Spiritual Troublemakers

**Nichole** · 06-19-2007, 11:57 PM

Pema Chodron is such a lovely, down-to-earth teacher. Her message here on the spiritual friend is insightful and entertaining. I thought you might all enjoy it as I have.

Spiritual Troublemakers

lavina · 06-20-2007, 01:20 AM

Thank you sooooo much, Nichole, it was very timely message for me !!

InnerAthlete · 06-20-2007, 01:12 PM

Love the Chick Monk.

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Originally Posted by Nichole

Pema Chodron is such a lovely, down-to-earth teacher. Her message here on the spiritual friend is insightful and entertaining. I thought you might all enjoy it as I have.

Spiritual Troublemakers

**Nichole** · 06-20-2007, 02:29 PM

Pema's books--two of many that she has written--The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness and The Wisdom of No Escape: The Path of Loving-Kindness are books that I am constantly picking up and rereading. This teaching, and the way Pema speaks it, has been transformative for me. Cultivating loving-kindness, as she speaks of it, has taken the teeth out of the critical voice that arises in my own mind. Of course, it is always a practice, and on some days there is less toothy mind-chatter than other days.

**Mirjana** · 07-21-2007, 06:54 AM

I was watching a beautiful DVD of Bhagavad Gita explained by Mansukh Patel. I will wrote down a couple of things that he said.

Krishna does not meassure somebody's good or evil actions. He doesn't pass judgement on anybody. Therefore you should not pass judgement on anybody. Why? Beacuse he is sitting in everybody's heart. We should act nice to everyone equally.

He tells a story. Somebody is asking Lord to forgive him for all the sins that he committed. And a voice from heaven comes down and says: What sins?

The Lord does not pass judgements on our actions as such. Our actions in themselves carry the consequences. We create our future and present.

Mistakes are natural part of growing up. He advices to learn as quick as possible and not repeat same mistakes again and again. We should accept people's mistakes.

We should carry on our actions with the understanding and vision that everyone deserves our love. Not just a saint but all living beings equally.

You can never be misleaded by love, by truth. People are misleaded by ignorance. Ignorance makes judgements. It tells us something is just a little bit not wright. Anykind of judgements is creating an emptiness of yourself.

His advice is: if you want to learn yoga start small and start in a place where you are sitting or standing. How? He tells an example of his mother who would always before she started eating took a little bit of everything from her plate and put it on his....

YogaPat · 07-21-2007, 08:42 PM

That was a great video, thank you!

06-20-2007, 02:29 PM	#4
Nichole SYT Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 797	Pema's books--two of many that she has written--The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness and The Wisdom of No Escape: The Path of Loving-Kindness are books that I am constantly picking up and rereading. This teaching, and the way Pema speaks it, has been transformative for me. Cultivating loving-kindness, as she speaks of it, has taken the teeth out of the critical voice that arises in my own mind. Of course, it is always a practice, and on some days there is less toothy mind-chatter than other days. __________________ Nichole Nurenberg-Miller Structural and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist • RYT500 www.FiveKoshaYogaTherapy.com Last edited by Nichole; 06-20-2007 at 10:44 PM.

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06-19-2007, 11:57 PM	#1
Nichole SYT Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 797	Pema Chodron is such a lovely, down-to-earth teacher. Her message here on the spiritual friend is insightful and entertaining. I thought you might all enjoy it as I have. Spiritual Troublemakers

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lavina Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 228	Thank you sooooo much, Nichole, it was very timely message for me !!

07-21-2007, 06:54 AM	#5
Mirjana Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 269	I was watching a beautiful DVD of Bhagavad Gita explained by Mansukh Patel. I will wrote down a couple of things that he said. Krishna does not meassure somebody's good or evil actions. He doesn't pass judgement on anybody. Therefore you should not pass judgement on anybody. Why? Beacuse he is sitting in everybody's heart. We should act nice to everyone equally. He tells a story. Somebody is asking Lord to forgive him for all the sins that he committed. And a voice from heaven comes down and says: What sins? The Lord does not pass judgements on our actions as such. Our actions in themselves carry the consequences. We create our future and present. Mistakes are natural part of growing up. He advices to learn as quick as possible and not repeat same mistakes again and again. We should accept people's mistakes. We should carry on our actions with the understanding and vision that everyone deserves our love. Not just a saint but all living beings equally. You can never be misleaded by love, by truth. People are misleaded by ignorance. Ignorance makes judgements. It tells us something is just a little bit not wright. Anykind of judgements is creating an emptiness of yourself. His advice is: if you want to learn yoga start small and start in a place where you are sitting or standing. How? He tells an example of his mother who would always before she started eating took a little bit of everything from her plate and put it on his....

07-21-2007, 08:42 PM	#6
YogaPat Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4	That was a great video, thank you!