Extraordinary Technology
An excerpt from a teaching called How Buddhism Differs from Other Religions by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Let’s say that a practitioner has dedicated their lives to practicing everyday for the sake of sentient beings, for the happiness of sentient beings. Maintaining their samaya or commitment practice very purely, practicing everyday for the [...] Astrology9/9/2010 Thursday Problems must be solved early in the day. You are blocked on three sides: personal, partnership and the world. So go in the open door, which is home and family. A safe haven awaits you there. This is a wonderful day to spend time working on domestic issues, and family is behind you all [...] 
Ordinary or Extraordinary?
An excerpt from a teaching called How Buddhism Differs from Other Religions by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo In the Buddha Dharma there are mainly two kinds of compassion. There is ordinary compassion, and there is extraordinary or sublime compassion, also called ordinary bodhicitta or sublime bodhicitta. Bodhicitta is the great display of compassion, which is [...] |
An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 Guru Rinpoche himself said, “I will appear as your Root Guru,” and that appearance is to be recognized. It demands to be recognized. One of the reasons why I harp so much on reciting the Seven line Prayer is because the Seven line [...] An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 One of the practices that we are taught as Buddhists is that always, always, Guru Rinpoche should be above the crown of our heads. We should be mindful that Guru Rinpoche is always there, seated on his lotus throne. Upon going to sleep, we [...] An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 The most important thing you can do to develop spiritual discrimination is to elevate the Root Guru. The Root Guru is the source of how you have come to the path, is the root teacher who gives you the preliminary teachings, is the [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called Coming Alive I want to share about the experience I had going to Tso Pema in India and meditating in Mandarava’s Cave. I just knew by being there that it was where Mandarava prayed and offered herself for the liberation and salvation of all sentient beings [...] Mother Song & Seven Line Prayer The following are the lyrics to The Mother’s Song, recorded by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1992. You can listen to the recording by clicking the link above. The Mother’s Song This morning I woke up With the sounds of suffering Speaking their names In my ear Spoke of a time When the Bodhisattvas Could no longer appear How can [...] In Dharma, one of the most important jobs we have is to fight and pacify our inner poisons. They are our inner demons, and that is the work. At the same time we must enrich and grow our virtue, our good qualities. This is a mirror to the way Guru Padmasambhava entered Tibet. When Guru entered [...] When following the path of Vajrayana, there are steps one must take just as they are. They are the technology, or method. Method must be accomplished as taught in each Lineage. If you mix it up, or combine with other methods there will be no result. Some people sample Buddhism and mix it up with Hinduism, New [...] Download PDF of Prayer Prayer to Guru Rinpoche to Remove Obstacles DÜ SUM SANGYE GURU RINPOCHE Precious Teacher, the embodiment of all Buddhas of the Three Times: NGÖ DRUB KÜN DAG DE WA CHEN PO’I ZHAB To your lotus feet of Great Bliss, possessor of all spiritual attainments, BAR CHED KÜN SEL DÜD DÜL DRAG PO TSAL Clarifier of all obstacles, Düd¬dül [...] // Get the HTML Basic Scroll Text Area widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! |
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