The nature of mind is the background to the whole of life and death, like the sky, which enfolds the whole universe in its embrace. -SOGYAL RINPOCHE in the...
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kyabdro
Mar 4, 2003 2:40 pm
Buddha sat in serene and humble dignity on the ground, with the sky above him and around him, as if to show us that in meditation you sit with open, skylike...
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kyabdro
Mar 3, 2003 4:29 pm
Happy LOSAR - New Year every one ! ... I am now seventy-eight years old, and have seen so many, many things during my lifetime. So many young people have died,...
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kyabdro
Mar 2, 2003 9:48 am
Whatever thoughts and emotions arise in meditation, allow them to rise and settle, like the waves in the ocean. Whatever you find yourself thinking, let that...
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kyabdro
Mar 1, 2003 4:19 pm
The practice of mindfulness unveils and reveals your essential Good Heart, because it dissolves and removes the unkindness or the harm in you. Only when you...
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kyabdro
Feb 28, 2003 2:30 pm
The whole point of Dzogchen meditation practice is to strengthen and stabilize Rigpa and allow it to grow to full maturity. The ordinary, habitual mind with...
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kyabdro
Feb 27, 2003 2:35 pm
Ask yourself these two questions: Do I remember at every moment that I am dying, and that everyone and everything else is, and so treat all beings at all times...
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kyabdro
Feb 26, 2003 2:38 pm
In the Dzogchen teachings it is said that your View and your posture should be like a mountain. Your View is the summation of your whole understanding and...
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kyabdro
Feb 25, 2003 2:39 pm
As a Buddhist, I view death as a normal process, a reality that I accept will occur as long as I remain in this earthly existence. Knowing that I cannot escape...
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kyabdro
Feb 24, 2003 2:22 pm
Just as Buddha said that of all the buddhas who attained enlightenment, not one accomplished it without relying on the master, he also said: "It is only...
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mrssquitty
Feb 22, 2003 5:31 pm
*** The Power of Peace Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche It is my wish that the spiritual power of peace will touch every person on this earth, radiating from a deep...
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kyabdro
Feb 21, 2003 2:24 pm
The mantra I recommend to my students is: OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM Tibetans say: "Om Ah Hung Benza Guru Péma Siddhi Hung," which is the mantra of...
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kyabdro
Feb 20, 2003 2:43 pm
I hope that just like myself, no one else noticed that title line for Glimpses is still stuck in January! I promise to try and put February in its place next...
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kyabdro
Feb 20, 2003 2:34 pm
A meditation technique used a great deal in Tibetan Buddhism is uniting the mind with the sound of a mantra. The definition of mantra is "that which protects...
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kyabdro
Feb 19, 2003 2:33 pm
At the moment of death, there are two things that count: whatever we have done in our lives, and what state of mind we are in at that very moment. Even if we...
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kyabdro
Feb 18, 2003 2:34 pm
We all have the karma to take one spiritual path or another, and I would encourage you, from the bottom of my heart, to follow with complete sincerity the path...
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kyabdro
Feb 17, 2003 2:29 pm
As we follow the teachings and as we practice, we will inevitably discover certain truths about ourselves that stand out prominently: There are places where we...
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kyabdro
Feb 17, 2003 3:52 am
To integrate meditation in action is the whole ground and point and purpose of meditation. The violence and stress and the challenges and distractions of this...
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kyabdro
Feb 16, 2003 4:55 am
I know very well from my own experience how hard it is to imagine taking on the sufferings of others, and especially those of sick and dying people, without...
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kyabdro
Feb 14, 2003 2:31 pm
Of all the practices I know, the practice of Tonglen, Tibetan for "giving and receiving," is one of the most useful and powerful. When you feel yourself locked...
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kyabdro
Feb 13, 2003 2:47 pm
Remember the example of an old cow: She's content to sleep in a barn. You have to eat, sleep and shit - That's unavoidable - anything Beyond that is none of...
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kyabdro
Feb 12, 2003 2:30 pm
A Zen master had a faithful but very naive student who regarded him as a living buddha. One day the master accidentally sat down on a needle. He screamed...
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kyabdro
Feb 10, 2003 2:44 pm
Your compassion can have perhaps three essential benefits for a dying person: First, because it is opening your heart, you will find it easier to show the...
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kyabdro
Feb 8, 2003 6:10 am
A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as...
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kyabdro
Feb 7, 2003 2:48 pm
THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF MIND No words can describe it No example can point to it Samsara does not make it worse Nirvana does not make it better It has never...
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kyabdro
Feb 6, 2003 2:37 pm
The cells of our body are dying, the neurons in our brain are decaying, even the expressions on our face are always changing, depending on our mood. What we...
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kyabdro
Feb 5, 2003 2:30 pm
What is meditation in Dzogchen? It is simply resting undistracted, in the View, once introduced. Dudjom Rinpoche describes it: "Meditation consists of being...
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kyabdro
Feb 4, 2003 3:41 pm
Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything, counts. -SOGYAL RINPOCHE in the book the Book:...
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kyabdro
Feb 3, 2003 4:35 pm
Following is a message mailed out to members of Palyul Ling International. ... Tashi Delek, We recently had contact with Lama Lobsang Chophel, traveling with...
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kyabdro
Feb 3, 2003 2:55 pm
A wave in the sea, seen in one way, seems to have a distinct identity, an end and a beginning, a birth and a death. Seen in another way, the wave itself...
