A Larger View of the Shambhala Path
There are a diversity of ways to connect and engage with our own basic goodness. Depending on our personal connection to any given expression of wakefulness, we may find ourselves inspired by various teachings and practices in the Shambhala tradition. Below are a few examples of how we might move through the terrain of the path at different points. We can begin by finding stability in meditation and continue onward from there.
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1. Stabilizing the Mind |
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Developing a regular personal practice |
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2. Opening the Heart |
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Maintaining a personal practice incorporating compassion practices Exploring intensive practice such as weekend or week long retreats |
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3. Fearless Awareness |
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Maintaining a personal practice including compassion practice Intensive practice such as dathun or month long retreats Exploring guided or group Mahayana contemplation/ sadhana practices such as White Tara |
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4. Ordinary Magic |
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Maintaining a personal practice including compassion practice Group and personal Mahayana contemplation/ Sadhana, Sadhana of Mahamudra Shared restricted practices such as Werma |
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