What We All WantAn excerpt from a teaching called How Buddhism Differs from Other Religions by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo When we study Buddhism, the first thing we come to understand is the equality of all that lives. This is a direct teaching from none other than Shakyamuni Buddha himself. He taught that all beings are essentially equal in their [...] Astrology FridayAn emotionally difficult situation must be faced early in the day. Something at home, or an upset person must be dealt with. Be kind and compassionate. Later, an almost magical influence is present and it seems your wishes are coming true. They are. You are inspired, and you combine action with love and creativity, and [...] Astrology ThursdayExcellent communication today! Diplomacy prevails, and relationships that had become strained are worked out! Honey drips from your tongue, and you instinctively know the right thing to say to ease any situation. Call everyone you ever had a falling out with, talk things over, and voila! your relationships have multiplied. Ask for what you want! [...] |
An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series All of our suffering is brought about because we have desire in our mindstreams. Having desire, we have attachment and aversion, hope and fear. Examine your own thoughts. Every one of them is either a thought of hope or a thought [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series Having understood that all sentient beings are suffering, and having cultivated in your mind the aspiration of Bodhicitta, you should make fervent wishing prayers, constant wishing prayers. My teachers have told me that time and again great Bodhisattvas have been born [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series In the Vajrayana tradition one contemplates very deeply on certain thoughts before you ever go on to any deeper practice, and these thoughts are called the ‘Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind.’ The idea is that your mind becomes turned in [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series According to the Buddha’s teaching all sentient beings have experienced suffering and continue to suffer. We have old age, sickness and death. We don’t know what to do about them. We get run over by cars and all kinds of crazy [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series What is it about compassion that is so important? Why do you hear so much about it in the Buddha’s teaching? From the Mahayana point of view there are two different kinds of compassion, or Bodhicitta. Bodhicitta actually means mind of [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series Compassion is a subject that should be of interest to everyone. There isn’t one person that should consider themselves exempt from the practice of loving. We know from our own lives, I’m sure, that the times we have been the happiest [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love Series One of the problems that we Westerners have is that we’ve grown up with religions that say God is external. That is not what the Buddha teaches. The Buddha teaches us not that our supreme object of refuge is an external God, but [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love Series I wish from my heart that it would be okay to be a renunciate. Because to be a renunciate is to renounce the things that one has desire for, the objects that one grasps, and instead seek only a true source of refuge. [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love Series The idea of renunciation is not popular in our country because we don’t understand it. In America we believe in accumulation; that’s our source of refuge: we accumulate. The minute we have that coffee pot and that microwave and that big- screen TV [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love Series Now, I’m a red-blooded American. You can’t get any more American than born in Brooklyn to an Italian father and a Jewish mother. That’s as American as they come in this world. So I understand our culture. I don’t claim to have any [...] |
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