The Moon is conjunct Saturn today requiring focus and discipline which enables you to establish new, beneficial daily habits and rituals. The Moon is also square Jupiter meaning you’re tempted to over-do things: see if you can reap the rewards of this aspect by exercising timely restraint. The Sun sextile Neptune ushers in a more creative, imaginative space that expands your sense of self showing your connection to all beings.
Nothing every goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.~Pema Chodron
The Sun has moved into Gemini bringing a focus on all things concerning communication along with changeable schedules and personal positions. Expect messages and missives this month with more meaning than usual. The Moon conjunct the north node and Saturn points towards helpful meetings with those that can provide you practical steps about how to move forward in a new way. The Sun is trine Pluto, enables you to tap more deeply into your energy reserves.
Creativity and ego cannot go together. If you free yourself from the comparing and jealous mind, your creativity opens up endlessly. You must not be your own obstacle.~Jeon Kwan, Korean Buddhist Nun
The Moon moves into the water sign of Pisces today bringing a softening and more open-hearted approach to life that compliments the Sun and Mercury in the earth sign of Taurus. The Sun is pulling away from Uranus making for less instability. Mars trine Venus enables you to connect with your inner yin and yang, making you feel more whole.
Hope is like the sun. If you only believe it when you see it you’ll never make it through the night.~Princess Leia, Star Wars
With Uranus one degree away from the Sun the next two days in particular can be more of a testing time in dealing with increased pressure and sudden external changes. You can can use this time internally to see where you seek more freedom in areas that may not be free flowing or spontaneous: current frustrations can help you identify key areas. The Moon in Aquarius provides space for innovation and experimentation with your daily schedule.
The post from yesterday is still operative but today there is more intensity added as the Moon moves into Aquarius and conjuncts Pluto. The Aquarian Moon magnifies the significance of Uranus/Sun, bringing unpredictable reactions with the potential for detached objectivity. Some may appear aloof and lack sensitivity to others. Others may embrace humanitarian objectives. Moon conjunct Pluto can bring intense feelings to the surface that can be overwhelming and threaten your sense of perspective. Relations with women will be of importance.
Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics.~Audrey Hepburn
The Moon is Void of Course from 12.27am until 1.29am EDT. Do not make any major decisions during this time period.
Uranus’ influence can be disruptive as we have recently seen, but it can also bring great inspiration, new ideas, innovation and much needed exciting changes to our life. Today and for the next 2 days Uranus and Sun are exactly conjunct in Taurus at 27 degrees. The next couple of days could be very positive as both planets are in beneficial aspects to Neptune, Saturn, Pluto and the Moon. In fact if you have been aware of and working towards change in your life this could be a time of fruition. Even though it impacts us individually due to the Sun’s influence, Uranus can bring in group and universal involvement.
What makes mind and the phenomenal world so interesting is that neither one of them is fixed. Because they are interdependent – and therefore empty – both mind and the world are flexible and the creative possibilities are great.~Dzigar Kongtrul
The Moon moving into Capricorn can bring grounding which may be helpful with the ups and downs and chaos that can occur with the Uranian energy being experienced currently. A Capricorn Moon will assist in taking control of challenging circumstances and with some planning, it will be possible for you to achieve what you need to. It’s important not to get lost in pessimism and just put one foot in front of the other to realize your goals.
This is how we should practice. Take small steps each time with joyful effort. Do these activities with good intentions and dedicate the merit from them to all sentient beings. ~ Khenpo Palden Sherab
This prayer to Sangye Menla was offered by Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo at the time of the Covid Virus. It is a concise yet complete practice accessible to anyone. Khenpo Tenzin Karze recites the mantra throughout the video, thus, listeners gain the blessings of Medicine Buddha through perceiving his form, the sacred mantra in both Tibetan and English, and they are able to hear the sacred mantra. This prayer can be offered to any and all who are in need of healing, physically, mentally or emotionally, or simply used as a support for meditation.
Please join us daily on Facebook at 7pm for a LIVE group practice to offer this profound blessing with the power of praying together. Dedicate the effort to your loved ones, or yourself, or any cause that inspires you. And offer your prayer for the loved ones and causes that are also in need of healing and blessings.
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CONDENSED MEDICINE BUDDHA PRACTICE
Instantly in the space in front, above, rises Medicine Buddha. He is blue in color with one face, two hands, holding a begging bowl and an arura, surrounded by all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
We are awed by his splendor and take refuge with body speech and mind.
Buddha Menla I take refuge in you in this and every life. Repeat 3 x
And then thinking with great compassion of all sentient beings:
recite:
For the sake of beings I give rise to the Bodhicitta so all may benefit. Repeat 3 x
Hold the mala, counting one bead for each recitation, and recite the mantra:
TAYATHA OM BEKADZE BEKADZE MAHA BEKADZE RADZA SAMUNGATE SWAHA
While reciting the mantra with compassion, I contemplate the extraordinary qualities of Medicine Buddha, and yearn for qualities and liberation in one life so I too may benefit beings.
The mind should be filled with wholesome yearning for sentient beings, all of them, every single one. Even animals. All beings.
After reciting at least one full mala of mantra recite:
I prostrate to Buddha Menla,
May I be reborn in his Pure Land
Able to give healing and refuge to all beings.
Then Menla and his entourage dissolve into light and pour into the crown of ones head and mixes like milk with water with one’s mind.
Recite:
May all sentient beings without exception be placed in that very state, and be healed.
The best thing to do is to make a commitment to do this practice every day. It is in the commitment and the doing that blessing comes. Along with the very sacred mantra and the blessings it holds, therein lies benefit and accomplishment.
This condensed prayer was composed by Her Eminence Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo on March 27th, 2020 at the request of her student Thubten Samten Wangmo in order to bring benefit and healing during the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus.
The Moon is the most swift moving celestial body so it has the most obvious impact on our daily lives. It acts as a mirror in illuminating the the Suns rays and similarly reflects back to us our mirror-like world. The Moon is now in its last quarter waning phase which is a gentle, reflective time to find your heart center. You can set soft goals right now and re-callibrate. If you tap into this changing lunar energy you can also better prepare for spontaneous events while Uranus continues to conjunct the Sun.
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.~Rumi
The Moon is Void of Course between 2.29 and 3.58pm. Avoid major activity at this time including seeking definitive decisions and signing contracts. Spend some quiet time if you can.
The Sun is conjunct Uranus and the asteroid Hygeia for the next few days so expect the unexpected and a focus on improving health. Uranus rules electrical connections both in the body and in equipment. Uranus energy also breaks up old outmoded structures in order for fresh energy to enter into activities. With the Sun’s involvement in this conjunction that equation concerns your purpose and direction.
The essence is like the original sun shining: naturally radiant and unformed.~Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche