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By Norma on July 31, 2010
7/31/2010 Saturday
You wake up happy and with a plan! You were thinking in your sleep, and the result is good. Talk things over with your inner circle, and with the boss, and you will feel stable. Energetic action, initiating new activity and moving forward stabilize the situation. Money or good luck come from activity, so [...]
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By Jetsunma on July 30, 2010
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 dynamic. We [...]
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By Norma on July 30, 2010
7/30/2010 Friday
Take it easy early today and enjoy the lull because a storm is about to hit. Choppy seas ahead! Things loll along and then suddenly all heliotrope breaks loose! Hold your ground. Keep your head. Careful analysis that leads to action is good. You will be tempted to react strongly if a mistake has [...]
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An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999
When we view one another, if we have taken teachings together or empowerments under the same teacher, we are Vajra brothers and sisters. We are family. When we see each other, we should be willing to lay down our lives for each other [...]
An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999
I want to talk to the monks and nuns about how to keep mindfulness, the awareness of emptiness and bodhicitta as being the true meaning of one’s path, one’s practice: the two eyes. Somehow, we have to embark more deeply on practicing a [...]
An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series
You cannot be a ‘sugar daddy’ in this world; there are no ‘sugar daddies’ in this world. You cannot be the conqueror or the savior as you cannot conquer someone else’s mind. Each person has to relieve themselves of the hatred, [...]
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An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series
I hope you think about all of these ideas, and that you think of them in such a way that you allow them to soften your mindstream, so that your mind is no longer hard as horn. Think about that phrase: [...]
An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series
If you realize as well that all sentient beings are suffering, and are then motivated to examine the other side of that law – that enlightenment is the cessation of suffering – and therefore commit yourself to attaining enlightenment in order [...]
What is an Altar?
In Buddhism, an Altar is a physical display and support for one’s practice. The Altar is a sacred space dedicated to images representing one’s faith, devotion, and respect. It is also a place to make offerings of gratitude for our precious opportunity: for the Path which can lead us out of suffering, [...]
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