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Astrology

Congratulations, your emotions are stable and you are able to wait out a slow-moving situation.  This is a great time to engage in renovation and beautification projects.  Spiff things up!  Material objects are excellent, and encouragement comes from things you can see and touch.  Good shopping! Medical issues are well resolved, and work is motoring [...]

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The First Object of Refuge

The First Object of Refuge

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Essence of Devotion”

Although the Buddha that we remember as Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Shakyamuni is not present in his physical body as we understand it right now, we look at the Lama as the embodiment of the qualities, intentions, compassion and [...]

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Astrology

An important message, letter or communication happens today.  It’s most crucial to speak in a kind, diplomatic manner.  Angry or demanding speech harms your cause and you will be ignored, or worse.  The urge to “tell people off” is strong today, as is the wish to push others who aren’t responding the way you would [...]

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Right Speech

Right Speech

An excerpt from a teaching called The Eightfold Path by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Right speech is the first principal of ethical conduct on the Eightfold Path.  And on the Eightfold Path is really based on ethical conduct.  It’s one of the things that I like best about Buddhism.  It isn’t based on a pie-in-the-sky [...]

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Prayers

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The following are prayers from the Palyul Lineage of the Nyingma School of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Seven Line Prayer

Bodhisattva Vow

Meal Blessing

Nam Cho Dzogchen Lineage Prayer

Prayer to Remove Obstacles

Prayer to be Reborn in Dewachen

Prayer for the Swift Rebirth of His Holiness Penor Rinpoche

Long Life Prayer for Ven. Gyaltrul Rinpoche

Long Life Prayer for Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

The Immortal Swastika – Long Life Prayer for Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Dedication Prayers

Prayer for the Preservation of the Palyul Lineage

Twenty-One Homages to Tara

Supplication to Mandarava

Prayer for the People of the Earth

The Seven Limb Puja

Prayer for the Nyingmapa Lineage

Short Confession to the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities (Vajrasattva)


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