22. You are proficient if you can practice even when distracted

• This is the Fourth Slogan/Instruction of Point Five, which consists of four instructions.
• Point Five is “Evaluating Mind Training”

Jamgön Kongtrül wrote,

A skilled horseman does not fall from his horse, even when he is distracted. In the same way, if you are able to take adverse conditions that suddenly develop as aids to mind training even without expressly directing your attention to do so, then you are proficient in mind training. The two bodhichittas arise clearly and effortlessly along with everything that appears—enemies, friends, troublemakers, happiness, or suffering.

The Great Path of Awakening, translated by Ken McLeod

Hevajra and Consort, mid-1600s. Tibet. Gilt bronze inlaid with semi-precious stones; overall: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art