Ultimately we want to use dream to liberate ourselves from all relative conditions, not simply to improve them.
Tenzin Wangyal RinpocheRead
All experience and phenomena are understood to be a dream, this should not be just an intellectual understanding, but a vivid and lucid experience...Genuine integration of this point produces a profound change in the individual's response to the world. Grasping and aversion is greatly diminished, and the emotional tangles that once seemed so compelling are experienced as the tug of dream stories, and no more.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Experiencing life as a dream can transform one's perception and emotional responses.
The quote by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche expresses the idea that life and all experiences are akin to a dream. By achieving a profound understanding of this concept, one can reduce attachment and aversion, seeing emotional reactions as merely fleeting narratives rather than fixed realities. This shift in perspective invites a deeper awareness and liberation from the emotional entanglements that often disrupt peace and clarity.
Themes
DreamExperienceTransformationPerspectiveAttachment
In practice
Example use cases
In a meditation class, to emphasize the nature of reality and illusion.
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