Žaš liggja margar leišir upp fjalliš

 

Žaš liggja margar leišir upp fjalliš og hver og einn veršur aš velja žį iškun sem hann finnur ķ hjarta sér aš er sönn. Žaš er engin naušsyn fyrir ykkur aš leggja mat į žęr leišir sem ašrir velja sér. Muniš aš sérhver iškunarleiš er ašeins ašferš til aš žroska meš ykkur gįt, góšvilja og samkennd. Žaš er allt og sumt.

   Eins og Bśdda sagši: ,,Mašur žarf ekki aš bera flekann į höfši sér eftir aš hafa fariš į honum yfir fljótiš.” Viš žurfum aš lęra aš virša og nota įkvešna leiš svo lengi sem hśn gagnast okkur – sem ķ flestum tilfellum er mjög langur tķmi – en lķta ašeins į hana sem slķka, ž.e. tęki eša fleka til aš hjįlpa okkur aš komast yfir vötn efasemda, ruglings, löngunar og ótta. Viš getum veriš žakklįt fyrir flekann sem viš styšjumst viš en samt gert okkur ljóst aš žótt hann gagnist okkur žį nota hann ekki allir.

 

 

 

 

Jack Kornfield – Um hjartaš liggur leiš

 


Enjoy the roundness

 

Questioner: I’ve always been very interested and impressed by Buddhism and what it has to tell us about reality. I can’t imagine a superior outlook on life—but I can’t seem to find time for meditation. I want to meditate and I often promise myself I will get going with daily meditation, but then when I do get going it gets interrupted and I let weeks or months slip by. Can you give me some advice on this?

 

Ngak’chang Rinpoche: How much do you want to practice?

 

Q: It’s very important to me.

 

NR: That’s interesting. I wonder why that is? [pause] Let me see if I understand you correctly. You want to do something. It’s important to you—but you don’t do it. Have I understood you correctly? Was that the gist of what you said?

 

Q: Yes.

 

NR: Well, the answer is fairly simple then. When you want to meditate more than you want to use your free time in other ways, you’ll find less difficulty. I must apologize if that sounds somewhat blunt, but it’s a simple statement of the manner in which motivation functions. We could look at it another way. What if I told you, “I want to get thinner, but I keep eating too much and don’t exercise.” Your response might be the same: “You obviously like eating and not exercising more than you’d like to be thinner.”

 

Khandro Déchen: We’re not making a value judgment here either—we’re just saying, “Enjoy the roundness of your belly as much as the taste of your food.”

 

NR: Or enjoy your moderation as much as your envisioned thinness.

 

 

from the book Roaring Silence

 


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