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A serious decision appears today, and you must face something you’d swept under the rug.  It’s baaack!  Edward R. Murrow said, “Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.”  Be absolutely realistic about what you need to do.  Take action and things go [...]

The Potent Nectar of the Seven Line Prayer: Video

The following is a full length video teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo on the Seven Line Prayer:

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Happy day!  Things you’ve worked for fall into place in the afternoon!  The morning involves indecision and emotional thinking.  Something keeps triggering emotional reactions, and you must keep yourself under control in your professional life.  The temptation to tell long, nostalgic stories to colleagues should be avoided.  Stick to the facts.  Separate mental matters from [...]

Start From the Beginning

Start From the Beginning

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Faults of Cyclic Existence”

Today then I will talk about something that is necessary as a foundational understanding in order to begin the Buddhist path. In order to understand what the Buddha is talking about, in order in fact to begin [...]

Meditation on Impartiality: Patrul Rinpoche

The following is respectfully quoted from “The Words of My Perfect Teacher” by Patrul Rinpoche

1. Meditation on impartiality

Impartiality (tang nyom in Tibetan) means giving up (tang) our hatred for enemies and infatuation with friends, and having an even-minded (nyom) attitude towards all beings, free of attachment to those close to us and aversion for [...]

Using the Enemy as Guru

An excerpt from a teaching called The Dharma of Technology by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Think about the people in your life.  Is there one person that you just can’t stand? I know that you’re a Buddhist, however, there is probably one person in your life that gets your goat every time.   If you think [...]

Friends and Enemies: Excerpt from “The Heart of Compassion…” commentary by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

The following is an excerpt from “The Heart of Compassion: Thirty Seven Verses on the Practice of a Bodhisattva”:

On a practical level, however, the mere fact that you feel compassion for them is of no use whatsoever to all those beings. So, what can you do to actually help them? You now have [...]

Impartiality

The following is a full length video teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo given at Kunzang Palyul Choling:

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Jetsunma describes how to use the natural love and responsibility we feel towards those we love as a window to recognizing the suffering of all beings, and taking responsibility for relieving the suffering [...]

Making a Difference in the World

The following is a full length video teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo given at Kunzang Palyul Choling:

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Universality of all beings. Equanimity. The Six Realms

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