From: The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava “Dissolving in the expanse of space like a rainbow, without remains, She departed to the Akanishta Paradise of Pamavyuha. She transformed into the embodiment of the supreme consort, The secret primordial wisdom dakini. To the feet of Mandarava, I supplicate! Together with nine hundred pure awareness [...]
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 The Fifth Root Downfall of the Bodhisattva VowThe following is respectfully quoted from a commentary on the Bodhisattva Vows by Geshi Tashi: http://www.bodhicitta.net/BODHISATTVAVOWS.htm 5. Taking Offerings Intended for the Three Jewels Taking offerings intended for the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha is considered a root downfall. Here the Buddha means any buddha image as well as the actual Buddha himself. At Jamyang [...] AstrologyA last minute work effort takes up much of the early part of the day, and then social and diplomatic relationships become important. Form alliances! Partner up with people! Others help in unimaginable ways. A lifting off of the current stress comes as a result of friendly interactions. Conversation, the news, the mail and messages [...]  Short Confession from Nam Cho Ngondro VajrasattvaThe following prayer is a short confession from the Nam Cho Dzogchen Ngondro Vajrasattva practice: In the View, I confess all commitments broken through mental activity. Knowing the View is the all-pervasive foundational Bodhicitta; realizing that the View exists in non-existence, and practicing meditation that is non-existent, realizing that activity is neither existent nor [...] AstrologyHard work, attention to detail and a solid grasp of the facts propel business matters forward today. A favorable deal is made, and a job offer can come. Take it. A powerful energy has people zipping around cleaning, organizing and working like mad. It feels good and it is. Keep it up. A chatty energy [...] |
“When one has some little bit of quality or knowledge, one should not think pridefully ‘Oh, I am so great’. Then one’s quality and knowledge will degenerate, and in the future it will be even more difficult to give rise to these kinds of qualities and knowledge” The previous #quote is from Kyabje HHPenor Rinpoche With [...] Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo urges all to memorize and recite/accumulate this prayer every day as it is the best remedy for disasters: Clicke to download: The Twenty-One Homages to Tara OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SO HA! How I wish there was something to say To nuture the dreams we have today To seek the path and find a way To hold you close, to sway, To music only we can hear- Sacrament of joy spoken to my ear- I love you; I love you; ah, my Dear What secret whisper [...]
Dear Twitterville, I woke up pretty sick today. Woke up feeling I’d been beaten with a pipe. Then I saw on twitter last night I had! Hate. I woke up thrashing, crying, calling to the Buddhas and Protectors to help. Then I woke up and prayed. I’m exhausted and feeling awful. Hate [...] From the ” Path of the Bodhisattva A Collection of Thirty-Seven Practices” Until the heart of enlightenment is realized, I take refuge in all the Buddhas. Likewise, I take refuge in the dharma and the bodhisattvas and their assemblies. Just as the sugatas of the past aroused the awakened mind of bodhicitta and trained [...] From the Master Shantideva: For when with irreversible intent the mind embraces Bodhicitta with a willingness to set free the endless multitudes of beings, at that instant and from that moment onward, a great and unremitting stream, a strength of wholesome merit, even during sleep and inattention, rises equal to the vastness of the [...] That which arises from the Body, Speech and Mind of the Buddhas cannot be treated like ordinary possessions. They are extraordinary. That which we ourselves have set aside to honor the Body, Speech, and Mind of the Buddhas cannot be used in ordinary ways. That which has been honorably, nobly offered to the Buddhas [...] |
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