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 Heart Nectar of the Saints: His Holiness Dudjom RinpocheThe following is respectfully taken from “The Lamp of Liberation: A Collection of of Prayers, Advice and Aspirations” Heart Nectar of the Saints: A Prayer of Aspiration That Condenses the Essence of the Oral Teachings: by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje Sole unfailing and unchanging Refuge, Lord of the Mandala, Most [...]  Faults of Cyclic Existence[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.] Of all worldly phenomena, whether great or small, nothing is permanent and nothing endures. Therefore, when you find yourself [...] Only You Can Awaken Bodhicitta Within: Full Length Video TeachingThe following is a full length video teaching offered by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in Sedona Arizona: Shown 9/20/09. Given just after the 9/11 tragedy, Jetsunma encourages us to look within and reinvigorate our practice within. She also explains the imbalance at this time between the male and female. As women are defiled, so Tara [...] AstrologyAn emotional situation or a family matter captures your attention today. You are pulled away from outside matters, and you must deal with an internal situation. A powerful force opposes this and tries to force you outward. Do your best to balance both sides, giving each its due. An act of generosity can mediate between [...] |
[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.] Of all worldly phenomena, whether great or small, nothing is permanent and nothing endures. Therefore, when you find yourself [...] [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.] Let us begin by considering limitless space. Then consider that just as space is limitless, so too are [...] “When one has some little bit of quality or knowledge, one should not think pridefully ‘Oh, I am so great’. Then one’s quality and knowledge will degenerate, and in the future it will be even more difficult to give rise to these kinds of qualities and knowledge” The previous #quote is from Kyabje HHPenor Rinpoche With [...] HH Penor Rinpoche & Jetsunma in 1985 An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo I never cease being surprised when someone is personally challenged by my path, especially since I never try to convert them. I don’t understand why it should bother one person what religion another person practices. Or how one [...] The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo on the first Guru Rinpoche Day of 2012: Interesting isn’t it, how we tend to think only of ourselves, and not even realize it? When His Holiness Penor Rinpoche passed to his Parinirvana I thought I’d never recover. But of course this [...] The following is a YouTube video prepared by a student of Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo: © Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo all rights reserved. From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Every great lama has yearned with sincere intensity for the Precious Teacher. How is it that some people have that yearning and others do not? Some people seem shallow and prideful. Others seem blessed with spontaneous devotion and love. What accounts for [...] His Holiness Penor Rinpoche From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo The quality of joy is not as we usually think of it. Our culture teaches—though we may not be consciously aware of this—that to be happy, we should act happy. By developing a positive attitude, we [...] HH Penor Rinpoche & Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Buddha taught that one of the most heinous crimes one can commit from the spiritual point of view is to proclaim oneself to be more advanced or spiritually competent than is actually the case. Why that is is a very involved subject, but to understand it is [...]
The Seven Branch Offering The following commentary was extracted from a teaching given by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche at Kunzang Palyul Choling in 2001 on the occasion of offering the Bodhisattva Vow. To see the verses of the ceremony for the Bodhisattva Vow to which His Holiness was referring you can click [...] |
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