Lazy people should just give up, right?

[padma norbu]

I've come to realize that I'm quite lazy about Dzogchen practice. I don't really think there's anything I can do about it. In fact, I'm quite lazy with ANY practice I've ever discovered in relation to Buddhism. This has been going on for over a decade now and I have concluded that I will never be able to change.
Time to give up?

Really just plain sick of practices that take forever to achieve results. Completion of Tara practice is only a million mantras! No problem! Give me a break. Kabballist path-working was almost instantaneous in comparison, sorry to say.

[Dharmaswede]

Reification of laziness is a self-fulfilling prophecy, with all due respect. Wavering faith in results of practice aside, there are of course methods for working with inspiration, discipline, and motivation - from both Western psychology and Buddhist traditions. But I am sure you are aware of that...

Best Regards,

Jens

[Karma Dondrup Tashi]

If you accepted your laziness as the display of emptiness maybe you would become enlightened.

[Acchantika]

Really just plain sick of practices that take forever to achieve results.

I had a similar problem. My lama told me, "the practices are the result."

[Sönam]

Same for me
In one hand I have zero motivation for practice ... in another hand I'm occupied with that with no interruption


Sönam

[kirtu]

Same for me
In one hand I have zero motivation for practice ... in another hand I'm occupied with that with no interruption

:popcorn

People are 100% 24/7 devoted to something .... ignorance as laziness is one of the main ones.

Kirt

[Virgo]

I've come to realize that I'm quite lazy about Dzogchen practice. I don't really think there's anything I can do about it. In fact, I'm quite lazy with ANY practice I've ever discovered in relation to Buddhism. This has been going on for over a decade now and I have concluded that I will never be able to change.
Time to give up?

Really just plain sick of practices that take forever to achieve results. Completion of Tara practice is only a million mantras! No problem! Give me a break. Kabballist path-working was almost instantaneous in comparison, sorry to say.

Yes, give up completely.

Kevin

[mint]

Really just plain sick of practices that take forever to achieve results.

I had a similar problem. My lama told me, "the practices are the result."

I would think that the point of assigning one million repetitions of anything would be to make the practice the result. It's utter absurdity is precisely the point.

Of course, I personally have a general problem with external practices. Sometimes it's difficult to see the forest for the trees.

[heart]

I've come to realize that I'm quite lazy about Dzogchen practice. I don't really think there's anything I can do about it. In fact, I'm quite lazy with ANY practice I've ever discovered in relation to Buddhism. This has been going on for over a decade now and I have concluded that I will never be able to change.
Time to give up?

Really just plain sick of practices that take forever to achieve results. Completion of Tara practice is only a million mantras! No problem! Give me a break. Kabballist path-working was almost instantaneous in comparison, sorry to say.

Getting over laziness with practice is quite a trip. It means to be very present and thoroughly enjoy the practice that you do. To let go of all your plans and schemes and just be right there. To do that you have to have confidence in your Guru and a vivid awareness of impermanence and drop everything else.

/magnus

[swampflower]

How could Tara be considered to be a chore even if one billion devotions are given?

You may even just call out her name to receive great benefit.

[Malcolm]

Just give up. There is no hope for you. You don't even have Buddha nature.

N

[Sönam]

The conclusive meaning of Mind, Matrix and Secret Precept
lies in absence, openness, spontaneity and unity.
These four are treated each in four aspects:
disclosure, assimilation, "the bind" and resolution.
- Longchen Rabjam -

[padma norbu]

I've come to realize that I'm quite lazy about Dzogchen practice. I don't really think there's anything I can do about it. In fact, I'm quite lazy with ANY practice I've ever discovered in relation to Buddhism. This has been going on for over a decade now and I have concluded that I will never be able to change.
Time to give up?

Really just plain sick of practices that take forever to achieve results. Completion of Tara practice is only a million mantras! No problem! Give me a break. Kabballist path-working was almost instantaneous in comparison, sorry to say.

Yes, give up completely.

Kevin

[padma norbu]

How could Tara be considered to be a chore even if one billion devotions are given?

You may even just call out her name to receive great benefit.

I have heard this before. But look at this thread I just made today. What can you deduce from this? I am pronouncing her name wrong?

[Paul]

I've come to realize that I'm quite lazy about Dzogchen practice. I don't really think there's anything I can do about it. In fact, I'm quite lazy with ANY practice I've ever discovered in relation to Buddhism. This has been going on for over a decade now and I have concluded that I will never be able to change.
Time to give up?

Really just plain sick of practices that take forever to achieve results. Completion of Tara practice is only a million mantras! No problem! Give me a break. Kabballist path-working was almost instantaneous in comparison, sorry to say.

Yes, give up completely.

Kevin

Yes - genuinely amazing advice

[Fa Dao]

Correct me if I am wrong but isnt laziness, (like everythng else for that matter) to be viewed as an ornament of ones Rigpa?

[Malcolm]

Correct me if I am wrong but isnt laziness, (like everythng else for that matter) to be viewed as an ornament of ones Rigpa?

yes, except when it is an ornament of one's marigpa.

N

[sangyey]

Atisha's Seven Point Mind Training:

'Discard all expectations of reward'

[Fa Dao]

so when one is in rigpa its an ornament of rigpa and when in marigpa an ornament of that? interesting....

[padma norbu]

Atisha's Seven Point Mind Training:

'Discard all expectations of reward'

Doesn't help with being lazy. Wish I had a guru who could size me up and say, "okay, dumb guy, I see you have no capacity to do really just about anything, so... for you I just want you to sweep the floor here" and then blammo I achieve realization like in those legendary stories (which are seeming more and more far-fetched to me these days, btw).

No, more likely, these days, any teacher will tell me, "you can't do... or you don't WANT to do?"
and to which I'd say, "guess I don't want to"
and they'd say, "well then that's your problem"
and I would say, "Yeah, I know," but there wouldn't be any point because it would just become circular:
"so you must do the practice"
..."but I don't want to"
..."but you must"
..."but I won't, I'm telling you I can't"
..."well... if you won't take the medicine, how can you get better?"
..."I guess I won't."
..."well, that's up to you. It always has been and always will be. If you want to go around and around for a few million more aeons..."

Actually, the good thing about Namkhai Norbu is I suppose he would probably just say, "you try!" and "you do your best!" which is somehow more encouraging than "you must do this practice." At least I can rationalize that I'm trying. Am I doing my best? Seems to be the case...

On a side note, I have recently noticed that as a kid it was easy to adapt to change because people were always telling me what to do. As an adult I find that now I am very used to freedom and only doing what I want to do and consequently, I can't seem to make myself do anything anymore.