The Earth’s calm abiding
This week, we were again blessed-to be here attending a week-long teaching given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Buddhist philosophy and practice*. Hundreds of Tibetans and foreigners gathered in the upper hall of the main temple to listen to His Holiness…and a very strange thing happened - just when His Holiness was giving advice on how to practice… calm abiding (a part of the practice of meditation)…believe it or not, the earth shook for about 2 seconds !!! It seems that our planet is not keen to practice calm abiding!
We all know that Dharamsala is situated in a region prone to earthquakes. We often wonder when the big one will strike. Yet we all have somehow learned to accept this uncertainty.
This week, we were again blessed-to be here attending a week-long teaching given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Buddhist philosophy and practice*. Hundreds of Tibetans and foreigners gathered in the upper hall of the main temple to listen to His Holiness…and a very strange thing happened - just when His Holiness was giving advice on how to practice… calm abiding (a part of the practice of meditation)…believe it or not, the earth shook for about 2 seconds !!! It seems that our planet is not keen to practice calm abiding!
We all know that Dharamsala is situated in a region prone to earthquakes. We often wonder when the big one will strike. Yet we all have somehow learned to accept this uncertainty.
*Nagarjuna’s “Commentary on The Awakening Mind” and Kamalashila’s “Middling Stages of Meditation”.
