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 The Importance of SamayaThe following is respectfully quoted from “Perfect Conduct: Ascertaining the Three Vows” by Dudjom Rinpoche: 6.b.1(e.4) Restoring through the general cleansing of three yogas: As is taught in the Hasti-upapraveśya-tantra, the general cleansing yoga of the nest of remorse is the “Stirring the Depths.” By confessing in this way, there is nothing [...] AstrologyThe best idea ever pops up today. It provides a brand new direction that will succeed. Take it! This is harder to do than it sounds. A critical energy that wants all the facts and details also is here. Avoid the tendency to pick apart the things that come your way, it will undercut your [...]  Understanding DualityThe following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Art of Dispelling Anger” So what happens in the awakening? Well, we’ve worked with our poisons sufficiently. We have some inner knowledge and honesty. We’ve worked some method and now we’re accomplishing view. That’s where we really start to get cooking [...] AstrologyA conflict appears between pride and finances today. You want to look good but you’re spending too much money, or else a project is too expensive. Scale down! On the mental front an idea, book or conversation is successful. The more talk today, the better. The media and the news are favorable, and short trips [...] |
Dharma and Buddhist teachers should unite in giving, and support each other. A true Dharma teacher will unceasingly give to other people and to one another, support. Any Dharma is good if it is pure in intention. If we develop a good heart, we will progress to true compassion and awaken Bodhicitta. This [...] [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.] Because of the negative karmic accumulations of sentient beings, from time to time, somewhere in the ten directions, the [...] When will I see my Guru in the flesh again? He will be young; I am getting old. He will be beautiful to my eyes as he is to my heart. When will my heart leap and my spirit be refreshed? OM AH HUNG BENZAR GURU PEDMA NORBU SIDDHI HUNG! Why must I be [...] [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.] As the ancient literature states, there are five vows that pertain to rulers or kings, and those vows concern [...] [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.] Cultivation of aspirational bodhicitta involves three aspirations, four dark dharmas to reject, and four white dharmas to accept. The [...] [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.] The ultimate nature of all phenomena is empty and free from elaboration and limitation. From the relative point of [...] [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.] With bodhicitta, nonvirtues are naturally purified. An analogy commonly used to describe that is one about traveling to a [...] [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.] Consider all ordinary virtue, which is virtue accumulated by ordinary individuals, and all stainless virtue, which is virtue accumulated [...] Dear Dharma Friends, I am delighted to introduce this new site, Tibetan Buddhist Altar. It is my hope that it will offer those who are traveling, those who are home bound, those in hospital or ill a way to stay connected to the Buddhist Sangha. One can always establish a sacred space, anywhere. In [...] |
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