Cultivating Virtue, Pacifying Poisons
From a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo: I have always felt a good way to purify rage, is to film oneself doing it. How even an attractive person becomes ugly, and repulsive. If one cannot...
View ArticleThe Long Life Gods – Is It the Good Life?
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “The Foundation of Bodhicitta” Now there is the long life gods realm. It is hard not to pray for rebirth in the long life...
View ArticleThe Mixed Karma of the Human Realm
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “The Foundation of Bodhicitta” Now we are getting to the egg yolk. Actually the optimum life is to be born as a human,. even...
View ArticleThe Habit of Love
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “The Habit of Bodhicitta” Basically what we have to do is, day by day in a gradual way, reinforce, develop and make larger...
View ArticleWhen We Blow It
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “The Habit of Bodhicitta” So little by little, you begin to change your habit. If you really blow it, and you will, … Accept...
View ArticleExamining the Causes of Suffering
The following is an excerpt from a public talk given by His Holiness Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok: The second cause for suffering is karma—– karma meaning cause and result. This begins with these negative...
View ArticleThe Responsibility of Choice
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Why We Suffer” I’d like to explain it in whatever way I can—even though the vocabulary is limited, and I myself am extremely...
View ArticleChoose Well
The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo: I can understand how bad the economy is for all of us. Many people, even former good citizens are turning to money crimes, sadly. They...
View ArticleActions and Their Consequences: From “Naked Awareness” by Karma Chagme
The following is respectfully quoted from “Naked Awareness” by Karma Chagme with commentary by Gyaltrul Rinpoche: Homage to Avalokitesvara! A rough explanation of actions and their consequences has...
View ArticleThe Basis for Practice is the Bodhicitta: Dilgo Khyentse
The following is respectfully quoted from “Enlightened Courage” by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche: As a preliminary to this teaching, we must consider three things: the preciousness of being born a human...
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