"What Is Enlightenment? Is it for Me?"

Tibetan Buddhism: The Elegant Mind

Call it what you will: enlightenment, realization, awakening, illumination, profound maturity, sageness, bliss . . . noble and empowering . . . brilliant and humble . . . courageous and practical . . . the 'stuff' of poetry.

Cultivating the enlightening mind is, for those who venture in its direction with diligence and authenticity, an adventurous journey on the path toward that which is most profoundly -- and exquisitely -- down-to-earth.

(Length: 11 minutes)

Written and shared here by Mark Winwood, on the teaching faculty at Naropa University (Boulder CO) and the founder of the Chenrezig Project ([e-mail]) with musical accompaniment by San Francisco Bay-area musician Bobby Vega.