Recent PostsBy Norma on May 21, 2013 Conversation, exchange of ideas, running around on errands and a general sense of happiness characterize today. The only way to avoid the fun is to unplug the phone and the computer and stay in the house all day. Communication brings happiness. C.J. Ducasse said, “To speak of ‘mere words’ is much like speaking of ‘mere [...]
Category: Astrology  By Jetsunma on May 20, 2013
The 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 [...]
Category: Bodhisattva Vow By Norma on May 20, 2013 A 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 [...]
Category: Astrology
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The 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 [...]
[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.]
Of all worldly phenomena, whether great or small, nothing is permanent and nothing endures. Therefore, when you find yourself [...]
The following is adapted from an oral commentary given by His Holiness in conjunction with a ceremony wherein he bestowed the bodhisattva vow upon a gathering of disciples at Namdroling in Bozeman, Montana, November 1999:
This leads to the third stage concerning the aspect of adjusting one’s intention [which is the first of four [...]
The following is adapted from an oral commentary given by His Holiness in conjunction with a ceremony wherein he bestowed the bodhisattva vow upon a gathering of disciples at Namdroling in Bozeman, Montana, November 1999:
In general, dharma consists of many divisions an distinctions of spiritual teachings, while at the same time the nature [...]
The following is adapted from an oral commentary given by His Holiness in conjunction with a ceremony wherein he bestowed the bodhisattva vow upon a gathering of disciples at Namdroling in Bozeman, Montana, November 1999:
Let us begin by considering limitless space. Then consider just as space is limitless, so too are parent sentient [...]
The following is respectfully quoted from “Reborn in the West” by Vicki Mackenzie:
‘There was no one to put me in touch with Buddhism. Not at all. The only thing that could have connected me, but didn’t, was that my mother took me to Coney Island and a palm-reader there told me I was [...]
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Essence of Devotion”
When we take refuge in the Buddha, in the Dharma, and in the Sangha, we consider that all of those are equal and they are all one, that they are inseparable. The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha [...]
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Essence of Devotion”
Before I even met His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, who told me I was a Buddhist—I didn’t know this—I had been teaching; and I had been teaching about compassion and the empty nature of phenomena and the empty nature [...]
The following is the Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony as recited daily at Palyul Ling in New York, from the Nam Cho Daily Practice:
Gaining the Attention of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Prior to Taking the Bodhisattva Vow
All buddhas who reside in the ten directions, transcendent accomplished conquerors,
All great bodhisattvas who dwell on the [...]
Traditional Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony
The King of Noble Prayers Aspiring to the Deeds of Excellent Conduct
Homage to the ever-youthful Arya Mañjushri!
Whoever dwells in the ten directions of this world, Jambhudvipa,
The Sugatas of the three times who are the lions among men,
To all of them without exception,
I bow down with [...]
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