Even in the greatest yogi, sorrow and joy still arise just as before. The difference between an ordinary person and the yogi is how they view their emotions and react to them.
An ordinary person will instinctively accept or reject them, and so arouse the attachment or aversion that will result in the accumulation of negative karma.
A yogi, however, perceives everything that rises in its natural, pristine state, without allowing grasping to enter his perception.
– Sogyal Rinpoche
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photo 1) “Shakkyi” the WF Temple Garden Buddha – one of my Morning Rituals often take place at this site. photo by ilg.
photo 2) i give my Swollen Belly Support Team a kiss in Silverton, Colorado after getting my ass kicked in my first cycling race of the season this weekend yet rarely have i spent such a meaningful birthday weekend immersed in prakriti’s* majesty and the amazing love of deep friends. photo by Mark Twight.
* = manifested nature within the three gunas
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