{"id":4595,"date":"2016-09-17T13:46:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T12:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2016-09-17T13:46:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T12:46:40","slug":"wild-white-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/wild-white-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild White Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the Tibetan map of the world, the world is a circle and at the centre there is an enormous mountain guarded by four gates. \u00a0And when they draw a map of the world, they draw the map in sand, and it takes months and then when the map is finished, they erase it and throw the sand in to the nearest river.<\/h2>\n

Last fall the Dalai Lama came to New York city to do a two-week ceremony called the Kalachakra which is a prayer to heal the earth. \u00a0And woven into these prayers were a series of vows that he asked us to take and before I knew it I had taken a vow to be kind for the rest of my life. \u00a0And I walked out of there and thought: \u00a0“For the rest of my life?? \u00a0What have I done? \u00a0This is a disaster!”<\/h2>\n

And I was really worried. \u00a0Had I promised too much? \u00a0Not enough? \u00a0I was really in a panic. \u00a0They had come from Tibet for the ceremony and they were walking around midtown in their new brown shoes and I went up to one of the monks and said, “Can you come with me to have a cappuccino right now and talk?” \u00a0And so we went to this little Italian place. \u00a0He had never had coffee before so he kept talking faster and faster and I kept saying, “Look, I don’t know whether I promised too much or too little. \u00a0Can you help me please?”<\/h2>\n

And he was really being practical. \u00a0He said, “Look, don’t limit yourself. \u00a0Don’t be so strict! \u00a0Open it up!” \u00a0He said, “The mind is a wild white horse and when you make a corral for it make sure it’s not too small. \u00a0And another thing: \u00a0When your house burns down, just walk away. \u00a0And another thing: \u00a0Keep your eyes open.”<\/h2>\n

“And one more thing: \u00a0Keep moving. \u00a0‘Cause it’s a long way home.”<\/h2>\n

Sourced from\u00a0What Book, Buddha Poems from Beat to Hip Hop.<\/em><\/p>\n

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