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7/31/2010     Saturday

You wake up happy and with a plan!  You were thinking in your sleep, and the result is good.  Talk things over with your inner circle, and with the boss, and you will feel stable.  Energetic action, initiating new activity and moving forward stabilize the situation.  Money or good luck come from activity, so [...]

The Heart of Experience is the Guru

The Heart of Experience is the Guru

An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999

For many of you, I know that when we first started this temple it was family style, and you thought of yourselves as children, and I thought of myself as your mother in many ways, and there was a spiritual family dynamic.  We [...]

Astrology

7/30/2010     Friday

Take it easy early today and enjoy the lull because a storm is about to hit.  Choppy seas ahead!  Things loll along and then suddenly all heliotrope breaks loose! Hold your ground.  Keep your head.  Careful analysis that leads to action is good.  You will be tempted to react strongly if a mistake has [...]

Remembering His Holiness Penor Rinpoche and Palyul

His Holiness Penor Rinopoche

It has been a year since HH Kyabje Penor Rinpoche’s Parinirvana, and we will be remembering Him while praying for His return.

Most Palyul centers worldwide will be gathering at the same times for Puja, Ceremony, etc. HHPR is so widely, deeply revered and cherished.

It would be my great joy and wish [...]

Nam Cho Dzogchen Lineage Prayer

Vidydhara Terton Migyur Dorje

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Be a Smart Shopper in Today’s Spiritual Supermarket

His Holiness Penor Rinpoche

The following are tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from December 7, 2009 on the importance of lineage

The dumbest thing you can do is build the ego by claiming spiritual capacity about oneself. Better others to say from experience.

The Buddha taught that to claim enlightenment without attaining it is a heinous fault. [...]

Why Lineage is Important

Migyur Dorje

Written by Gelong Palzang

One of the questions that often comes up for Western practitioners is why is lineage important?  As long as you find a teacher you like, what difference does it make if he or she has a lineage or not?

Here is what His Holiness, the 12th Gyalwa Drukpa, head of the [...]