I've just moved into a house with two friends from my Dharma centre and already there is drama - of both the Dharma and samsara kind! It got me thinking about what it really means to be working and living so closely within a Dharma world - what practice is all about, the ins and outs, the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of working in Dharma and being a student in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. So here's this blog to journal that journey.
Its title means exactly that... late nights with a Rinpoche. Often, very late! But those are always intimate sessions, where it's just Rinpoche and about 5 or 6 of his students, sitting in his dining room eating supper.
It feels like hell but as you struggle to keep our eyes open at 4 in the morning and your Rinpoche is "forcing" you awake with a Dharma teaching, you are pushed to your fullest potential, you learn and ultimately, you begin to transform towards something more positive.... which is what Dharma is all about.
You don't think it's possible at the time, and you really just wish Rinpoche would stop talking and go to bed so you can too, but within the lateness and sleepiness is a preciousness that I wouldn't ever exchange for pillow time.
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