Rev. Danny Fisher

Today’s quote is from Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, whom I previously quoted and wrote a little biography for here.  This is it–taken from an interview conducted by my dear friend Alisa Roadcup:

You begin as a follower, of course. Because although the intrinsic wisdom may be brilliant, it is still covered with ones own ignorance and habitual tendencies. There is still contentment in being a student for life in the practitioner’s mind–almost like I’m going to be a student of dharma my whole life. There’s going to be a teacher telling me my whole life. And complacency comes about so you can continue to make the mistakes. It’s a very comfortable thought, to be led by somebody else, to be a follower, a student of dharma. One has to embody being a practitioner after a few years of dharma practice, after having received all these teachings. Now is the time to sow the seeds, not just hold on to the seeds, but nurture the seeds and let it grow and embody the teachings. Embodying the teachings is called being a practitioner; knowing the teachings and not really embodying it is called just followers.