Applied Meditation Technology: Blueprints for Enlightenment - Compassion for Others
Jewel Heart Instructors
During the common Mahayana practices, reliance on a qualified spiritual mentor is already indispensable. When entering into Vajrayana through initiation, it becomes essential. Practices based on the inseparability of Guru and Deity accelerate spiritual development by bringing wisdom and compassion to their highest fulfillment.
The Mahayana and the Benefits of Great Compassion
Realizing the magnitude of the suffering in cyclic existence, practitioners of Mahayana develop the great heart that is willing to work for the benefit of all beings, and for that reason determine to attain the enlightenment of a Buddha.
Equanimity: Living Inclusively
Wishing to help all beings is only possible by first acknowledging our fundamental equality with all, excluding no one and overcoming obsession and hatred within our own hearts.
Interconnectedness and the Kindness of Others
All living beings on this planet are deeply interconnected and our very survival – as well as our happiness and spiritual development – depends on the kindness of others.
Exchanging Cherishing Self for Others
Working for our benefit alone, we are constantly defeated and hurt others in the process, but once we put others first, we all win.
Tong Len: Courageous Compassion
Turning ego’s addiction to self-gratification upside down, the practice of giving our happiness to others and taking on their suffering transforms our very being.
The Transcendental Actions
Having determined to help all beings, it is not enough to simply wish for them to be happy. The venturing awakening mind pro-actively engages life through acts of generosity, ethics, patience and enthusiasm.
Uniting Concentration and Wisdom
The last two of the Six Perfections are needed in order to break the chains of self-grasping once and for all. Meditating on subtle impermanence and discovering the object of negation are essential steps to finding the wisdom that realizes the true nature of all phenomena.
Decisive Wisdom: The Four Keys
Ignorance strongly insists on the intrinsic existence of oneself and all phenomena. With analytical precision, wisdom reveals this to be a false perception and establishes the dependent arising of all things as the ultimate reality.
Guru Devotion and the Vajrayana Path
During the common Mahayana practices, reliance on a qualified spiritual mentor is already indispensable. When entering into Vajrayana through initiation, it becomes essential. Practices based on the inseparability of Guru and Deity accelerate spiritual development by bringing wisdom and compassion to their highest fulfillment.