... painless. Maybe it is, but I've had my showdown with pain (ok, not 3rd degree burns, but still) and compared to that helpless panic ... dunno ...
Chöd! One of my most precious souvenirs of my time at the Abbey is a slim text of this. Since I didn't get transmission it's for inspiration and edification rather than practice, but yet ... yes, quite. A slightly related sidebar: my refuge name (Karma Chöpal) is most routinely translated as "glorious dharma", in the sense of "teachings", but I like "Glorious phenomenal world!", a phrase I've often used and which my teacher used when he granted me this life-long double entendre. Clever fellow, he is!
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Date: 2003-09-02 05:08 pm (UTC)Chöd! One of my most precious souvenirs of my time at the Abbey is a slim text of this. Since I didn't get transmission it's for inspiration and edification rather than practice, but yet ... yes, quite.
A slightly related sidebar: my refuge name (Karma Chöpal) is most routinely translated as "glorious dharma", in the sense of "teachings", but I like "Glorious phenomenal world!", a phrase I've often used and which my teacher used when he granted me this life-long double entendre. Clever fellow, he is!