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The following is a full length video teaching offered by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo at Kunzang Palyul Choling:
Friends are so precious in our lives. How can we maximize these relationships to move both our friends and ourselves toward enlightement.
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The right thing is said to the right person and a goal is born. Good. Act promptly on information you receive, and finish up any leftover work early in the day. Obstacles arise later on. You either can’t finish or don’t feel like finishing a job. All eyes are on a leader’s predicament. You would like the situation to change, but it won’t just yet. Behave in a dignified manner today. You may be called upon to judge a situation or to give advice. Don’t do this in your bathrobe. Elsewhere, exciting changes in groups get things moving. Friends appear, and a new direction is possible. Tend to the sick and respect people’s feelings. Important things are happening. Wilma Rudolph said “Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.”
The daily astrology post affects everyone. Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently. Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth. There are many departments of life. Look to see where the dynamic affects you!
The following is a full length video teaching from Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo offered at Kunzang Palyul Choling:
How does this relationship with a Guru work? Do you give over l thought? Of course not. Jetsunma explores how our habits get in the way of an honest relationship. Then she helps us see how to change that so we are moving toward enlightenment.
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A friend appears who is inspiring, magnetic and “over the top.” You are excited, full of new ideas and ready to move ahead. Proceed carefully. Two paths appear: the first is something brand new and represents a true opportunity. It’s a bit daunting. The second seems just perfect, and you are super excited and sure it’s the right one. Watch it, the second path is a dead end. Your job is to distinguish the difference between the two. Machines and all things relating to space and technology are great. Elsewhere, meditation, art and all behind the scenes activities are wonderful. A loving physician or caring person is just what the doctor ordered. Good medicine is present today if you leave your comfort zone and seek it out. Karen Kaiser Clark said “Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.”
The daily astrology post affects everyone. Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently. Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth. There are many departments of life. Look to see where the dynamic affects you!
The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
It is really not healthy to get so upset constantly. Not for body and not for mind. If one has some practice or Dharma teaching, these can easily be overcome in one’s meditation.
The trick is to actually apply what one knows, rather than react like a child in a snowball game. I feel a good sign of adulthood is to cope well, and take responsibility for one’s actions. To assume one has a part in the drama. In fact, our dramas always begin and end with our own habitual tendencies. One cannot blame the environment, it is all within. Every bit of phenomena’s display actually occurs within.
For instance the FBI lost the case in which I am victim. So what. I’ll keep me and mine safe, somehow. I’ll deal. It is samsara, and we must bear it. So I deal, no? And what (or who) doesn’t kill me will make me strong.
Anyone who has born a heavy burdon will attest to that. You grow up. You bear it. And you become strong. This is an opportunity for me I must accept. I will. My heart is big and my shoulders very strong. I’ll just do what it takes. Every time.
The following is a full length video teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
We are living in the timo of degeneration – kaliyuga – this is the perfect time to practice Vajrayana – the diamond vehicle – before it’s too late.
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Irritation kicks off the day, or else you “get up on the wrong side of the bed.” Men and those in positions of power feel blocked, out of tune with what’s going on. Depressed! Make no forward effort until the feeling of frustration passes, which it will during the course of the day. Suddenly, you feel great and friends are everywhere! Machines help you out, and you can advance your position with a good idea. Beware of over spending! Elsewhere, an absolutely magnetizing attraction awaits you, something quiet and luscious. For heaven’s sake, don’t overlook this happiness in the face of all the rest. Ann Richards said “The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it’s all we’ll need.”
The daily astrology post affects everyone. Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently. Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth. There are many departments of life. Look to see where the dynamic affects you!
The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
Hello all. I have some doctor appointments today, so I thought I’d drop in on Twitter. Miss you all. I am doing well, though. IBS is slowing, headaches are less awful, (much) lower back somewhat improved, BP lower, PTSD treatment helpful.
Better to take responsibility yourself than to blame and point. Sadly, our karma is our own, and nobody else’s. When we point and blame we demonstrate how incompetent we are in understanding cause and effect.
At any rate we must eventually come to see the full equation. Cause and effect – result. Exacting result.
The relative universe is like a woven fabric. If one thread is pulled, it also pulls elsewhere in time and space. If pressure is applied somewhere it will produce a “pull” somewhere else. And no measure of denial or disrespect will change anything, although it will increase blind, babbling ignorance with no blessing to help anyone.
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The following is a full length video teaching offered by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo at Kunzang Palyul Choling:
Live for the benefit of others – let love guide everything in your life and you will be moving toward the Bodhisattva ideal.
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The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Commitment to the Path”
Buddhism is not the kind of religion that necessarily comforts us, although once you get the big picture, it’s the only thing that comforts you, the only thing that makes sense. That’s my experience. Other religions will tell you, “Don’t worry. Have faith. Everything is going to be OK,” but Buddhism says,” Well, you know, maybe not.” The first thing we hear in Buddhism is, “We’re all going to die.” And so sometimes because of our cultural habits, we think, “That’s kind of a downer. I don’t want to hear that. Don’t give me any down stuff. Just give me the up stuff. I want the feel good religion. That’s what I want.” So you think, “Well, I don’t want to hear about how I’m going to die. I don’t want to hear about how everything is impermanent. I don’t want to hear about everybody suffering and I have to make it better. I want to hear some good news.”
But Dharma actually tells you the truth. Dharma is like that kind of perfect parent that doesn’t speak in a condescending way to their children, a parent that tells them the truth directly, maybe in child language, but tells them the truth, speaks clearly, respects their dignity enough to tell them what is up. And that is what Dharma does. Dharma says to us that everything is impermanent. We are all wandering in cyclic existence. We do not know how to get out of cyclic existence because we don’t know how to create the causes for liberation. We don’t know how to create the causes for happiness. So it’s a roll of the dice: Which of our karma is going to ripen? According to the Buddha’s teaching, it’s all there. We have been existing as sentient beings since time out of mind. We have had time to create the causes for everything from living in a god realm to living in a hell realm.
Once we see that our lives are kind of like a wild locomotive careening down a track, down a mountain with no brakes, and we just really can’t tell when it’s going to derail, we begin to ask ourselves, “How can I prepare? What can I do?” That’s when Dharma becomes to us a sensible religion, a make-sense kind of thing, because it shows us cause and effect relationships. It shows us what we’ve got to deal with and it gives us a way to recognize a path out, a path through, a path under and over, and there is always something that we can do to prepare our minds.
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