Someone said they enjoyed my meditation nerdery more than my food tweets so I’m here to tell you... Jigme Lingpa was a depressive
I can see this making sense but I’m wondering what specifically made you think so?
-
-
I’m taking liberties, from Janet Gyatso’s analysis of his autobiographies, which include his descriptions of deep sadnesses as part of the tension between self expression and transcendent insight. I’m being a bit silly, but I have found inspiration in his story re: pain/sadness.
-
I think especially where it is included as a religious narrative — longing for the father guru or what have you — it is silly to make any reasonable judgement about his mental state, but his frequent allusions to deep sadness are presented as a sort of gateway or rich interface.
- 2 more replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.