![]() ![]() That we are not Buddhists-God forbid, Tami!-but buddhas by nature. LSD: This introduces us to the divine or the light, the natural radiance, the spirit within us all, that we all have an uncorruptible, primordially perfect and complete spiritual nature. TS: Now, tell me what that means, “We’re all buddhas by nature.” “It is all within.”Īnother one that I really like, and now I’m just translating from the Tibetan Dzogchen pith instruction, is that “We’re all buddhas by nature.” We only have to awaken to that fact. ![]() But “It is all within,” and that points directly to the essence of what we seek and are, whatever we call it by whatever name, it’s still as sweet. It implies, leave it as it is, just as it is, the rightness of things as they are acceptance and delight, appreciation for things as they are.Īnother one of my favorite ones he might say is that “It is all within.” I think this comes down from Padampa Sangye, the Buddha of Tingri who came from India. “As it is” is actually one of the shortest and greatest pith instructions. One of my favorite ones is “Let go, let be.” Many people think letting go means pushing things away, but it means letting things come and go, letting be as it is. TS: Can you share with us a couple of pith instructions that you use that are personally meaningful to you? So in this way, it’s very personal, it’s very intimate, what my own teacher, Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche used to call naked teachings. Like when somebody holds your hand and points you along the way, leads you along the way, rather than you have to study it, get the maps, and explore it for yourself. In other words, getting right to the point. They’re part of what in Tibetan we call the vajra shortcut. LSD: That’s why they’re come much into vogue in modern times. You know, people like it served up fast, quick, concentrated. TS: It seems like pith instructions would be something that would be popular here in our time in the West. So they’re often like the cream of the cream they’re the butter extracted from the milk, they’re the essence of the essence, in terms of the voluminous amounts of wisdom teachings taught by Buddha, not to mention by the many sages of the our world. In Trungpa Rinpoche’s books, they’re often called upadesha, oral pith instructions. Menok in Tibetan, upadesha if you read Sanskrit. The tradition in Tibetan Buddhism has these oral pith instructions, or pithy, personal, condensed, essential instructions, kind of shortcuts, tips and pointers, oral instructions, often pithy, concise, that have been passed down by the masters to their students, disciples, and friends, and they’re called pith instructions. Lama Surya Das: Well, it’s not something I made up. Explain to us what that means, pith instructions. The pith instructions, that there are a series of teachings called pith instructions. OK, so I want to start, LSD, by talking about something that you call in your book natural radiance. You know, LSD, that- LSD, that’s our nickname here for you at Sounds True! Not everybody gets to be called by their initials, but in your case it just happened naturally. Here’s my conversation with Lama Surya Das. He also leads us in a Tibetan dream yoga practice. In this episode, Lama Surya Das and I spoke about recognizing our buddha nature, and waking up to the nature of mind. With Sounds True, he’s created seven programs, including the audio learning programs Tibetan Dream Yoga and Buddha Is As Buddha Does, as well as a book/CD package called Natural Radiance: Awakening to Your Great Perfection. He’s the author of the books Awakening the Buddha Within and The Mind Is Mightier than the Sword. Lama Surya Das is one of the best-known American-born lamas in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Tami Simon: You’re listening to Insights at the Edge. ![]()
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