ngondro grumpiness
Posted by Clarity on 16 Feb 2006 at 12:56 pm | Tagged as: Buddhism
i’m feeling my post-ngondro grumpiness again. Everything is irritating, has a yucky, spiky quality. I always really wonder, how on earth does this work, why does connecting with the sacredness and longing in my ngondro practice bring about this irritability and aggression afterwards. Yeah, yeah, it’s all about purifying, bringing things up to the surface, I know.
Doesn’t mean that I like it or undestand it.
Of course the advice is, lean into the sharp points. Hrmph.
Sounds like you could do to curl up with one of Pema Chodron’s books. They keep me sane(ish) and help me laugh at myself
Who Ordered the Truckload of Dung
by Ajahn Brahm might also be a good book
I second the Pema Chodron recommendation. I had to re-read a large section last night after I caught myself in a flagrant act of ego.