Being Ordinary
- Introduction
- • ★ Lojong Slogans
- Begin with the beginning
- Treat experiences as dreams
- Examine the nature of awareness
- Don’t get trapped by emptiness
- Rest in the openness of mind
- In the intervals be a conjurer of illusion
- Practice giving and receiving on the breath
- 3 Objects, 3 Poisons, 3 Seeds of Virtue
- Always train with the slogans
- Begin Tonglen with yourself
- Use misfortune as practice
- Drive all blame into a single source
- Be grateful to everyone
- Let confusion awaken and practice emptiness
- Do good, avoid evil, appreciate your lunacy, pray for help
- Every encounter suddenly becomes the path
- Cultivate a serious attitude
- Practice for death as well as for life
- There is only one point of focus
- Be true to the principled one
- Cultivate an ever-present joyful mind
- Proficiency comes when practicing even when distracted
- Always train in the 3 basic elements
- Don’t make a public display of your efforts
- Don’t speak of the faults of others
- Don’t ponder the actions of others
- Don’t save your biggest problem
- Don’t expect results
- Don’t poison yourself
- Don’t be so predictable
- Don’t be mean
- Don’t wait in ambush
- Don’t make everything so painful
- Don’t unload on everyone
- Don’t rush things
- Don’t be devious
- Don’t make gods into demons
- Don’t be complacent of suffering
- Focus on a singe intention
- Remedy obstacles with one intention
- Two activities begin the day end the day
- Be patient either way
- Observe, no matter what
- Face the three challenges
- Adopt three key elements
- Keep tract of the three key elements
- Keep the three inseparable
- Train without bias
- Meditate on your dissatisfactions
- Embrace challenges presented by circumstances
- Right now exert yourself, get it right
- Remain committed and engaged
- Be consistent in your practice
- Be wholehearted
- Find freedom through investigation and close analysis
- Be modest and unassuming
- Practice sympathetic joy
- Be even tempered
Two activities begin the day end the day
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This is a practical slogan that describes a sweet daily practice. Practicing with this slogan will grow your motivation and commitment to be present each day.
Wake up each morning and remember that today you get the opportunity to be another day. Celebrate this. You get to start again, leave what has happened in the past, let the future take care of itself, and check-in with the present moment.
At the beginning of each day, while still in bed:
- Make a pledge to be kind, curious, and different.
- Express your aspiration to be of service to others.
- Express the intention to be present in every encounter.
Start each day with the intention to benefit others. The intention of waking up. The intention to do for others, to be the tool of kindness. That’s the point of today. That’s why you get out of bed. This is the work of being human.
In the evening, just before bed:
- Were you kind today?
- Did you help others?
- Did you watch for your self-grasping ego?
Reflect on where you’ve fallen short and failed to actualize your intentions. Be brutally honest. Don’t waste time. Don’t judge but look to the events of the day as a way to learn and grow. Look at areas where things went well, no matter how grand or trivial, and dedicate them to the benefit of others.
This practice is a life-long endeavor. What you do each day, in each moment, makes up who you are and who you become. In horizontal time, past days are done, the future is nebulous. This is the work of abandoning defects and nurturing loving-kindness. Use today to make a difference.
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Alternate Titles
- Begin at the beginning, end at the end
- Two activities: one at the beginning, one at the end
- There are two tasks - one at the start and one at the end
- There are two actions on two occasions, at the beginning and end
- There are two duties: at the beginning and the end
- Two things to be done, at the start and at the finish
- Two actions to perform: at the beginning and at the end
- Renew your commitment each day
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