Recent PostsBy Norma on June 19, 2013 A serious decision appears today, and you must face something you’d swept under the rug. It’s baaack! Edward R. Murrow said, “Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.” Be absolutely realistic about what you need to do. Take action and things go [...]
Category: Astrology By Norma on June 18, 2013 Happy day! Things you’ve worked for fall into place in the afternoon! The morning involves indecision and emotional thinking. Something keeps triggering emotional reactions, and you must keep yourself under control in your professional life. The temptation to tell long, nostalgic stories to colleagues should be avoided. Stick to the facts. Separate mental matters from [...]
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The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Art of Dispelling Anger”
For most of us, when we are wrathful or angry, it’s not wrathful. It’s not righteous wrath, you know, in order to help that person. The only time I can see where it would be useful for [...]
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Art of Dispelling Anger”
We must take ourselves to task more. I don’t want to speak harshly because harshness doesn’t help, but I want to say succinctly and directly, we have to take ourselves to task regarding our faults and our [...]
The following is respectfully quoted from “Drops of Nectar” compiled by Ngagyur Nyingma Institute:
Vajra Song:
Instructions for Rousing Myself: Longchen Rabjam
Namo Guru Bhaya! Feeling truly wearied by the worldly experiences of myself and others, at Orgyen Dzong, I, “The Yogi of Various Kinds of Self-Liberation”, Longchen Rabjam (1308-1363), roused myself with this [...]
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo offered during a Phowa retreat:
Those people who accuse Buddhists of creating a kind of depression or melancholy through these ideas, are, what I would call, in denial. They’re simply in denial. They’re not at that stage of maturity, either in their [...]
An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo on October 18, 1995
When one regards the Lama, we see that the causes or seeds for suffering are not there. However, when we regard our own mind and our own perception, and the way that we think, the seeds for all suffering are [...]
The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
If , after some long time you cannot let go – ranting, raving and wailing for a year or more, that is called the suffering of suffering in Buddhism and can never be cured by hate, rage, or accusations.
Let [...]
The following is a full length teaching offered by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
Every religion has a concept of what is considered compassionate or virtuous. What we find is that often we “look” compassionate instead of deepeing in our practice of Vajrayana. This generates the ultimate result of enlightenment.
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The following is a full length video teachings offered by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo at Kunzang Palyul Choling:
Every minute counts. Every mantra counts. Every time you engage in self-honesty, it will bring benefit beyond measure. Every time you are compassionate toward others, you insure a better future.
Copyright © Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo. [...]
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Neurotic Interaction to Guru Yoga”
If we rely purely on an emotional level, not much will come of the path. If we do not challenge ourselves to truly understand all of the thoughts that turn the mind (and you’ve been taught [...]
The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
Haha! Someone made my day today. I’ve been described as a rigid, Lineage-loving, “tow the line” Buddhist, and I couldn’t be more delighted! These same folks used to say I wasn’t real Palyul, or a real Buddhist, that my throne and crown were faked, [...]
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