Shenpa and the Tibetan Art of Not Getting Hooked

Azriel ReShel, Uplift Waking Times Shenpa is the Tibetan word for attachment. According to Pema Chödrön, shenpa would better be translated as “something that hooks us”. There are two levels of shenpa, the reaction to a pain that surfaces within us and the escaping of pain that is within us. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, refers to shenpa as the charge behind our thoughts,… Continue reading Shenpa and the Tibetan Art of Not Getting Hooked