Recent PostsBy Norma on May 24, 2013 Serious 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 [...]
Category: Astrology  By Jetsunma on May 23, 2013
The following is respectfully quoted from an introduction to Kün-zang La-may Zhal-lung by translator Sonam T. Kazi:
It is a universal truth that it is extremely enjoyable to live in this phenomenal world. Nobody wants to part with worldly pleasure. It is also a universal truth that everything that conditionally exists, sooner or later, [...]
Category: Ngondro, Words of My Perfect Teacher
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Here is another excerpt from the first chapter of A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life called “The Benefits of the Awakening Mind.” May these words written by Shantideva inspire all who encounter them.
#26
How can I fathom the depths
Of the goodness of this jewel of the mind,
The panacea that relieves the world of pain
And is [...]
The following is respectfully quoted from “The Way of the Bodhisattva” by Shantideva as translated by the Padmakara Translation Group and published by Shambhala:
Protecting And Maintaining Bodhichitta:
That the original resolve of bodhichitta needs consolidation becomes evident from the very first stanzas of chapter 4, where Shāntideva takes stock of what he has [...]
The following is respectfully quoted from “The Way of the Bodhisattva” by Shantideva as translated by the Padmakara Translation Group and published by Shambhala:
Vigilance
1. Those who wish to keep a rule of life Must guard their minds in perfect self-possession. Without this guard upon the mind, No discipline can ever be maintained.
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The following is respectfully quoted from “The Way of the Bodhisattva” by Shantideva as translated by the Padmakara Translation Group and published by Shambhala:
Commitment
1. With joy I celebrate The virtue that relieves all beings From the sorrows of the states of loss, And places those who languish in the realms of bliss.
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The following is respectfully quoted from “The Way of the Bodhisattva” by Shantideva:
1. All these branches of the Doctrine The Powerful Lord expounded for the sake of wisdom. Therefore they must generate this wisdom Who wish to have an end to suffering.
2. Relative and absolute, These two truths are declared to be. [...]
The following is respectfully quoted from “The Way of the Bodhisattva” by Shantideva:
27. That which is referred to as the Primordial Substance, That which has been labeled as the Self Do not come into being thinking “That is how I will arise.”
28. That which is not manifest is not yet there, So what [...]
The following is respectfully quoted from “The Way of the Bodhisattva” by Shantideva:
15. Bodhichitta, the awakening mind, In brief is said to have two aspects: First, aspiring, bodhichitta in intention: Then active bodhichitta, practical engagement.
16. Wishing to depart and setting out upon the road, This is how the difference is conceived. The [...]
Chenrezig
A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Shantideva Chapter One: Benefits of the Awakening Mind
#5
Just as a flash of lightning on a dark cloudy night
For an instant brightly illuminates all,
Likewise in this world, through the might of Buddha,
A wholesome thought rarely and briefly appears.
#25
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Here is another excerpt from the first chapter of A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life called “The Benefits of the Awakening Mind.” May these words written by Shantideva inspire all who encounter them.
#26
How can I fathom the depths
Of the goodness of this jewel of the mind,
The panacea that relieves the world of pain
And is [...]
From the ” Path of the Bodhisattva A Collection of Thirty-Seven Practices”
Until the heart of enlightenment is realized, I take refuge in all the Buddhas.
Likewise, I take refuge in the dharma and the bodhisattvas and their assemblies.
Just as the sugatas of the past aroused the awakened mind of bodhicitta
and trained [...]
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