Trul Khor

The lotus flower is a classic symbol of buddhanature or enlightenment. It rises up from the mud of the earth, always clean and pure. Water and mud just roll off of the petals.

We humans are at our deepest level just like the lotus. Our inner nature, our natural state, is never impure. It always shines. But for most of us and most of the time, we are not aware of that nature. Because of our lack of recognition we seem to be quite a bit different from the lotus flower! Not only do things not roll o…

There are sets of movements within Tibetan Yoga known as geksel, movements or sequences of movements intended to remove specific obstacles. “Gek” is an “obstacle” or “affliction.” Gek is a great word, it rhymes with “blech!” and really sounds like what it is. If gek were an emoji it would be 😖 or 😞. Obstacles can be anything that obscures, limits or blocks the natural radiance of our innate awareness and its expression through the vehicles of our body, our speech and ouxr thoughts. Gek is like s…