Eva Natanya, 08 Apr 2020
Eva (Yangchen) begins today’s session by explaining what we will be doing during meditation, which will be based on the brief recitation of preliminaries. She states that it is important to do this brief practice once one has a good understanding of the more elaborate one.
Meditation starts at 3:30
After meditation Yangchen comments on the importance of refuge in all our daily activities; how is it that we can find this refuge, even when we are not aware of that pristine awareness in which we take refuge on. After some remarks we continue where we left off in a Treasure House of Blessings, diving into the precepts of taking refuge. Eva elaborates on “the three things to abandon” and on the scope of ultimate refuge vs. relative reliances; on “the three things to take up” and on how these might take us directly to pure vision; and on “the three conducive trainings” and on how to relate with our Guru. Yangchen then talks about the benefits of taking refuge, as written by Düdjom Lingpa. Once we have taken refuge, which is the first step on the buddhist path, we are on a straight trajectory to buddhahood, she emphasizes.
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