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AstrologyCongratulations, your emotions are stable and you are able to wait out a slow-moving situation. This is a great time to engage in renovation and beautification projects. Spiff things up! Material objects are excellent, and encouragement comes from things you can see and touch. Good shopping! Medical issues are well resolved, and work is motoring [...]  The First Object of RefugeThe following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Essence of Devotion” Although the Buddha that we remember as Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Shakyamuni is not present in his physical body as we understand it right now, we look at the Lama as the embodiment of the qualities, intentions, compassion and [...] AstrologyAn important message, letter or communication happens today. It’s most crucial to speak in a kind, diplomatic manner. Angry or demanding speech harms your cause and you will be ignored, or worse. The urge to “tell people off” is strong today, as is the wish to push others who aren’t responding the way you would [...]  Right SpeechAn excerpt from a teaching called The Eightfold Path by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Right speech is the first principal of ethical conduct on the Eightfold Path. And on the Eightfold Path is really based on ethical conduct. It’s one of the things that I like best about Buddhism. It isn’t based on a pie-in-the-sky [...] |
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 [...] The following is an excerpt from Dakini Teachings: A Collection of Padmasambava’s Advice to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal Master Padma said: Some people call themselves tantric practitioners and engage in crude behavior, but that is not the actions of a tantrika. Mahayana means to cherish all sentient beings with impartial compassion. It will not suffice [...] A Vow of Love: Living an extraordinary life of Compassion By Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Why Compassion? I would like to talk about a subject that is of the utmost importance to everyone. The subject is compassion. You may think, “Oh, I know all about compassion. I’ve been a Dharma practitioner for a long time. [...] The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo: Yesterday a new student asked the following question, “What is the difference between Mahayana and Vajrayana?” She had studied for six years from books. This question can take years to answer! So I apologize for giving the quick cereal box top version. [...] 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 [...] An excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Vajrayana and Kaliyuga” It used to be that one could learn something of the Buddha’s teaching – for instance, a beginning philosophy, such as the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, and some of the Buddha’s basic teachings – but one could not [...] From a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo: It never ceases to amaze me how many meditators and Buddhists continuously argue that altruism and compassionate activity are not part of the Buddha Dharma. And that one need not develop virtuous qualities or purify in any way. That one need not do charitable good [...] From a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo: In Buddhism there are many levels of study and practice. And I speak, here, generally; in a way digestible to a general audience without much specific training in Buddhism. For instance, in Vajrayana alone there are many levels. Preliminary, Ngondro, is like boot camp where [...] From a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo: Mind as Guru happens after one practices well with Guru Yoga according to Vajrayana Buddhism. Guru yoga is the most powerful method of all. We are taught it is the fastest method to realization of all. The Guru Yoga is practiced at every level. It [...] |
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