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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 by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Dakini Workshop When we taste the nature of the dakini through our practice, through whatever realization we achieve, when we taste that nature, when we taste the purity of that event through being exposed to, in a natural way, our own poison, our [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Dakini Workshop On a more superficial level, let us describe the method of dakini activity, and how it actually can appear in the world. Well, you cannot do that in one afternoon. You cannot do that in one lifetime. There are as many [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Dakini Workshop According to the Buddha’s teachings the great expanse of unborn voidness is the great mother, or the spirit of truth. All potential and all potency, all movement and all display arise from the unborn sphere of truth. According to the Buddha’s [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Dakini Workshop When the Buddha’s activities are accomplished in the world, through our lack of understanding, we will see lots of different things. For instance, in this temple, we may see the need for fundraising, and we may see the intensive effort that [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Dakini Workshop The Dakini is considered to be the enlightened or concerned activity of the Buddha nature. In order to understand the enlightened or concerned activity of the Buddha nature one should understand thoroughly the activity of samsara. In order to do that, [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Dakini Workshop Enlightened activity is considered consistent with the nature of the dakini in that it arises from pure spaciousness and does not remain fixed or absorbed in the mind of duality. What arises, arises effortlessly and spontaneously and is spontaneously complete because [...] |
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