Bodhi Issue 3, Winter 1998 (BODHI ARCHIVE)

BODHI 3 FEATURED ARTICLES

By the Venerable Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamsto Rinpoche
Commentary on "The Excellent Path Laid with Precious Gems"
When we compare what happens to us in this life with our potential to gain liberation from the cycle of existence, with our potential to go even further than that and reach the state of complete omniscience that is Buddhahood, then the mundane affairs of this life seem quite unimportant. . . .If we not only listen to [the dharma teachings], not only take in the teachings, but if we also reflect, using our intelligence to analyze the meaning of what we have heard, and if we then know how to apply it, this is what it means to be fortunate, this is what it means to be lucky. Translated by Ari Goldfield. Go to Article (at the Nalandbodhi website).

By The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Prajna II: The Practice Of Mindfulness
"What is mindfulness? What does it mean? This practice of mindfulness is actually the nature of prajna. The essence or the nature of mindfulness here is the prajna of seeing, the prajna of understanding, the prajna of experiencing the true nature of form or the body, the true nature of feeling, the true nature of mind, and the true nature of phenomena. That prajna is the nature of mindfulness. This mindfulness is known as dran pa in Tibetan. It means closely placing your mind, closely focusing your mind, closely relating your mind with these situations and objects more directly. Go to Article (at the Nalandabodhi website).