Swamiji on Class and Chod (PDF) - The Movement Center

I hope this helps you to understand why we embrace Chöd and where it fits into where we do.
Because class is Chöd and Chöd is class. Circulation of the energy is class and class is the
circulation of the energy. You can’t ultimately separate the two.
The Shaiva and Vajrayana practices we have are really the same thing put in different cultural
envelopes. We’re not Hindu and we’re not Buddhist. We are just trying to be ourselves, in the
finest possible demonstration of that that we can evoke from within ourselves and the total
environment in which we move.
Please don’t get confused about what our practice is or isn’t. We have to think instead about
how we can use these tools to live in the finest place within ourselves—the most open, the most
loving, the kindest, most compassionate place we can live from within ourselves. How can we
live big, large and generous lives? Think about how these tools can help you.
(from a talk at the July 2008 Retreat)
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