Denial and suffering
Commenting on an LJ friend's post about having a hard time bearing up under the weight of compassion the subject of YouTube came up when I refered her to "Unbearable Compassion" by my dear Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Rinpoche.
Curious, I googled and (after happening upon http://dpr.info ... my own teacher's new site) found a great YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/tenam15
Here's the part 1 of 8, a talk by the Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche on "Mind Beyond Death":
Rinpoche drew attention to this quote:"The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more that you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt."
Thomas Merton [I'm guessing from "Zen and the Birds of Appetite"]
Curious, I googled and (after happening upon http://dpr.info ... my own teacher's new site) found a great YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/tenam15
Here's the part 1 of 8, a talk by the Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche on "Mind Beyond Death":
Rinpoche drew attention to this quote:"The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more that you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt."
Click to viewThomas Merton [I'm guessing from "Zen and the Birds of Appetite"]