This is a very new journey for me. A few weeks ago I realized that I'm burning out at work, I'd stopped caring about my patients and had actually started mocking them and making jokes at their expense. My compassion was gone. In addition, I'd just finished my dissertation and was ignoring everything in my life that wasn't science.
I started taking Reiki training, because I'd read about it, and in researching further found that some of the Reiki symbols were Tibetan. That led to reading about Tibetan Buddhism, which is ALL ABOUT compassion.
Hoping it will help reopen my heart, I have begun studying the Discovering Buddhism at Home series from the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, and embarked on their preliminary practices. (The preliminary practices are called Ngondro, and they prepare the practitioner for Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments.)
Here's what my goals are:
Mornings and Evenings:
1 round (105) prostrations to the 35 Buddhas
30' meditation
2 malas of the 6-syllable mantra
2 malas of the medicine Buddha mantra
1 mala of the Tara mantra (Green Tara mornings, White Tara evenings)
1 mala of the Shakyamuni Buddha mantra
Midday:
1 mala of the 6-syllable mantra
1 mala of the medicine Buddha mantra
Needless to say, I'll be easing my way into this ...
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