Speaking of idioms... there was a moment in class when David rephrased and explained the context of the verse of praise...the paradox...that something hit home...at the same time it's not something that could be written down....but kinda like feeling the truth of the words....how it applies to me right now...
The Dalai Lama did encourage us to do liturgical practices in English if one does not understand Tibetan and doesn't feel moved by reciting in a foreign language...
Khandro Rinpoche had often said that reading the Tibetan has intrinsic value because of the transmission of the enlightened mind...
Both are true....paradox
But somehow I have a sense that I could have read the english translation 101 times over on my own and never would have got the essence of what was conveyed in the praise...
At the very least...that is dawning on me....something hit home...
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