Summer Festival 2024 ~ Day 11
The Pure Land of Vajrayogini is not so far away! At Festival and in our daily practice we are training in special methods to purify our mind so that we have purer experiences.
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We can also apply this immediately in our daily life - we can practically learn to transform whatever appears to us into a virtuous object, remembering that it depends on us and the position we choose to take with respect to what is appearing. Gen-la encourages us that with familiarity every living being can become a virtuous object for us if we focus on them with love, patience, respect or compassion, and all phenomena can be an object for training in the wisdom of emptiness. As Venerable Geshe-la writes in How to Understand the Mind, "There is no greater Dharma practice than this."
We are deeply appreciating the truth that happiness comes from a peaceful mind, and that a peaceful mind arises only when we concentrate on virtuous objects in meditation and out of meditation. All day long we see at Festival people being happy in potentially difficult circumstances. It is inspiring and brings yet more insight into the meaning of Festivals - they truly are a training ground for the mind!
