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Requesting the Turning of the Dharma Wheel

By Holly on February 8, 2012

[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 [...]

Category: His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, Path of the Bodhisattva A Collection of Thirty-Seven Practices, Teachers, Teachings

Astrology

By Norma on February 8, 2012

You 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 [...]

Category: Astrology

Sources of Major Tantric Scriptures

By Jetsunma on February 7, 2012

The 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 [...]

Category: The Practice of Dzogchen

Confession

By Holly on February 7, 2012

From beginningless time, throughout countless lifetimes, we amassed negative karma and nonvirtue before we encountered the dharma. As followers [...]

Category: His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, Path of the Bodhisattva A Collection of Thirty-Seven Practices, Teachers, Teachings

The One Unfailing Source

From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Every great lama has yearned with sincere intensity for the Precious Teacher. How is it that some people have that yearning and others do not? Some people seem shallow and prideful. Others seem blessed with spontaneous devotion and love. What accounts for [...]

True Compassion

From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Dharmakaya is objectless compassion. It is everywhere. It upholds all manifested reality. All that we see, all appearances, are merely the arising of that mind in its emanation phase. Unfortunately, we have contrived a dualistic perception of self and other. We have [...]