Buddha’s teachings are so simple and straightforward. If you find them complicated, it is only because you have made them so. You may think, “I have a Ph.D. and have amassed all this knowledge, yet I still can’t figure out how to begin practicing Dharma.” The remedy is to take a good look at your own mind.
-Lama Thubten Yeshe, in “Wisdom Energy”
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This, sadly, reminds me of someone I know. While I know how difficult it is sometimes just to sit and to “take a good look at your own mind,” that is what it is all about. I have a tendency toward more study, too, I understand the draw, but I think this one is taking it too far, too soon. I’m afraid it won’t really catch.
And how much does in one lifetime? Ever? Really?
A valid question, but I think I know what the drive is, and this attempt is missing the mark by quite a bit. Though possibly coming much closer to another mark in a round-about fashion.
To borrow a phrase from another friend’s outgoing voicemail, “Good Luck!”