The following is a full length video teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo given at Kunzang Palyul Choling:
Universality of all beings. Equanimity. The Six Realms
21 Homages to Tara: Verse 15 Commentary Khenpo Tenzin Norgay
Thupten Shedrub Gyatso, who was a Tulku in one of the Palyul Monasteries, wrote this commentary. His present incarnation, Rago Chogtrul currently lives in Tibet.
Translation by Khenpo Tenzin Norgey ~ Spring, 2004,
Palyul Retreat Center, Mc Donough, NY USA ~Wood Monkey Year 2131
Homage to you, who is blissful, virtuous and tranquil,
And enjoys the domain of peaceful nirvana
With (mantra) endowed perfectly with SVAHA and OM
You destroy all awful non-virtuous karma.
The fifteenth homage is to Rabtu Zhima,Tib the “Perfect Pacifier”, who pacifies the obscuration of negative karma[i]. She sits on blue lotus, and is peaceful. Her color is white like a crystal moon and she holds an anointing vase. She is free from the fruition of suffering, and as a result, she is blissful She has eliminated non-virtue, and as a result, she is virtuous. Her afflictions have ended, and as a result, she is tranquil. She has gone beyond the sufferings of the two obscurations and she enjoys and abides in the sphere of sublime tranquility. By her power of compassion, and power of reciting perfectly in accordance with the sadhana[ii] her twenty-three or eighteen syllable mantras, the five heinous negative karmas[iii]that make beings fall into the lower realms, and other karma that generates great sufferings are uprooted and purified. The mantra includes the additional syllables,OMat the beginning and SVAHA at the end. The ultimate meaning is that her blissfulness and other qualities are connected to the five wisdom minds: the wisdom of absolute space, mirror-like wisdom, the wisdom of equality, discriminating wisdom, and all-accomplishing wisdom.
[i] karma skt ~ The doctrine of actions and there causal consequences, the law of cause and effect.
[ii] sadhana skt ~ Translated as “means of accomplishment” Usually is a complete set of tantric liturgies on the practice of a deity, starting from the lineage prayers to dedication of the merit to all the sentient beings.
[iii] five heinous negative karmas ~ Patricide, matricide, killing an arhat, drawing blood from the body of a Buddha with evil intent, and causing a schism in the sangha.
Astrology
You are raring to go today and anyone who wants to join you is welcome to come along for the ride. A new enterprise is favorable, and a new direction is good. You want something new; you’re tired of the same old thing. Action taken puts you in tune with the times. Self-assertion is favorable and still you must take your partner into consideration. Someone else is in the background, and you must always watch this person. A goofy, happy energy is present, and everyone seems to be in a good mood. The LA Times said “Some people march to a different drummer – and some people polka.” Be joyous in your own way. International issues, legal matters and your spirituality bring happiness today.
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 Root of Accomplishment
The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
Always walk in the footsteps of Lord Buddha, Guru Padmasambhava. And of course, never break root samaya with Tsewei Lama, it’s the greatest downfall. Breaking samaya with one’s root Guru leads to the utter incapability to truly accomplish, and one is forced to play “Guru” on a path self-made. Useless.
If one puts oneself as high as the Tsawei Lama, or feels oneself superior, one will lose their way and practice as a demon. Bad result. Otherwise, if one mixes one’s mindstream with the Guru’s, all accomplishment and qualities of Guru Padmasambhava, through pure practice and devotion, can be attained in this life.
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Awakening from Non-Recognition: Video Teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
The following is a video teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo offered at Kunzang Palyul Choling in Maryland.
How do we awaken to our true nature? Jetsunma describes the state of non-recognition in which we live and describes how to transform that into a state of awareness of our true nature.
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21 Homages to Tara: Verse 14 Commentary Khenpo Tenzin Norgay
Thupten Shedrub Gyatso, who was a Tulku in one of the Palyul Monasteries, wrote this commentary. His present incarnation, Rago Chogtrul currently lives in Tibet.
Translation by Khenpo Tenzin Norgey ~ Spring, 2004,
Palyul Retreat Center, Mc Donough, NY USA ~Wood Monkey Year 2131
Homage to you, who strikes the earth with your palms,
And stamps upon it with your feet.
With wrathful grimaces and HUNG syllable,
You scatter the seven underworlds.
The fourteenth homage is to Thronyer Chenzed,Tib the “Wrathful Wrinkled (Frowning) Tara” who subdues the eight classes of harmful spirits and nine malignant spirit brothers. She is black like a dark night, and holds a wooden pestle upon a blue lotus. She makes the world tremble and quake by striking the mountains and islands with the palms of her hands and stamping upon them with her feet. By the power of her regal frowning, the resounding vibration of HUNG, and the glare from her radiant vajra light, which is like a fire-shower, she shatters the hearts and heads of all malignant spirits: samaya[i] breakers, demons and others from the seven underworlds and above, and makes them faint into the state of dharmata[ii]. The seven underworlds, which are like layers of seven roofs, are: the abodes of demons, the general base, the higher base, the baseless, the specific base, the base of essence, the perfect base, and the pure base. In reality, the two soles striking symbolize striking the crucial point of the path of the non-duality of pristine wisdom and the basic sphere, which uproots the seven latencies or seven cognitions with their objects.
Astrology
You could feel a little sorry for yourself early today, and something reminds you of suffering you’ve experienced. Don’t focus on the painful remembrance. Let it drift away and the energy changes quickly. Then it’s all action and all go, go, go! Take advantage of this forward-motion time. Imagine a race horse trying to run and looking backwards at the same time. Doesn’t work! Keep your eyes forward and resist the temptation to undercut yourself by recalling your past. It’s a question of gaze, really. Louis Pasteur said “Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” Be tenacious today. No feeling sorry for yourself.
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 Four Thoughts That Turn The Mind: Khenpo Tenzin Norgay
The following is a full length video teaching on The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind given at Kunzang Palyul Choling by Khenpo Tenzin Norgay:
21 Homages to Tara: Verse 13 Commentary Khenpo Tenzin Norgay
Thupten Shedrub Gyatso, who was a Tulku in one of the Palyul Monasteries, wrote this commentary. His present incarnation, Rago Chogtrul currently lives in Tibet.
Translation by Khenpo Tenzin Norgey ~ Spring, 2004,
Palyul Retreat Center, Mc Donough, NY USA ~Wood Monkey Year 2131
Homage to you, who dwells amidst garlands
Blazing like the fire at the end of an eon.
With your right leg outstretched and left leg drawn in
Your joyful turning destroys enemy forces.
The thirteenth homage is to Drapung Jomma,Tib the “Tara Who Averts War”. She averts wars and obstacles, and leads beings to victory in the war with form and formless enemies. She is red in color and dwells amidst garlands of wisdom fire swirling like the fire at the end of an eon. Her right leg is stretched out and left leg is drawn in. Sparks of fire fly from the prongs of the vajra she brandishes, subduing all harmful enemies. She comforts them by gathering them under the vajra-tent that protects them from their own evil. With every skillful means[i], she turns the wheel of dharma, according to the disposition of the beings to be tamed. She makes them content and joyous, and subdues the malefic forces of the two obscurations. The inner meaning is that this indicates the realization that “exhausts all phenomena”. Just as the fire at the end of the eon consumes the world, when the primordial wisdom swirls in dharmadhatu, the outer earth and stones, the inner animate body, and the secret conceptions are also exhausted. So the foes of the two obscurations[ii] are subjugated, and the joy of the great tranquility of the core of inner clarity of primordial wisdom[iii]that does not dwell in the extremes of samsara and nirvana is experienced.
[i] skillful means ~ The Mahayana practice of adapting the doctrine to the capacities of one’s audience.
[ii] two obscurations ~ There are two types of obscurations: those preventing liberation from the cycle of samsaric suffering, called afflictive obscurations, and those preventing omniscience, called the obscurations to the objects of knowledge.
[iii] primordial wisdom ~The wisdom that has realized the primordial nature of all phenomena.
Astrology
Happy day! You feel absolutely joyous, and your mind is expansive and quick. Use this good energy to communicate with others and notice the positive result. Men and women are in harmony today, so spend time with people of the opposite sex. Men are handsome devils and women are delicate maidens. Romance is in bloom! Travel is excellent. Act on a hunch today and you won’t be sorry. Still, someone is insistent on their pride being fed. Hmmm. You’ll know it’s you if you make a statement and nobody answers. People have just about had it with the proud one: be sure it’s not you! Now s/he’s being ignored. Financial matters are developing nicely. Go buy something for someone. Medicines work and if you’re sick you’ll recover. Shakespeare said “All’s well that ends well.” Ok!
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!