"When
I dissolve into that vast expanse - empty and clear - without end,
without limits - there is no diffèrence between mind and sky."
Lama Shabkar
"Sky-Gazing is the core practical application of Buddhist Dzogchen meditation. It is how we learn to relax, let go, and let-be in the natural state of things, just as they are . . .
"Through this practice of natural meditative awareness, our innate wakefulness completely unfurls and reveals itself. We gradually release our small, narrow, egotistical, dualistic minds into the non-dual, sky-like, infinite buddha mind, while meditating on the expansive, inclusive nature of rigpa: our briliiant natural wisdom-mind and innate wakefulness. In this practice, we merge the finite, thinking heart-mind with the absolute, unconditional infinity of essential buddha-like being.
"Sky Gazing meditation leads us into a way of being that is in perfect harmony, attunement, and oneness with nature, including everything and everyone around us - and with our own true nature, too. In Sky Gazing meditation, we dissolve into the infinite by becoming one with the open sky."
Lama Surya Das,
Teacher of Tibetan Buddhism
Photo: A snowy Arthur's Rock gazes up at the western sky; Lory State Park, CO; December 5, 2013
Lama Shabkar
"Sky-Gazing is the core practical application of Buddhist Dzogchen meditation. It is how we learn to relax, let go, and let-be in the natural state of things, just as they are . . .
"Through this practice of natural meditative awareness, our innate wakefulness completely unfurls and reveals itself. We gradually release our small, narrow, egotistical, dualistic minds into the non-dual, sky-like, infinite buddha mind, while meditating on the expansive, inclusive nature of rigpa: our briliiant natural wisdom-mind and innate wakefulness. In this practice, we merge the finite, thinking heart-mind with the absolute, unconditional infinity of essential buddha-like being.
"Sky Gazing meditation leads us into a way of being that is in perfect harmony, attunement, and oneness with nature, including everything and everyone around us - and with our own true nature, too. In Sky Gazing meditation, we dissolve into the infinite by becoming one with the open sky."
Lama Surya Das,
Teacher of Tibetan Buddhism
Photo: A snowy Arthur's Rock gazes up at the western sky; Lory State Park, CO; December 5, 2013
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