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 Requesting the Turning of the Dharma Wheel[Adapted from an oral commentary given by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in conjunction with a ceremony wherein he bestowed the bodhisattva vow upon a gathering of disciples at Namdroling in Bozeman, Montana, November 1999. ---Ed.] Because of the negative karmic accumulations of sentient beings, from time to time, somewhere in the ten directions, the [...] AstrologyYou awaken full of joy and zip; you’re ready to charge out into the world and get things moving! You’re magnetic, and others are attracted by your energy. Use your power well. A show of support and encouragement gives heart to someone who has been having a tough time. Do not hesitate to express strong [...]  Sources of Major Tantric ScripturesThe following is respectfully quoted from “The Practice of Dzogchen” by Longchen Rabjam translated by Tulku Thondup: Sources of the Major Tantric Scriptures According to the history of the tantric scriptures, most of the tantras of the New Translation School of Tibet—such as Guhyasamaja and Kalachakra and the tantras belonging to the division of [...]  Confession[Adapted from an oral commentary given by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in conjunction with a ceremony wherein he bestowed the bodhisattva vow upon a gathering of disciples at Namdroling in Bozeman, Montana, November 1999. ---Ed.] From beginningless time, throughout countless lifetimes, we amassed negative karma and nonvirtue before we encountered the dharma. As followers [...] |
An excerpt from a teaching called Compassion, Love, & Wisdom by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo We need to practice human kindness. For instance if someone described to me child abuse and they said to me, “As a Buddhist you believe in karma, do you just accept that this is the child’s karma to have experienced [...] An excerpt from a teaching called Compassion, Love, & Wisdom by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Ordinary sentient beings cannot bring about extraordinary ends. Ordinary sentient beings do not have the skill to bring about the end of suffering, since they themselves have within their mindstreams the causes of suffering. Who then will act as this [...] An excerpt from a teaching called Compassion, Love, & Wisdom by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo The great Bodhisattvas alive on the earth at this time, as well as all the Bodhisattvas that have been and all that are yet to come, are in that number. They appear in order to be of benefit to beings. [...] An excerpt from a teaching called Compassion, Love, & Wisdom by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo One of the techniques commonly practiced on the Vajrayana path is generating oneself as the Deity. When generating as the Deity one actually arises in a pure form, a form that is free of desire, a pure and fully enlightened [...] An excerpt from a teaching called Compassion, Love, & Wisdom by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Practice takes a long period of time. You will be practicing till the end of your life. In order to be successful you must be consistent in your practice, you must keep your commitments, you must cultivate the mind of [...] An excerpt from a teaching called Compassion, Love, & Wisdom by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo The Buddha considers that the point is to turn the mind to such a degree that you will not be shaken from your determination to practice pure Dharma that leads to the ultimate goal. You have a choice to practice [...] An excerpt from a teaching called Compassion, Love, & Wisdom by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo It is difficult to see the many different spiritual systems prevalent in our country that are based on the accumulation of knowledge. The thought is that at some point you will have enough knowledge, as if you can get a [...] An excerpt from a teaching called Compassion, Love, & Wisdom by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo According to the Buddha we continue in cyclic existence and suffer as we do because of desire, and that desire is born of the belief in self-nature as being inherently real. Therefore the cessation of desire, in all its forms, [...] An excerpt from a teaching called Compassion, Love, & Wisdom by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo We are going to talk about something that is very core to the Buddha’s teaching and that you will hear about again and again as you continue to practice on the Buddha’s path. This subject is compassion. It is about [...] |
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