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AstrologyA last minute work effort takes up much of the early part of the day, and then social and diplomatic relationships become important. Form alliances! Partner up with people! Others help in unimaginable ways. A lifting off of the current stress comes as a result of friendly interactions. Conversation, the news, the mail and messages [...]  Short Confession from Nam Cho Ngondro VajrasattvaThe following prayer is a short confession from the Nam Cho Dzogchen Ngondro Vajrasattva practice: In the View, I confess all commitments broken through mental activity. Knowing the View is the all-pervasive foundational Bodhicitta; realizing that the View exists in non-existence, and practicing meditation that is non-existent, realizing that activity is neither existent nor [...] AstrologyHard work, attention to detail and a solid grasp of the facts propel business matters forward today. A favorable deal is made, and a job offer can come. Take it. A powerful energy has people zipping around cleaning, organizing and working like mad. It feels good and it is. Keep it up. A chatty energy [...]  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 [...] |
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo started the Garuda Aviary in 1999 after she adopted Tashi bird, a Moluccan Cockatoo who was driving her former owner crazy with her screaming. Jetsunma soon discovered there are countless parrots suffering from neglect and abuse due to owners ill prepared for their needs. Jetsunma was so moved by the awareness [...]
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 Viewing the Guru: The Seven Limb Puja by Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo on October 18, 1995 While we are constantly in the face of the Guru, we should remain constantly in the posture of understanding that we should return the favor of the Guru’s kindness. What [...]
An excerpt from a teaching called Viewing the Guru: The Seven Limb Puja by Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo on October 18, 1995 We should be in the posture of requesting teachings. Think about that. Many students will have what they think is a nice relationship with the Guru. They think that they are on [...] An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999 For many of you, I know that when we first started this temple it was family style, and you thought of yourselves as children, and I thought of myself as your mother in many ways, and there was a spiritual family [...] [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 [...] From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Dharmakaya is objectless compassion. It is everywhere. It upholds all manifested reality. All that we see, all appearances, are merely the arising of that mind in its emanation phase. Unfortunately, we have contrived a dualistic perception of self and other. We have [...] Excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo from the Vow of Love series In order to cure the symptom of suffering you might decide to manipulate the circumstances, or the environment. If you see people who are hungry, you give them food. If you decide you want to feed them for the rest [...] Dorje Phagmo From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Is it just a coincidence that the one path that can bring about realization in a single lifetime is the one path that focuses upon the Guru as the ultimate object of refuge? No, for it is the astonishing potency [...] |
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