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75 Meditation and Prajna
AS HUMAN BEINGS, not only do we seek resolution, we feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution, we suffer from resolution. We deserve something better than resolution: we deserve our birthright, which is prajna, an open state of mind that can relax with paradox and ambiguity.
Prajna is the unfiltered expression of the open ear, open eye, open mind that is found in every living being. It’s a fluid process, not something definite and concrete that can be summed up or measured.
Prajnaparamita is our human experience. It is not particularly regarded as a peaceful state of mind nor as a disturbed one. It is a state of basic intelligence that is open, questioning, and unbiased. Whether it comes in the form of curiosity, bewilderment, shock, or relaxation isn’t really the issue. We train when we’re caught off guard and when our life is up in the air.
Meditation provides a way for us to train in prajna—in staying open right on the spot. We train, as Trungpa Rinpoche said, in “not afraid to be a fool.” We cultivate a simple direct relationship with our being—no philosophizing, no moralizing, no judgments. Whatever arises in
our mind is workable.
It’s like lying in bed before dawn and hearing rain on the roof. This simple sound can be disappointing because we were planning a picnic. It can be pleasing because our garden is so dry. But the flexible mind of prajna doesn’t draw conclusions of good or bad. It perceives the sound without adding anything extra, without judgments of happy or sad.
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