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 Kün-zang La-may Zhal-Lung: Introduction by Sonam T. KaziThe following is respectfully quoted from an introduction to Kün-zang La-may Zhal-lung by translator Sonam T. Kazi: It is a universal truth that it is extremely enjoyable to live in this phenomenal world. Nobody wants to part with worldly pleasure. It is also a universal truth that everything that conditionally exists, sooner or later, [...]  Learning to Step BackThe following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Art of Dispelling Anger” I study sentient beings. I must have done it in another life, because as a child I knew this. I sort of woke up from my childhood knowing that all beings are suffering. And I understood somehow [...] AstrologyHurtful or sad news comes during the night or early morning, and serious issues must be faced. Avoid the temptation to joke now; what’s happening is no laughing matter. At the same time, kind and soothing words mean everything today. A pleasant conversation with a sympathetic person can change someone’s world. A dangerously depressing frame [...]  Habitual TendencyThe following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Art of Dispelling Anger” If you have the habit of gossip, go through the method. Fix it. Understand that if you allow that hatred in any form to continue, you will get more and more unhappy as you age. The people [...] |
An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 When I first met His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, he came to where I was in Kensington, Maryland, and wanted to stay at our house. I had only met one Tibetan in my whole life. I had no idea what a Tibetan [...] 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 [...] An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 As human beings, some of the greatest downfalls and difficulties are the constant messages and self-imposed kinds of structures or ideas regarding how we should be and shouldn’t be. When we fail to come up to these standards and these ideals, [...] Dorje Phagmo An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 In our Ngöndro practice we find the practice of offering oneself, the practice of generosity. It’s called the practice of Chöd. Chöd can very easily be practiced constantly. The practice of Chöd is based on eliminating ego-clinging through transforming [...] An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 Before I ever learned about the Buddha dharma, I actually used to do a practice that my teachers have told me was a natural kind of Chöd. What I would do is contemplate on different body parts and it took me [...] An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 I’d like to talk about mindfulness in practice of making offerings. As you know, when you do your preliminary practice of Ngondro, at some point you accumulate 100,000 repetitions of mandala offerings. That’s a fairly elaborate practice where you sit down [...] An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 Another aspect of our Ngöndro practice is purification, the prayers to Vajrasattva. How would it be if we were to sit for maybe an hour and practice the purification and confession of Vajrasattva and accumulate the mantra and then just put [...] An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 Lamas and bodhisattvas have taught time and time again that one’s practice must be part of one’s life. They have taught that it has to be an ongoing thing, and that you can’t separate it from whatever else it is that [...] An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 Let’s say we were living in a terribly traumatic situation where there was all kinds of danger and all kinds of suffering, but something came on TV, a sitcom, the one that starts with an event and ends up with happily [...] An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 How does one practice the recognition of the empty nature of all phenomena? One of the ways that we can do that is by pacifying reactiveness through a deeper understanding and discrimination. Reactiveness is an inner enemy. In a very profound [...] |
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