Awe-some Practice III

From the late Tibetan teacher Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche:

The only way to acquire the great qualities of Enlightenment is to repeat many times the short moment of recognizing mind essence…

By practicing many times, we get used to it.

We call this training “meditation,” but it is not an act of meditating in the common sense of the word. There is no emptying of the mind by trying to maintain an artificially imposed vacant state.

Why?

Because mind essence is already empty. Similarly, we do not need to make this empty essence cognizant, as it is already aware. All you have to do is leave it as it is. In fact, there is nothing whatsoever to do, so we cannot even call this an intentional act or a meditation technique.

There is an initial recognition, and from then on we do not have to be clever about it or try to improve it in any way whatsoever. Just let it be as it naturally is—that is what is called meditation, or more accurately “nonmeditation.” What is crucial is not to be distracted for even a single instant. Once recognition has taken place, undistracted non meditation is the key point of practice.