500 образов для медитации на шагах пути к просветлению, занятие 26

[Speaker 1]
What's the second problem in meditation? You lose the object. So when the object goes away, you know, you have to pull back.

It's called drenpa. Drenpa means pull back the object. The same word means remember, but it's not so much that.

It's you got to go looking for the object and you got to pull it back. What was the object in the problems? A high-heeled shoe.

Okay, so you got to go find it and you got to pull it back. And the mind is like a bad dog. Okay.

And what's the famous thing they say? This is like Lamrim charades. Okay, what's the famous thing they say when the student complains that their mental state is getting worse and worse?

The Lamrim answer is, your mind was always a mess. But you never listened to it before. You weren't listening to your mind before.

I didn't make your mind worse with the meditation. Your meditation is getting better and as your meditation improves, you're becoming aware of how messed up your mind is. Got it?

It's a common Lamrim complaint by a student who's meditated for the first time. For a couple weeks they'll say, this is not working. And you say, what?

My mind's getting worse, more jealous, more angry. They say, no, you are learning to listen to what's there. You are seeing the garbage that's in your mind since you were born.

Okay, the meditation is successful. You're starting to see how bad you are. Got it?

That's a common Lamrim thing. Okay, so anyway, this lady, she lost the object, right? The mind went off the object and she's pulling it back.

She's pulling the object back. And the mind will fight you. The mind will fight you, okay?

I really want to think about what's for lunch. It's important. And I haven't checked my emails either.

Then you say, we're not doing that right now. We're meditating. And your mind says, oh yeah, you're right.

Let's go back to the object. But you know we haven't checked the emails yet. And it's just this constant stupid mind.

It will repeat itself over and over, like some dumb people. And you tell the mind it's time to come back. And the mind says, oh yes, you're right.

I understand. But we haven't checked our emails. It's like some people, you know.

[Speaker 2]
Use the four steps. What? Use the four steps.

Geshe-la, can I have a meeting with you? Okay. What do you want to talk about?

Use the four steps. Yeah, but use the four steps. Do you think I should use the four steps?

Use the four steps.

[Speaker 1]
Somebody told me I should buy a tape recorder and put it in my pocket. And I could just relax and say, use the four steps. Use the four steps.

Okay. No, I like meeting with people. Don't worry.