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
Keep the three inseparable
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Practice virtue, be upright always. These three inseparables are to be permeated with positive actions.
- When you practice wholeheartedly, it shows in your actions.
- When you practice wholeheartedly, it shows in the way you relate with your speech.
- When you practice wholeheartedly, it shows in your thought stream.
The three are, your actions, your speech, and your thoughts. Keep them inseparable from your commitment to wake up and help others. Practice with this slogan and let it permeate you when doing your routine tasks. Take this slogan into daily life. Let it permeate the world. Inseparable from practice. Be wholesomely motivated. When you do your daily routine tasks with this kind of attention, your whole life becomes your spiritual practice. This brings you and your practice into harmony. No separation.
Don’t treat your practice differently in different circumstances. This is like the Stoic slogan ‘Settle on type of person I want to be and stick to it, whether alone or in company’. Stick to being an upright person not matter the circumstances.
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Alternate Titles
- Keep the three inseparable
- Be endowed with the three inseparable factors
- Be endowed with the three inseparables
- Meditate on three things that must not deteriorate
- Possess the three inseparables
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