A piece of wisdom from
January 21, 2022 · Friday
The quote
“A growth mindset is the belief that abilities can be developed. A fixed mindset is the belief they are given. The difference is whether you treat hard things as evidence of who you are, or as the path to who you are becoming.”
— Carol Dweck · Mental Toughness
The concept
Tonglen
The Tibetan practice of breathing in suffering, and breathing out relief, and the wider mind-training that grew around it.
When somebody is suffering, most cultures answer: distance yourself. Tibetan Buddhism answers: breathe them in. Tonglen, the practice of giving and taking through breath, is the most counterintuitive meditation in any tradition, and the mos…
A practice for today
When the next difficult feeling arrives, ask yourself: the lesson of Tonglen. The Tibetan practice of breathing in suffering, and breathing out relief, and the wider mind-training that grew around it.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 2.62
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते। सङ्गात्संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते॥
“When a person dwells on the objects of the senses, attachment to them is born. From attachment, desire arises. From desire, anger is born.”
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