http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Axuh_3lveg
Taking Mahayana refuge.
Taking refuge in the three jewels: The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha.
Taking refuge in the Buddha is taking refuge in the three Kayas. Ultimately this is Dharmakaya – Emptiness- Buddha nature – essence of your mind…not the form Buddha of a man born in Lumbini.
Taking refuge in the Dharma is taking refuge in the teachings of the three Kayas – Empty Essence, Cognisant nature, and unconfined Compassion.
Taking refuge in the Sangha is taking refuge in the support – those sublime beings who live and teach the Dharma and we can talk to. Also those that have gone beyond.
Discipline: If you accept that everything is created by causes and conditions, and so are impermanent, then you cannot go to an extreme. One could say that all religions have the same goal, and to be expedient one might agree, but Buddhism is not a path of extremes. One needs the discipline of that conviction, that no thing has any inherent existence. One cannot mix paths.
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 
3 days of nice weather and much meditation with my eyes open while doing yardwork has led to many sore muscles and a deeper appreciation for everything that I’ve been blessed with, and the many chances for redemtion and peace of mind also.