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 The Importance of SamayaThe following is respectfully quoted from “Perfect Conduct: Ascertaining the Three Vows” by Dudjom Rinpoche: 6.b.1(e.4) Restoring through the general cleansing of three yogas: As is taught in the Hasti-upapraveśya-tantra, the general cleansing yoga of the nest of remorse is the “Stirring the Depths.” By confessing in this way, there is nothing [...] AstrologyThe best idea ever pops up today. It provides a brand new direction that will succeed. Take it! This is harder to do than it sounds. A critical energy that wants all the facts and details also is here. Avoid the tendency to pick apart the things that come your way, it will undercut your [...]  Understanding DualityThe following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Art of Dispelling Anger” So what happens in the awakening? Well, we’ve worked with our poisons sufficiently. We have some inner knowledge and honesty. We’ve worked some method and now we’re accomplishing view. That’s where we really start to get cooking [...] AstrologyA conflict appears between pride and finances today. You want to look good but you’re spending too much money, or else a project is too expensive. Scale down! On the mental front an idea, book or conversation is successful. The more talk today, the better. The media and the news are favorable, and short trips [...] |
An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called Coming Alive In your practice and in your mind and in your heart, keep yourself innocent and keep yourself alive. If you think that spiritually you know everything, enough to tell others, then believe me, you know nothing. Refresh yourself and practice as though [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called Coming Alive To those of you who are new on the path, this is your opportunity to remain a child. That might not sound like a good idea, because we’re all told that it’s really cool to grow up and be sophisticated and make [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called Coming Alive Whether you are a beginner or an advanced student–if you are a good student, you are innocent and you are pure, and when you practice, you taste and feel and open your heart. You meditate on purpose. You give rise to new [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called Coming Alive I want to share about the experience I had going to Tso Pema in India and meditating in Mandarava’s Cave. I just knew by being there that it was where Mandarava prayed and offered herself for the liberation and salvation of all [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called Coming Alive Here’s a wonderful way for each of us as older practitioners to evaluate ourselves. Do we feel fresh and new any more? Not much, right? We keep thinking that maybe soon some kind of refreshing experience will come to us. Oh when [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called Coming Alive Back in the 1970s a number of famous healers were brought together to participate in a test. It was done in a very scientific way, and the rules were very strict. These famous people were known for their capacity to “lay on [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called Coming Alive I would like to talk about innocence in one’s practice–not in a traditional way but from direct experience. This is not a new theme. Other religions have spoken of it each in their own way. For example, in Christianity there are statements [...] |
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