A reminder from afar - reformatted from a letter to a friend

Once we have met the guru and the true teachings, the most important thing to keep in mind is forward vision.

Outwardly, this is remembering that we and all sentient beings have Buddha nature, and also to begin and end each day remembering the Three Jewels.

That is, remembering we are on the path.

Inwardly, forward vision is to bravely, and gently open to whatever arises.   When difficulties arise, we can lean into the fire. It is the guru's heat.

Secretly, each moment we can remember the pointing out transmission, that all our castles of conceptual mind can dissolve in an instant.

There is just that, guru's face.

When we feel lost and far away, we cry from afar, and melt into yearning, relax into our own goodness.

 

 

Acharya Simon Luna

March 30, 1998