Do You Realise How Special You Are?
At this very moment, all over the world, humans are busy being involved in an illusion of reality. Sit in any cafe, and you will hear the same conversation at the next table – what happened in their dream world!
People complain about going home for Christmas, because all the family talks about is the turkey: what on earth do you think they talk about the rest of the year? The dream! The dream is believing events in daily life, and concepts and images in the mind, to be real – because that’s all they ever talk about. This is a total waste of a precious human life;
“It is as rare to take the form of a human being
as it is for a blind turtle to come up
from the bottom of the ocean to the surface
and put its head through a rubber ring
once every hundred years.”
“It’s even rarer for a human to practise the Dharma
– as rare as the number of stars shining in the day time!”
That’s how special you are!
Have you come to terms with this yet?
Students should bow to their teachers.
Teachers should bow to their students.
We should ever take one another for granted.
Respect is the art of learning and teaching.
The next Yuga is founded on this Yuga.
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. 
You know, Tony, this is something I have been pushing around my head for a while now – and it’s got to do with your next post too (about having our own lineages).
I’ve been practising Tibetan Buddhism for many years now, and find the teachings to be of immense, breathtaking value. But I would really love to hear a lama publicly acknowledge the effort each student makes, not only to attend a teaching (choosing that over a holiday when taking time off work/the expense involved/possible repercussions with family etc) but in facing the discomfort of turning away from what we are “supposed” to do in life to commit to practice.
Even though other students tend to drive me mad 😉 I respect them for the fact that they ARE students and practitioners.
Daisy
Hello Daisy,
I acknowledge your sentiment… 🙂
Tony