Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Love and Blessings

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The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:

Hello to all from this secret place, where we are buried in snow. So much wind I can’t tell how deep it is. Wow. It is peaceful and lovely.

It seems, fairly, the US Attorneys announced they are seeking appeal in the case where I am the victim: US vs William Cassidy. Maybe I will be able to go home sooner than later. The case, and my situation, are still up for grabs.

But patience is the only remedy here. And I’m staying strong. I am not at all afraid so long as the stalker is being held and watched. The other haters I face all day don’t frighten me. They don’t  actually threaten. So it is just emotional imbalance. And the things people do behind the safety of a screen.

Just need protection for my family, my pack, and myself, as well as my life’s work. Most haters don’t have a violent felony past, just feelings of inferiority and failure in life that they can’t own up to. So they want to “compete” in a world where for some types credentials are superfluous (not me!)

I have compassion for those who feel like they have nothing. Not important to anyone. For those who assault and threaten? Not so much.

There are times coming where we will all need to re-evaluate everything. How much less we can get by with, lotsa government, stricter control, toxic food, Earth etc. So it is time to grow up. Stop whining, throwing rocks at each other, and justifying bad conduct, because something scared you.

I’m in a safe house, but making the best use of my time here, not ruminating, crying, whining. My door wasn’t knocked down, it was my life.

All I care about is getting back to work and family in the short time I have left, so that I can be of benefit to others. I’ve never had any other aspiration, (well, music) and wish to contribute to the well being and safety of other threatened women at risk.

We women are half the world. We are not cattle. We matter. We should not have to run!
We are everywhere. Strong – and not going away any time soon.

Love and blessings to all women – there are so many! Stay strong. Stay safe, I’m with you!

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Refuge and Bodhicitta

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The following are the Refuge, Bodhicitta, and Accumulation of Merit verses from the Long Chen Nying Gi Thig Le La’i Rigdzin Dupa;i Tshog Chöd Zhug:

Refuge

NAMO DAG DANG THA YE SEM CHEN KÜN

NAMO I and all the endless sentient beings,

CHOG SUM NGO WO LAMA DANG

The Lama, identity of the three precious ones, and

RIGDZIN GYATSHO’I KYIL KHOR LA

The mandala of ocean-like knowledge-holders, to you

NYING NE DED PE KYAB SU CHI                    

I go for refuge with faith from the heart.            (Repeat 3 times)

 

Bodhicitta

HO      RIGDZIN KYIL KHOR DIR ZHUG NE

HO      I enter into this mandala of knowledge-holders; then

PHA MA DRO DRUG SEM CHEN KÜN

Father, mother and all the beings of the six realms,

TSHED MED NYING JE DRÖL WA’I CHIR

In order to protect them with boundless compassion

MÖN JUG DÖN DAM JANG SEM KYED                                                  

I develop the aspiring, acting and absolute Enlightened Mind.      (Repeat 3X)

 

Accumulation of Merit

HO     CHU LE CHU WUR JI ZHIN DU

HO     As water bubbles from water,

YESHE YING LE TRÜL PA’I LHAR

Divinities manifest from the space of Primordial Wisdom,

NGÖN SUM RIG PE CHAG TSHAL LO

To you I pay homage by directly realizing the Dharmata.

NYAM NANG GONG PHEL CHÖD PA BÜL

I offer the development of the experiences.

RIG PA TSHED PHEB NGANG DU SHAG

I confess in the state of perfection of awareness.

CHÖ NYID ZED LA JE YI RANG

I rejoice over the dissolution of phenomena in the Dharmata.

PHO CHEN LONG NE CHÖ KHOR KOR

Turn the Dharma wheel from the expanse of the Great Transference.

JA LÜ CHEN POR ZHUG SÖL DEB

I pray you to remain in the Great Rainbow Body.

GE TSHOG ZHÖN NU BUM KUR NGO

I dedicate the accumulation of merit for the achievement of the youthful vase-body.

 

DZA HUNG BAM HO       TSHOG ZHING NAM RANG LA THIM PAR GYUR

The field of refuge dissolves into oneself.

 

It’s Decision Time: Who Are You? Full Length Video Teaching

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The following is a full length video teaching offered by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo in Sedona, Arizona:

 

While the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas offer the feast of Dharma and beg us to eat, we hold our egos and samsara on the thornes of our hearts instead. We are begged to adhere to the teachings of the Buddha and take real refuge, binding our hearts to the Three Jewels.

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Prayer to Guru Rinpoche

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The following prayer is from the Nam Cho Daily Practice Book by Palyul Ling International:

HRIH  NGÖN GYI KAL PAI DANG PO LA
In the past, at the beginning of this aeon,

O GYEN YUL GYI NUB JYANG TSAM
In the northwest country of Uddiyana,

DHANA KO SHAI TSO LING DU
On an island in Lake Danakosha,

PEMA GESAR DONG PO LA
Born in the pollen heart of a lotus,

YA TSEN CHOG GI NGÖ DRUB NYE
Endowed with the most marvelous spiritual attainments,

PEMA JYUNG NE SHE SU DRAG
You are endowed as the “Lotus Born.”

KHOR DU KHANDRO MANG PÖ KHOR
Surrounded by a retinue of many Dakinis,
KHYED KYI JE SU DAG DRUB KYI
Following in your footsteps,

JYIN GYI LAB CHIR SHEG SU SOL
I pray to you: Please come forth and grant your blessings!

NE CHOG DI RU JYIN PHOB LA
Bestow blessings upon this supreme place of practice!

DRUB CHOG DAG LA WANG SHI KUR
Confer the four empowerments upon me, an excellent practitioner!

GEG DANG LOG DREN BAR CHED SOL
Dispel the obstacles arising from obstructing forces and misguiding spirits!

CHOG DANG THÜN MONG NGÖ DRUB TSOL
Please grant the common and supreme spiritual attainments!
OM AH HUNG BENZA GURU PEMA TÖTRENG TSAL BENZA SAMAYA DZA SIDDHI PHA LA HUNG AH

How to Handle Harmful Spirits

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The following is an excerpt from Patrul Rinpoche’s “The Words of My Perfect Teacher”

Now surely, if anyone takes harmful spirits as something to be killed or beaten, it must be because his mind is under the power of attachment and hatred and knows nothing of great impartial compassion. When you think about it carefully, those malignant spirits are far more in need of compassion than any benefactors. They have become harmful spirits because of their evil karma. Reborn as pretas, with horrible bodies, their pain and fear is unimaginable. They experience nothing but endless hunger, thirst, and exhaustion. They perceive everything as threatening. And their minds are full of hate and aggression, many go to hell as soon as they die. Who could deserve more pity? The patrons may be sick and suffering, but that will help them exhaust their evil karma, not to create more. Those evil spirits, on the other hand, are harming others with their evil intentions, and will be hurled by those harmful actions to the depths of the lower realms.

If the Conqueror, skilled in means and full of compassion, taught the art of exorcising or intimidating these harmful spirits with violent methods, it was out of compassion for them, like a mother spanking  a child who will not obey her. He also permitted the ritual of liberation to be practiced by those who have the power to interrupt the flow of evil deeds of beings who only do harm, and to transfer their consciousness to a pure realm. But as for pandering to benefactors, monks and others that we consider to be on our own side, and rejecting demons and wrongdoers as hateful enemies — protecting the one and attacking the other out of attachment and hatred — where are such attitudes mentioned in teachings of the Conqueror? As long as we are driven by such feelings of attachment and hatred, it would be futile to try to expel or attack any harmful spirits. Their bodies are only mental and they will not obey us. They will only do us harm in return. Indeed, even if our feelings for such gods and spirits are very positive — not to speak of desire and hate — we will never subdue them as long as we believe that they really exist.

When Jetsun Mila was living in Garuda Fortress Cave in the Chong valley, the king of obstacle-makers, Vinayaka, produced a supernatural illusion. In his cave, Jetsun Mila found five astaras with eyes as big as saucers. He prayed to his teacher and to his yidam, but the demons did not go away. He meditated on the visualization of his deity and recited wrathful mantras, but still they would not go.

Finally, he thought, “Marpa of Lhodrak showed me that everything in the universe is mind, and that the nature of mind is empty and radiant. To believe in these demons and obstacle-makers as something external and to want them to go away has no meaning.”

Feeling powerful confidence in the view that knows spirits and demons to be simply one’s own perceptions, he strode back into his cave. Terrified and rollingtheir eyes, the astaras disappeared.

This is also what the Ogress of the Rock meant, when she sang to him:

This demon of your own tendencies arises from your mind;

If you don’t recognize the nature of your mind,

I’m not going to leave just because you tell me to go.

If you don’t realize that your mind is void,

There are many more demons besides myself!

But if you recognize the nature of your own mind,

Adverse circumstances will serve only to sustain you

And even I, Ogress of the Rock, will be at your bidding.

Have You Accomplished?

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The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:

It always boggles my mind when some people spend their time putting others down, even if they themselves have accomplished so little. Getting a job, contributing, etc. Could it be these folks are wounded people who basically live off others like vampires?

Before one calls themselved Buddha they should do their own practice and pay their own bills, root out their own poisons. To claim perfection while being cruel and harassing others shows who you really are. And it is not an enlightened being. You don’t get there by wearing pants!

Silly Rabbits! Tricks are for kids.

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Rest and Retreat

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The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:

Good afternoon/evening twitterverse! Sending love and prayers that all are well. I’ve had a good day. It is really peaceful and lovely here.

All is well, and I’m enjoying retreat. Can’t argue with “R+R” – rest and retreat. I’m feeling creative and inspired as I have more down time.

I myself haven’t been “live” on twitter much, it’s about healing and retreat right now. I have been thinking of teachings to have my Ani send, and I hope you are enjoying what’s been rolling down the pike. You are the inspiration for our unearthing older photos, archival teaching and other great stuff to share. I’m enjoying the memories and hope you do too.

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Wish Fulfilling Jewels

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A slideshow and montage of the internal and external images of Kunzang Palyul Cholings many stupas. Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo has invited several stupa building lamas to build and consecrate stupas on the properties of KPC. The music featured is also the work of Jetsunma. This is a student produced collection offered for the long life and strong health of Jetsunma, all pure lamas and all those who watch this video. May all beings achieve freedom from delusion and suffering!

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