July 25, 2008
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FRESH DHARMA
The teachings are an individual personal experience, right down to the present
holder of the lineage. They have the quality of warm, fresh baked bread; the
bread is still warm and hot and fresh. Each baker must apply the general
knowledge of how to make bread to his particular dough and oven. Then he must
personally experience the freshness of his bread and must cut it fresh and eat
it warm. It is a very living process. There is no deception in terms of viewing
the teachings as collecting knowledge. We must work with our individual
experiences. When we become confused, we cannot turn back to our collection of
knowledge and try to find some confirmation or consolation: "The teacher and
the whole teaching are on my side." The spiritual path does not go that way. It
is a lonely individual path.
>From OCEAN OF DHARMA: THE EVERYDAY WISDOM OF CHOGYAM TRUNGPA. Number 58.
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