This is a reference to Suzuki Roshi’s book, “Zen Mind, Beginners’s Mind.” We don’t have to orient toward some kind of result or gaining idea. It seems necessary to return to that original intention to see the truth, over and over.

https://youtu.be/EG39nKpCE9w

This is a way of talking about perception clear of all the detritus and debris that the ego throws up and supports in order to continue to create an oligarch who worries, judges, and controls everything. Immaculate perception is just receiving.

https://youtu.be/CanbpCtfmXs

It’s not about putting a stop to thoughts. When thoughts are not used and abused, then they tend to soften up and we just perceive what’s in front of us: color, taste, smells, touch, feeling, and even thoughts.

https://youtu.be/ZUnM3gOrYOM

A true student of the dharma is on receive all the time. This is why it’s so important to return to the vow. It takes time to do this.

https://youtu.be/5yQcLvhYcgg

Start with yourself. Be gentle, but very attentive to everything that’s happening in the mind stream. Don’t accept anything, don’t reject anything and don’t shut down, ignore or distract yourself from anything. Take a look at the difficult time you give yourself.

https://youtu.be/UA3Ep4pu1Iw

I often say the three C’s are communicate, cooperate and collaborate. The first C is communicate. The way I describe that is 90/10: Listen 90% of the time and talk 10%. If you do the first three C’s, then you have community.

https://youtu.be/Ds_Qn_w-pOM

https://youtu.be/6k3mE3OPe9Y

https://youtu.be/DW0xR2KTWws

This is a direct instruction from the Vidyadhara, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche: keep sitting. If you’re looking at your mind and watching without objecting, agreeing, or shutting down you begin to see the fundamental nature of confusion in your own mind. It’s not ‘out there’ - that’s a projection.

https://youtu.be/jnGcElKcaXw

Don’t maintain anything. You can return to the vow using a few simple words. Of the sixteen precepts, the main one to look at and return to is the last pure precept: Be With All Things.

https://youtu.be/wWuef6JyzAQ