這也是2013年十月舊文，那時我接觸佛法已經有一年了吧，昨天我分享了一篇在她的演講時記下的筆記，她也探討了恐懼 (fear)對我們的影響，她提到了一個重點，只有當我們有內在的強韌時，才能對治恐懼，那麼如何訓練我們的心變強韌呢?
Yesterday I atteneded a speech given by Tenzin Palmo, who is one of the most senior western nun and famous for her solitude meditation in a Himalayan cave for 12 years. She has devoted her life to provide education to the nuns in the Himalayan area in the past 15 years.
Was very aspiring that since she was just a little girl, she has always curious about "perfection" and never had she found an answer until she met Buddhism, in which we believe that perfection lies in all our innate nature.
We may all think "isn't it nature that we cherish ourselves more that cherish others" or "isn't it nature we view our own happiness more important than others'", but this can be changed. It is just habituation.
I just recalled that I read somewhere, in the very late stage of path, there is one stage, for which the characteristic of the practitioners is that " no fear of losing identity". If you have inner strength and inner joy, what else do you need more. What do you need to protect or "entertain"?
In a sense, I have experienced two years without identity, ha. Sometimes, I think to my self, if taken out of the title and company name, what do I still have? Those people who came to you only because you are so and so will eventually leave when you are not so any more.
I don't have the mind seeking perfection, but I do have the mind which always contemplate on "freedom". It may ultimately lead to same direction, cause, I guess, only when you are free of fear, you are truly free.
I just recalled that I read somewhere, in the very late stage of path, there is one stage, for which the characteristic of the practitioners is that " no fear of losing identity". If you have inner strength and inner joy, what else do you need more. What do you need to protect or "entertain"?
In a sense, I have experienced two years without identity, ha. Sometimes, I think to my self, if taken out of the title and company name, what do I still have? Those people who came to you only because you are so and so will eventually leave when you are not so any more.
I don't have the mind seeking perfection, but I do have the mind which always contemplate on "freedom". It may ultimately lead to same direction, cause, I guess, only when you are free of fear, you are truly free.
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