The following teaching was offered by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo at Kunzang Palyul Choling:
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AstrologyCongratulations, your emotions are stable and you are able to wait out a slow-moving situation. This is a great time to engage in renovation and beautification projects. Spiff things up! Material objects are excellent, and encouragement comes from things you can see and touch. Good shopping! Medical issues are well resolved, and work is motoring [...]  The First Object of RefugeThe following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Essence of Devotion” Although the Buddha that we remember as Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Shakyamuni is not present in his physical body as we understand it right now, we look at the Lama as the embodiment of the qualities, intentions, compassion and [...] AstrologyAn important message, letter or communication happens today. It’s most crucial to speak in a kind, diplomatic manner. Angry or demanding speech harms your cause and you will be ignored, or worse. The urge to “tell people off” is strong today, as is the wish to push others who aren’t responding the way you would [...]  Right SpeechAn excerpt from a teaching called The Eightfold Path by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Right speech is the first principal of ethical conduct on the Eightfold Path. And on the Eightfold Path is really based on ethical conduct. It’s one of the things that I like best about Buddhism. It isn’t based on a pie-in-the-sky [...] |
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Bringing Virtue Into Life” Whether you are contemplating teachings, offering, practicing, praying, meditating, whatever it is that you are doing, you’re doing it because you must. You are preparing for your next rebirth. I’m not a dope. I’m preparing for my [...] The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo: There is no one more miserable than he who cannot love. And nothing more vulgar then lying about it. When faced with many sides of one story, I look at the history, then observe the result. It’s easy to see, all in [...] The following appeal was submitted by Claire Waggoner of the Garuda Avairy: You may remember a tremendous amount of effort put towards saving the Troy Parrots in Ohio last August. While it is beyond imagining that this situation remains unresolved, 10 parrots are in danger of being returned to the man who practically killed [...] Occupy Oakland the night of Wednesday, October 26th. j_sight/yfrog At the request of Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo, KPC will hold a prayer accumulation weekend (November 5th and 6th) dedicated to Peaceful Occupation, and to those who have been harmed by force and brutality, that we the people might live in peace. She is calling it [...] The following is an excerpt from “Dakini Teachings: A Collection of Padmasambhava’s Advice to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal” “Lady Tsogyal asked the master: How severe is the misdeed of breaking the master’s command? The master replied: The misdeeds of the three levels of existence do not match even a fraction of the evil of [...]
The following is an excerpt from “Dakini Teachings: A Collection of Padmasambhava’s Advice to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal” “Self Conceit: Master Padma said: These so-called Dharma practitioners have great ambition in their arrogance and self conceit. The lady asked: What does that mean? The master said: Some have [...] The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Khenpo Tenzin Norgay given at Kunzang Palyul Choling called “The Six Paramitas” We are always concerned about our mind. We have the body, speech and mind, and according to our Buddhist teachings, we say that our mind is more powerful than our body and speech. [...] The following is an excerpt from “The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava” Eh Ma Ho! In the previous aeon of Bhaskara, As the daughter of King Indradeva known as Pandaravasini, She trained on the path to abandon samsara and actualize buddhahood. To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate! Later in the aeon [...] In March of this year, Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo received word that Orgyen Dorje Den was organizing the accumulation of 1,000,000 Vajrakilaya mantras for Venerable Gyaltrul Rinpoche. She immediately had the request posted on her blog, and students at her center, Kunzang Palyul Choling, contributed to this effort. Today word was received that this auspicious [...] |
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