Tufty shares some Zen wisdom.

#Zen #ZenBuddhism #Wisdom #Tilopa

@jayarava @rowenamonde It was intended as a meditation instruction. And while I am a rank amateur meditator I do gather it's more of an experiential endeavour than an intellectual one. #Tilopa #Meditation

@rowenamonde This reminds me of a popular translation of the mahasiddha Tilopa's Six Words of Advice:

Don’t recall. Let go of what has passed.
Don’t imagine. Let go of what may come.
Don’t think. Let go of what is happening now.
Don’t examine. Don’t try to figure anything out.
Don’t control. Don’t try to make anything happen.
Rest. Relax, right now, and rest.

—trans. Ken McLeod

(The original was way closer to six words.) #Buddhism #Tilopa #Kagyu #Rest

The body of wisdom, Tilopa, founder of the oral lineage.

Allow life to be what it is, don’t try to over control, examine, think, or recall. Rest in the natural state of awareness without grabbing or rejecting. Let it be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilopa

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If you sit, sit in the middle of the sky
#Tilopa