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Make a Difference in the World: Video TeachingThe following is a full length video teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo offered at Kunzang Palyul Choling: Video streaming by Ustream Copyright © Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo All rights reserved [...] AstrologyInspiration! Today it arrives in the form of an exciting person or idea. You can see a big picture where before all you saw was a small picture. You must debate others to bring your vision into the conversation but don’t be afraid to do so. Something comes that’s outside of your usual frame of [...]  The Buddhist WayThe following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Art of Dispelling Anger” And then, of course, you can do it the Buddhist way. And the Buddhist way is:Wait a minute. Where is this anger? Show me the anger. OK. It’s coming out of my mouth, but I can’t quite [...] AstrologySerious matters continue to absorb your attention, and people tell secrets that must not be repeated. The act of “airing out” inner matters is important now. Another person can explain away a fear or notion that worries you. Listen to confidences if people tell them, and be sympathetic. Something hidden comes to light. Later in [...] |
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Why P’howa?” It is not foreign to our nature, and it is also not separate from the goal that we wish to achieve by practicing in this way, for us to give rise to the great Bodhicitta, or the great compassion. [...] The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Take Control of Your Life” Society will teach you wrongly until it understands your nature. The Buddha is the perfect teacher—the perfect one because he so thoroughly understood our nature. It is said that when a student came to him for [...] An excerpt from a teaching called How to Pray by Being by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo The Buddhist path is not a selfish trip. It’s not a self-absorbed trip. In fact, as Buddhist practitioners, we strive to become less and less self-absorbed. Being self-absorbed is the exact opposite of prayer–180 degrees away from it. But [...]
An excerpt from a teaching called How Buddhism Differs from Other Religions by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Many people have gone to teachers and said, “What was I in my past life? What kind of being am I?” thinking that they are different somehow and that this is important. It’s really not the [...]
An excerpt from a teaching called How Buddhism Differs from Other Religions by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo The way to become happy is somewhat counterintuitive, particularly when you’re first starting out on the path. When we first start out on the path, we come because we are generally interested, but also because we [...]
An excerpt from a teaching called True Motivation for Kindness by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Let’s take a look at compassion. The Buddha teaches us that in cyclic existence suffering is all-pervasive and that there is one thing we have in common: we all equally wish to be happy. We are all working [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called Turning Adversity Into Felicity The result of poverty and not having enough is due, according to the Buddha’s teachings, to not having been particularly generous or forthcoming in our support or caring for others in the past, perhaps even before this lifetime. So we [...] From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo You are able to practice because you had the karma to receive teachings. Merit has come to the surface of your mind; good karma is ripening. But linked with some of this ripening merit are some bubbles of not-so-good karma. So what [...] The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “The Bodhisattva Ideal” In the view of the Bodhisattva, we realize that everything in life is impermanent, that nothing we can gather has any meaning other than the collection of virtuous habitual tendencies within our mindstream. Having realized that, one travels [...] |
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