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As I discovered back in 1991, the Buddha’s teachings can be divided into three parts: sīla, samādhi, and pañña: ethical conduct, concentration, and wisdom. Or to put it into the vernacular: clean up your act, concentrate your mind, and use your concentrated mind to investigate reality.
Right Concentration
Leigh Brasington
In kensho, consciousness is plunged into a bath of formless, nameless love. That we afterwards fall short of what we “realize” can be an incentive to train with our teachers until we do find durable peace. At least we know that it might be possible now. Kensho is the inverse of trauma. Here, unlike in trauma, the shock is of love and belonging, not pain and hurt. Researchers in psychology are now finding that a true epiphany can leave a beneficent shadow on the psyche, a positive counterpart to PTSD.
One Blade of Grass
Henry Shukman
That cat looked at me as if he was trying to decide whether or not to kick my ass.
Turning Pro
Steven Pressfield
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