In Tibetan there is a saying" If you are too clever, you could miss the point." Patrul Rinpoche said,"The logical mind seems interesting, but it is the seed of delusion." In Tibet it is said, " Theories are like patches of a coat,one day they just wear off."
One Great master in the last century had a disciple who was very thick headed. The master had taught him again & again, trying to introduce him to the true nature of mind. Still he did not get it. Finally, the master became furious & told him, "Look, I want you to carry this bag full of barley up to the top of that mountain over there. But you must not stop & rest. Just keep on going until you reach the top." The disciple was a simple man, but he had unshakable devotion & trust in his master & he did exactly what he had been told. The bag was heavy. He picked it up & started up the slope of the mountain, not daring to stop. He just walked & walked. And the bag got heavier & heavier.It took him a long time. At last when he reached the top, he dropped the bag. He slumped to the ground, overcome with exhaustion but deeply relaxed. He felt the fresh air on his face. All his resistance had dissolved and,with it, his ordinary mind. Everything just seemed to stop. at that moment, he suddenly realized the nature of his mind." Ah! This is what my master has been showing me all along," he thought. he ran down the mountain and, against all convention, burst into his master's room."I think I've got it now....I've really got it!"
It is the experience that will give you the fearlessness to negotiate life & death.
Taken from 'The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying'
One Great master in the last century had a disciple who was very thick headed. The master had taught him again & again, trying to introduce him to the true nature of mind. Still he did not get it. Finally, the master became furious & told him, "Look, I want you to carry this bag full of barley up to the top of that mountain over there. But you must not stop & rest. Just keep on going until you reach the top." The disciple was a simple man, but he had unshakable devotion & trust in his master & he did exactly what he had been told. The bag was heavy. He picked it up & started up the slope of the mountain, not daring to stop. He just walked & walked. And the bag got heavier & heavier.It took him a long time. At last when he reached the top, he dropped the bag. He slumped to the ground, overcome with exhaustion but deeply relaxed. He felt the fresh air on his face. All his resistance had dissolved and,with it, his ordinary mind. Everything just seemed to stop. at that moment, he suddenly realized the nature of his mind." Ah! This is what my master has been showing me all along," he thought. he ran down the mountain and, against all convention, burst into his master's room."I think I've got it now....I've really got it!"
It is the experience that will give you the fearlessness to negotiate life & death.
Taken from 'The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying'
