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The purpose of this meditation is to allow us to receive the blessings of all the Buddhas by relying sincerely upon our Spiritual Guide.
I began the meditation by thinking about one of Luna Kadampa’s posts about blessings in her blog, Kadampa Life. She said:
“Our mind, like a drop of water, can dissolve into the mind of all enlightened beings, which is like a boundless blissful ocean. The drop is then pervaded by the ocean.”
I strongly imagined my Spiritual Guide mixed with my mind, and by doing this, my mind mixed with the mind of all the Buddhas. I opened myself completely to my Spiritual Guide and requested with my whole being ‘please share your realisations with me – may I become a Buddha for the benefit of all’. It felt like I was completely open and mixed with my Guru’s mind. His mind was my mind – his realisations were my realisations. I felt complete.
I remembered the 17th precept of training the mind – train with certainty. I felt completely certain that my practice will be successful, because my Guru is here with me right now, and will never leave me.
I felt complete and fulfilled. I stayed with this blissful feeling for the rest of the meditation.
Dedication
May all living beings find a qualified Spiritual Guide who will lead them along the stages of the path to enlightenment, and may they complete the path to become enlightened beings for the benefit of all.
Practice in the Meditation Break
I will maintain the mind that relies upon my Spiritual Guide, and dedicate my life to achieving his realisations in my mind.
The purpose of this meditation is to practise generating a very stable concentrated mind.
I chose Bodhichitta as my object of Tranquil Abiding because in the example 7-day Lamrim retreat described by Geshe-la in Appendix IV of The New Meditation Handbook, Bodhichitta is suggested as the object for the Tranquil Abiding meditation. (How wonderful it would be to have the opportunity to practice four sessions of this meditation on the same day!).
I generated Bodhichitta in the same way that I did yesterday in my meditation, then I focused on mixing my mind with the feeling completely. I became Bodhichitta. Bodhichitta was all I could see and feel. I was completely mixed with Bodhichitta – I was Bodhichitta.
I kept this recognition for the whole of the meditation, and when I detected that my mind was losing this feeling, I renewed it by reminding myself of the feeling. I let it fill me again and again. It was superb. Joy after Joy.
Dedication
May all living beings practice Tranquil Abiding and generate completely stable and pure minds, filled with love, compassion and Bodhichitta. May they all become Enlightened Beings.
Practice in the meditation break
I will try to keep my mind mixed with Bodhichitta, and everything I see, touch and think about will be mixed with this precious mind.
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