{"id":772,"date":"2011-03-13T23:35:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T06:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.reed.edu\/alan\/2011\/03\/intoxicated---a-tibetan-perspective.html"},"modified":"2014-03-18T10:14:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T17:14:40","slug":"intoxicated-a-tibetan-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/alan\/2011\/03\/intoxicated-a-tibetan-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Intoxicated – a Tibetan perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

From “Quotables: The Fifth Precept”, Tricycle, Fall 2010, p. 75<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

‘In the \u00b470s, when we wandered up the hill to Kopan Monastery in Nepal
\n in various states of drug- and alcohol-induced intoxication, we would
\nask Lama Yeshe, “What do you think about drugs, alcohol, and meditation?
\n They make us more relaxed so it’s easier to watch our breath, and our
\nvisualizations are so much more vivid when we’re stoned.”<\/p>\n

Lama, looking at us with an expression that was quizzically serious,
\nwould say, “You don’t need drugs, dear. You’re already hallucinating.”<\/p>\n

Then, when we stopped laughing, he explained that intoxicants and
\nmeditation don’t go together. “Intoxicants take you away from reality;
\nmeditation takes you toward reality. Which do you want? You are already
\nintoxicated by ignorance, anger, and attachment and suffer as a result.
\nWhy do you want to take more intoxicants?”‘<\/p>\n

–Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron<\/strong> author, Tibetan Buddhist nun, and founder of Sravasti Avvey<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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