The Perfect Practical Practice

… or any ordinary interaction.

When we become annoyed, how quickly can we release that annoyance?
It’s a reaction that is controlling us.
Experiencing this is the highest practice to practise.

We may do hours of meditation, pujas and mantras chanting. We may have a house full of souvenirs, and can repeat teachings in Pali, Sanskrit or Tibetan, but can we subdue our annoyance-demon? Especially when triggered by fellow practitioners … a very touchy area.

All our practice is pointless if we fake it. When an emotion like annoyance arises, note its teaching.

That’s what is important. Bring someone you dislike to mind; get annoyed and drop it. Experience the whole of the raw scenario. It’s called ‘cutting through the great crap’. 😀

Cutting through the great crap in Tibetan is Trö-pa chen-po chö-pa. In Dzogchen, the ultimate goal is to ‘cut through’ (chöd) the ego, illusions and conceptual fabrications (tröpa) that cloud the mind.

Trö-pa chen-po chö-pa/cutting through the great crap
captures that raw, direct essence.