«Дар освобождения», курс 24 «Пустой Будда — высшая защита», занятие 11

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Then after you learn them, you don't need the recording. Okay, so turn on your cell phone. Except Geshe Michael.

You can cough, clear your throat.

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Okay.

[Speaker 1]
He's playing rock and roll. Clear your throat. Okay, get ready.

Close your eyes softly. Get the body comfortable and ready to stop moving. Fingers are relaxed.

Pull in the stomach a little bit. Little smile. Eyelids not closed too hard.

Eyelids closed softly. Forehead relaxed. Shoulders back a little bit.

And then please start watching your breath. Exhales are very long. Inhale is automatic.

[Speaker 2]
Inhale is automatic.

[Speaker 1]
Don't tighten your face when you start to watch your breath. Then when the mind thinks of something else, just softly bring it back to the breath. Then please invite your heart teacher to come and sit with you.

Knee to knee. The teacher shouldn't be a picture in your mind.

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The teacher shouldn't be a picture in your mind.

[Speaker 1]
The teacher should be real. And you can feel the warmth of their body. And you can smell, real smell like a very special flower.

And their face is very peaceful.

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And their eyes are full of love for you.

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And they are so happy that you are meditating.

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So take a few minutes and enjoy the heart teachers with you. If you haven't met your heart teacher yet, then you can just imagine them, what they look like.

[Speaker 1]
Then we bow down to our teacher. And the way to bow down in the mind is to think of something beautiful about our teacher that we would like to learn. That's why they're our teacher.

So we'll stay quiet for a few minutes. Try to think about one good thing about your teacher that you would like to also have. And we'll stay here for a few minutes.

If you start thinking about something else, then slowly, just gently bring your mind back to the teacher. Then if we have lots of bad seeds in our mind, then our day won't go well. We won't be happy.

Meditation will also not go well. So very early in the meditation, it's important to clean those bad seeds. If you clean some of the new ones, it will automatically clean some of the bad ones, old ones.

So, please think about some small negative thoughts or actions you had in the last 24 hours. Little bit of jealousy. Little bit of anger.

Maybe too much desire for food or something. And open your heart like a book. And show your lama everything, all the bad things in your heart.

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And it will make them clean. When you hide them, they get stronger. When you open them to your heart teacher, it cleans them.

[Speaker 1]
So, we'll stay quiet for a few minutes.

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Think about all the things you did yesterday.

[Speaker 1]
And were there some small bad thoughts or actions? And happily tell your teacher. Then again, it's very important before meditation to think about all your good seeds.

And this will give a positive energy to the meditation. So now again, open your heart like a book. Inside the book is like a golden light.

This is your heart. And all the good seeds there. All the nice things you did yesterday.

Nice private thoughts you had about people. They are in your heart like bright golden seeds. And show these to your heart teacher also.

These are the sweet things I did yesterday.

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These are the sweet thoughts I had yesterday.

[Speaker 1]
And when you're happy about the fresh good seeds, it will also strengthen the old good seeds.

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So, we'll stay here for a few minutes.

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Just relax. Think about nice things that happened yesterday. Nice thoughts you had.

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All the times you were thankful to someone else.

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And enjoy those seeds. If you start thinking about something else, then very gently, calmly, bring your mind back to the good seeds. During this time, you are not allowed to think about negative seeds.

At the end of this part, you can also think about all the beautiful things that happened to you yesterday. Beautiful people that you met. Beautiful things you heard.

Beautiful things that you saw. Because all of those are coming from your good seeds. So, you can also be happy about your old good seeds.

That made all the good things in your life. So, we'll spend just a few minutes on that. What good things happening in your life right now?

Because you made them happen. You had those good seeds. Next part of the meditation preparation.

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Next part of the preparation. We ask for teaching.

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Ask your heart teacher for teaching. Teachings can come in two ways. Like Dharma teaching, teachers teaching from some book.

Or teaching can come in our life. We see some special good person and we try to use them as an example. And teaching can also be negative teaching.

Maybe your ex-husband, ex-wife, ex-girlfriend, boyfriend, they hurt you. Or somebody else hurt you. Then you can also think, oh, this is teaching.

They are teaching me to be a better person. They are teaching me what not to do. They are teaching me about emptiness.

Because they don't come from themselves.

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So, ask for teachings.

[Speaker 1]
We'll stay here for a few minutes.

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Ask your teacher for teachings.

[Speaker 1]
Easy ones and difficult ones. If your mind starts to think about something else, then very quietly bring it back. If your legs hurt or your back hurts, learn to not focus on it.

Learn to not think about it.

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Now, please ask your teacher to stay in your life.

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If we don't have a teacher, we cannot improve. We cannot change. Nothing will change us.

And we will stay the same. We won't become a better person. So, ask the teacher, please stay in my life.

Maybe I'm not a great student. I know I could be better. But without you, I cannot improve.

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So, please be patient with me.

[Speaker 1]
Please love me. Please stay with me. We'll stay here for a few minutes.

That completes the warm-up meditation. Now, we ask the heart teacher to come into our heart. So, in your mind, ask them, please come in my heart and stay there all day and help me.

And the teacher is very happy that you asked. And they start to rise up off the ground. And as they rise, they get smaller.

Then finally, they're up towards the level of the top of your head. And their body turns around to face the same way as you. And then very softly, they come down to rest on the top of your head.

And they're only about the size of your hand. Then they get smaller and smaller until they are the size of your thumbnail. And then slowly, they start to sink into your head.

And they are coming down the front of your spine slowly like an elevator.

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And try to feel coming down your spine like warm honey.

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Then they reach the inside of your heart. And you say, please stay in my heart all day and help me.

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You say, please teach me.

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Please help me when I make mistakes. And they get smaller and smaller until they are inside of one piece of sugar.

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Inside your heart.

[Speaker 1]
Inside a little crystal is a lama. Very tiny. If you focus on them as tiny, it's easier to concentrate.

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And you say, please will you stay there all day?

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Will you give me advice when I need it? And they're very happy and they say, oh, that's perfect. I love you more than anything.

I'm so happy you asked me to stay in your heart. Then a beautiful golden light comes out of their heart into your heart. And you send that light from your heart to all the people in your family, and to all the people you work with, all your friends.

And send the light to everyone in your city and in your country. May all the people in my country be happy. And then cover the whole world with this golden light.

May every person in this world be happy. May all of them have a heart teacher inside of their heart. Three deep exhales.

And then you can slowly open your eyes. Stretch. It's good to take a stretch after meditation.