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By Jetsunma on September 9, 2010
An excerpt from a teaching called How Buddhism Differs from Other Religions by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
Let’s say that a practitioner has dedicated their lives to practicing everyday for the sake of sentient beings, for the happiness of sentient beings. Maintaining their samaya or commitment practice very purely, practicing everyday for the [...]
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By Norma on September 9, 2010
9/9/2010 Thursday
Problems must be solved early in the day. You are blocked on three sides: personal, partnership and the world. So go in the open door, which is home and family. A safe haven awaits you there. This is a wonderful day to spend time working on domestic issues, and family is behind you all [...]
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By Jetsunma on September 8, 2010
An excerpt from a teaching called How Buddhism Differs from Other Religions by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
In the Buddha Dharma there are mainly two kinds of compassion. There is ordinary compassion, and there is extraordinary or sublime compassion, also called ordinary bodhicitta or sublime bodhicitta. Bodhicitta is the great display of compassion, which is [...]
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Dorje Phagmo
An excerpt from the Mindfulness workshop given by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in 1999
In our Ngöndro practice we find the practice of offering oneself, the practice of generosity. It’s called the practice of Chöd. Chöd can very easily be practiced constantly. The practice of Chöd is based on eliminating ego-clinging through transforming oneself into [...]
An excerpt from a teaching called Compassion, Love, & Wisdom by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
The Buddha considers that the point is to turn the mind to such a degree that you will not be shaken from your determination to practice pure Dharma that leads to the ultimate goal. You have a choice to practice in different [...]
Yeshe Tsogyal
From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
The Vajrayana path is a great gift. Your mind can be purified through the practice of allowing it to arise naturally with those qualities of perfect union and perfectly purified perception. “Well,” you may say. “That sounds good, but will it [...]
Vajrasattva
From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
Let’s say you have become satisfied with an idea of what a practitioner should be. You are quiet, meek, gentle, and ever so passive. You attempt to be pure by never adorning your face, hair or body. You do what you think [...]
Chenrezig
From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
As you generate yourself as a Buddha or Bodhisattva, reciting mantras and devotional prayers, your mind arises as a pure form. This is different from the ordinary mind that struggles to wake up each morning, dragging along its ego-clinging baggage or karma and [...]
From The Spiritual Path: A Compilation of Teachings by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
Students who are flirting with, considering, or entering the path may become confused by the term “pure view.” Why? Because they register the ordinary meaning of these words, unaware that they will understand more later. If at this moment we [...]
Guru Rinpoche
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