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Extraordinary Technology

Extraordinary Technology

An excerpt from a teaching called How Buddhism Differs from Other Religions by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Let’s say that a practitioner has dedicated their lives to practicing everyday for the sake of sentient beings, for the happiness of sentient beings.  Maintaining their samaya or commitment practice very purely, practicing everyday for the [...]

Astrology

9/9/2010     Thursday

Problems must be solved early in the day.  You are blocked on three sides:  personal, partnership and the world.  So go in the open door, which is home and family.  A safe haven awaits you there.  This is a wonderful day to spend time working on domestic issues, and family is behind you all [...]

Ordinary or Extraordinary?

Ordinary or Extraordinary?

An excerpt from a teaching called How Buddhism Differs from Other Religions by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

In the Buddha Dharma there are mainly two kinds of compassion.   There is ordinary compassion, and there is extraordinary or sublime compassion, also called ordinary bodhicitta or sublime bodhicitta.   Bodhicitta is the great display of compassion, which is [...]

Prayer for the People of the Earth

DZAM LING CHI DANG YUL KHAM DI DAG TU

At this very moment, for the people and nations of the earth,

NED MUG TSON SOK DUG GNAL MING MI DRAK

May not even the names of disease, famine, war, and suffering be heard;

CHO DEN SONAM PAL JOR GONG DU PEL

Rather, may pure conduct, merit, wealth, and prosperity increase,

TAG TU TASHI DE LEK PUN TSOK SHOG

And may supreme good fortune and well-being always arise!

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