“Enlightenment exists, and we can attain it. We can transmute the pain of existence, and realize the perfection that we are.”
From The Truth about Enlightenment: How to Find Egolessness, Nonduality, and Wisdom on the Buddhist Path
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Hello Fred,
Nice to meet you here. I have been a student of 16th Karmapa and Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche since 1979. I attended Chogyam Trungpas funeral service in Vermont way back in 1987. Perhaps you were there. Thank you for your blogs and stories and devotion to the Dharma! E Ma Ho!
Dr. Doug Werner
Fred, thank you for your videos recently on YouTube. I was eagerly awaiting the next additions, I hope you consider publishing some more. In any case, thank you for your contribution.
There was a problem with the system as it kept asking for a @ even though I had included it. BUT I have been an Upasak for over 20 years but have had little contact with teachers or other practitioners. I am 81 years old, living with my wife in a small village in the mountains of Ecuador. I meditate each day, read and study I hope for my next birth to a higher plain, Thank you for your words.