THE PATH OF THE BODHISATTVA WARRIOR

Wherever we are, we can train as a warrior. The practice of meditation, loving kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity are our tools. With the help of these practices, we can uncover the soft spot of bodhicitta, the tenderness of the awakened heart. We will find it behind that tenderness in sorrow and in gratitude. we will find it behind the hardness of rage and in the shakiness of fear. It is available in loneliness as well in kindness.

Many of us prefer practices that will not cause discomfort, yet at the same time we want to be healed. But bodhicitta training doesn't work that way. A warrior accepts that we can never know what will happen to us next. We can try to control the uncontrollable by looking for security and predictability, always hoping to be comfortable and safe. But the truth is that we can never avoid uncertainty. This not knowing is part of the adventure, and it's also what makes us afraid.

Bodhicitta training offers no promise of happy endings. Rather, this " I" who wants to find security- who wants something to hold on to- can finally learn to grow up. The central question of a warrior's training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort. How do we practice with difficulty, with our emotions, with the unpredictable encounters of an ordinary day?

Pema Chodron

Wikipedia: In Buddhism, bodhicitta, "enlightenment-mind", is the mind that strives toward awakening.The last, the way of the shepherd, is according to Patrul Rinpoche the best and highest ... Follow like Manjushree to dedicate with the aspiration to realise the innermost meaning and realise to attain Buddhahood as a spiritual warrior.



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