From Pema Chödrön, one of the first western women to be fully ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition: “In Tibetan there's an interesting word: ye tang che. The ye part means ‘totally, completely,’ and the rest of it means ‘exhausted.’ Altogether, ye tang che means totally tired out. We might say ‘totally fed up.’ It describes an experience of complete hopelessness, of completely giving up hope. This is an important point. This is the beginning of the beginning. Without giving up hope—that there's somewhere better to be, that there's someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are.”
Call it hope in whispers. Way down at the bottom of the box of sins and sorrows, I believe it’s listening for its name.
Wonderful poem, Ray!
Lovely comment. Whispers getting louder. Jackie Wilson said
Peachy!
We call it idiocracy. We call it c’est la vie. We call it Lebensmüde. We dust ourselves off and keep marching. Hope or no hope.
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From Pema Chödrön, one of the first western women to be fully ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition: “In Tibetan there's an interesting word: ye tang che. The ye part means ‘totally, completely,’ and the rest of it means ‘exhausted.’ Altogether, ye tang che means totally tired out. We might say ‘totally fed up.’ It describes an experience of complete hopelessness, of completely giving up hope. This is an important point. This is the beginning of the beginning. Without giving up hope—that there's somewhere better to be, that there's someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are.”
Love this. In German, we have a similar term. But we don’t see it as a beginning. We jump off a tall bridge.
Love that
holy.
gracias, lc!
Good questions, Ray. Good questions.
Thanks David!
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I love this one
Thanks uw!
Some good Socratic Method.
Thanks bran!
I'll bring the popcorn. ;)
Do we? Sorry, I stopped reading halfway through 😉
I would call it a prophetic poetic prognostication by my friend, Ray.
Thanks Elizabeth;)
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