Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
As It is, Volume Two
"In short, to be able to mingle the recognition of mind essence with daily life is entirely the outcome of training, nothing else. Without training, the recognition of mind essence remains a short glimpse that immediately vanishes. We may recognize again, but it always slips away. We always forget; we always get distracted. Our ingrown habit of not recognizing mind essence, reinforced throughout all our past lives, is simply too strong. There is ultimately no other solution than training in the way I constantly mention: short moments repeated many times. Whether one sits or whether one walks, the training is essentially the same: short moments many times. Unless we repeat it many times we never get used to it. It's most important to recognize again and again. As you grow more and more familiar with recognizing mind essence, and therefore more and more stable, these moments naturally last longer and longer. The periods of not recognizing will become shorter and shorter, fewer and fewer. The training is reminding yourself is thus crucial, until finally there is one continuous, unbroken stretch of original wakefulness that is called the state of complete enlightenment. Until that happens, you need to train again and again."
As It is, Volume Two
"In short, to be able to mingle the recognition of mind essence with daily life is entirely the outcome of training, nothing else. Without training, the recognition of mind essence remains a short glimpse that immediately vanishes. We may recognize again, but it always slips away. We always forget; we always get distracted. Our ingrown habit of not recognizing mind essence, reinforced throughout all our past lives, is simply too strong. There is ultimately no other solution than training in the way I constantly mention: short moments repeated many times. Whether one sits or whether one walks, the training is essentially the same: short moments many times. Unless we repeat it many times we never get used to it. It's most important to recognize again and again. As you grow more and more familiar with recognizing mind essence, and therefore more and more stable, these moments naturally last longer and longer. The periods of not recognizing will become shorter and shorter, fewer and fewer. The training is reminding yourself is thus crucial, until finally there is one continuous, unbroken stretch of original wakefulness that is called the state of complete enlightenment. Until that happens, you need to train again and again."
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