Astrology3/12/2010 Friday Friends are friendly today, and you’re feeling group oriented. A group can achieve something that a single person can’t possibly manage. Like picking up a car that has run off the road, or pitching in to help finish a job before a deadline. “United we stand” is today’s motto. A project is building up [...] 
Liberate Your MindAn excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series There are many Dharma practitioners who practice for many years, go on retreat, and even take ordination. Then at some point, some karmic switch flips in their minds and suddenly they’re finished with Dharma! They don’t want to do Dharma anymore. [...] Astrology3/11/2010 Thursday If you “mouth off” around a superior you will regret it. Authority figures are feeling conservative and will not appreciate your brash attitude. Apologize if you have spoken inappropriately. You are so excited about the new forward motion in your life that you could act a little goofy. Be silly or exuberant in private, [...] |
I wonder where Kyabje Penor Rinpoche will be born. I cheer for US, but I know how horribly American Tulkus are maligned by westerners. So I would not wish that ugliness on HIM. Oh, I pray HE is born where HE is safe and loved. I was recognized by three Great High Lamas. Kyabje HHPenor Rinpoche, Kyabje [...] His Holiness Kyabje Penor Rinpoche 11th Throneholder of Palyul From a series of tweets: Today I’m making prayers to His Holiness Kyabje Penor Rinpoche, and to his publicly appointed Heir to the Throne of Palyul His Holiness Karma Kuchen Rinpoche. May Kyabje Rinpoche’s orders and vision be accomplished without delay. May we remember how He built Namdroling [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series Where does desire come from? It comes from the belief that self-nature is real. According to the Buddha, if you believe that you are a self, if you believe in self-nature as being real, as being truly existent, then there has [...] HE Mugsang Kuchen Rinpoche An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series How can you develop the kind of love that sustains itself? How can you cultivate compassion like a fire that never runs out of wood to burn? That never goes out. The fire of compassion is based [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series It’s almost impossible to attain the goal of selfless compassion, where you commit every fiber of your being to benefiting all sentient beings, seen and unseen, without a moment’s hesitation. It’s almost impossible to develop the kind of compassion where you [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series You cannot be a ‘sugar daddy’ in this world; there are no ‘sugar daddies’ in this world. You cannot be the conqueror or the savior as you cannot conquer someone else’s mind. Each person has to relieve themselves of the hatred, [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series In order to cure the symptom of suffering you might decide to manipulate the circumstances, or the environment. If you see people who are hungry, you give them food. If you decide you want to feed them for the rest of [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series How does one cultivate the selfless goal of wanting to benefit all beings and not fall unconsciously into the trap of wanting to be a kind person? A good way to begin is to open our eyes and truly understand the [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series One of the most important and central thoughts in Buddhist philosophy is the idea of compassion. The Buddha taught that we must cultivate our lives as a vehicle to be of benefit to all sentient beings. It’s good that you’re a [...] From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo You are able to practice because you had the karma to receive teachings. Merit has come to the surface of your mind; good karma is ripening. But linked with some of this ripening merit are some bubbles of not-so-good karma. So what happens? You [...] |
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