Taking Pain and Illness as the Path ~ Thrangu Rinpoche

When you get sick, you should not indulge in the illness. Do not focus on the pain, thinking, “I’m sick. I have a headache. My tooth hurts.” That is indulging in the sickness. Pain and sickness just happen, and when they do, we cannot just stop the sensation. Instead, we can rest, relaxing our mind and letting it settle in naturalness in relation to the essence of that sensation itself without any feeling of displeasure or not wanting it, looking at the essence of the sensation itself. In the sutras, this is called the foundation of mindfulness of feeling.


Thrangu Rinpoche

from the book Vivid Awareness: The Mind Instructions of Khenpo Gangshar

source: http://www.rinpoche.com/weekly_quotes/01.18.15.htm


Read a random quote or see all quotes by Thrangu Rinpoche.

Further quotes from the book Vivid Awareness: