Then also, following up on that answer is once you recognise your subtle distraction, do not congratulate yourself too much, do not compliment yourself too many times, okay?
If you say “Oh, I recognise my subtle distraction, Oh, I recognise my ordinary distraction”, if you compliment too much then the very recognition becomes a distraction, the very chatter of that voice becomes a distraction, right?
Then the other extreme is that when people start to say “Oh, I got distracted, I became distracted, Oh, I am terrible practitioner, I am a bad practitioner”, also do not go in that direction, okay? Acknowledge it, see it, acknowledge it, resume. See it, acknowledge it, resume. That is how you maintain it. The more you continue with “I am bad practitioner, why is it? bad karma?” and all that and then it goes on and on, then you have lost, your time is finished, you have to go. [haha]
The other side is that where you say “I am doing very good, I recognise this, I recognise that”, then again, the time is gone, you lost your clarity, you lost your awareness.
So recognise it, acknowledge it, maintain it.
His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche in Riga, Latvia
How to understand and apply the Buddhist wisdom of emptiness in everyday life (Q&A 5)
Ganden Center – September 2024 (1h 07′ 00”)
To be continued…
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