 2018 DAY 7 OPENING THE HEART LIVING THEOSOPHY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

2 THE OPENING OF THE HEART THICH NHAT HANH " WHEN YOU LISTEN TO A DHARMA TEACHING, JUST LET THE RAIN OF DHARMA ENTER INTO THE HEARTH OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS. DON T THINK TOO HARD, AND LISTEN WITHOUT COMPARING OR JUDGING. TO PLAY WITH WORD AND IDEAS IS LIKE WILLING TO CATCH RAIN. JUST LET SIMPLY YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS RECEIVE THE RAIN, AND THE SEEDS WHICH ARE HIDDEN IN THE MOST PROFOUND PLACE IN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO BE WATERED. ACCORDING TO THE MAHAYANA BUDDHISM, PRACTICE STARTS WHEN WE AWAKE OUR BODHICITTA, OUR SPIRIT OF LOVE. "

3 THE OPENING OF THE HEART TO DEVELOP CONFIDENCE IN THE AWAKENED HEART 77POINTS POINTS OF OF MIND-TRAINING MIND-TRAINING Tib. Tib.::LODJONG LODJONG ATISHA DIPAMKARA Xth CENTURY C.E. GIVE-RECEIVE GIVE-RECEIVE MEDITATION MEDITATION Tib. Tib.::TONGLEN TONGLEN

4 THE 4 IDEAS 44 IDEAS IDEAS WHICH WHICH TURNS TURNS THE THE MIND MIND TOWARD TOWARD THE THE DOCTRINE DOCTRINE IMPERMANENCE THE PRECIOUS HUMAN BODY KARMA SAMSARA

5 IMPERMANENCE «WE ARE VISITORS ON THIS PLANET. WE ARE THERE FOR NINETY OR AT BEST ONE HUNDRED YEARS. DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, WE MUST TRY TO DO SOME GOOD AND USEFUL IN OUR LIFE. IF WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE HAPPINESS OF OTHERS, WE WILL FIND THE TRUE GOAL, THE TRUE MEANING OF LIFE.» H.H. THE XIVTH DALAI LAMA

6 THE 5 PRELIMINARY PRACTICES TAKING REFUGE DEVELOPING BODHICITTA GURU YOGA MANTRA RECITATION MANDALA OFFERING

7 THE BODHISATTVA VOWS " TO LIVE TO BENEFIT MANKIND IS THE FIRST STEP H.P.B. THE VOICE OF SILENCE TO DON NIRMANAKAYA S HUMBLE ROBE IS TO FOREGO ETERNAL BLISS FOR SELF, TO HELP ON MAN S SALVATION. TO REACH NIRVANA S BLISS, BUT TO RENOUNCE IT, IS THE SUPREME, THE FINAL STEP THE HIGHEST ON RENUNCIATION S PATH. KNOW, O DISCIPLE, THIS IS THE SECRET PATH, SELECTED BY THE BUDDHAS OF PERFECTION, WHO SACRIFICED THE SELF TO WEAKER SELVES."

8 BODHISATTVA VOWS : RULES & RECOMMANDATIONS PERMANENTLY, WISH TO BE USEFUL TO OTHERS ABANDON EVERYTHING WHICH COULD BE HARMFUL TO OTHERS CULTIVATE ANYTHING WHICH CAN BE A BASE FOR THE BENEFIT TO OTHER ACCOMPLISH VIRTUOUS ACTIONS WITH ENERGY, DRIVEN BY AN AUTHENTIC DESIRE TO HELP OTHER, AND NEVER QUIT FROM IT AVOID ANY FUTILE ACTION HELP OTHERS TO REACH SPIRITUAL MATURITY, WITHOUT BEING ATTACHED TO THE ACCUMULATED MERIT

9 BODHISATTVA VOWS : RULES & RECOMMANDATIONS " POINT OUT «THE WAY» - HOWEVER DIMLY, AND LOST AMONG THE HOST AS DOES THE EVENING STAR TO THOSE WHO TREAD THEIR PATH IN DARKNESS H.P.B. THE VOICE OF SILENCE BE, O LANOO, LIKE THEM. GIVE LIGHT AND COMFORT TO THE TOILING PILGRIM, AND SEEK OUT HIM WHO KNOWS STILL LESS THAN YOU ; WHO IN HIS WRETCHED DESOLATION SITS STARVING FOR THE BREAD OF WISDOM AND THE BREAD WHICH FEEDS THE SHADOW, WITHOUT A TEACHER, HOPE OR CONSOLATION, AND LET HIM HEAR THE LAW."

10 THE 5 PRELIMINARY PRACTICES TAKING REFUGE DEVELOPING BODHICITTA GURU YOGA MANTRA RECITATION MANDALA OFFERING

11 DEVELOPING THE BODHICITTA ««REST REST INSIDE INSIDE THE THE NATURE NATURE OF OF ALAYA, ALAYA, THE THE ESSENCE. ESSENCE.»» SIMPLICITY CLARITY LACK OF DISCURSIVE THOUGHTS

12 THE VOICE OF SILENCE - ALAYA " ALL IS IMPERMANENT IN MAN EXCEPT THE PURE BRIGHT ESSENCE OF ALAYA.» H.P.B. THE VOICE OF SILENCE «ALAS, ALAS, THAT ALL MEN SHOULD POSSESS ALAYA, BE ONE WITH THE GREAT SOUL, AND THAT POSSESSING IT, ALAYA SHOULD SO LITTLE AVAIL THEM!» «OF TEACHERS THERE ARE MANY ; THE MASTERSOUL IS ONE, ALAYA, THE UNIVERSAL SOUL. LIVE IN THAT MASTER AS IT RAYS IN THEE. LIVE IN THY FELLOWS AS THEY LIVE IN IT."

13 GIVE & RECEIVE - TONGLEN

14 TONGLEN - 1. OPENING UP

15 TONGLEN - 2. PERCEIVE SECLUSION & ITS OPPOSITE, OPENNESS

16 GIVE & RECEIVE - TONGLEN