Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels ....a buddha is someone who has attained full enlightenment through the cultivation of compassion and the wisdom of...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
May 15, 2006 10:58 am
All events and incidents in life are so intimately linked with the fate of others that a single person on his or her own cannot even begin to act. Many ...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
May 11, 2006 11:27 am
An effortless compassion can arise for all beings who have not realized their true nature. So limitless is it that if tears could express it, you would cry...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
May 9, 2006 5:26 am
The Buddhist meditation masters know how flexible and workable the mind is. If we train it, anything is possible. In fact, we are already perfectly trained by...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
May 8, 2006 6:15 am
If things did in fact exist the way they appear - if things did exist so concretely - then when one looked into and investigated them, this inherent existence...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
May 7, 2006 2:42 am
Question: If the root of all suffering is attachment, are the desire to have a family and the desire for liberation from suffering contradictory? Answer: I...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
May 5, 2006 3:43 am
Learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through meditation that you can undertake the journey to discover...
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tara whispers
tara_mission
May 3, 2006 3:15 pm
In any society, it is necessary to follow a certain number of rules. Those who commit crimes or harmful acts must be punished and those who behave well should...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Apr 30, 2006 7:19 am
Techniques for Improvement All of us have attained a human life; we are, in a sense, incomparable among the various types of sentient beings, as we are able to...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Apr 28, 2006 4:20 pm
Just as the ocean has waves, and the sun has rays, so the mind’s own radiance is its thoughts and emotions. The ocean has waves, yet the ocean is not...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Apr 25, 2006 11:15 am
...karma refers not only to our actions but, more importantly, to the motivation or intention behind them. The acts themselves are not the primary cause of our...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Apr 24, 2006 11:55 am
Remaining in the clarity and confidence of Rigpa allows all your thoughts and emotions to liberate naturally and effortlessly within its vast expanse, like...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Apr 22, 2006 4:08 pm
The Dzogchen Tantras, the ancient teachings from which the bardo instructions come, speak of a mythical bird, the garuda, which is born fully grown. This image...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Apr 9, 2006 1:10 pm
To realize what I call the wisdom of compassion is to see with complete clarity its benefits, as well as the damage that its opposite has done to us. We need...
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Yungchen Lhamo
yungchenart
Apr 7, 2006 10:43 pm
Dear members, I am writing to pass along the following news that Yungchen Lhamo is releasing her first new CD in years, and will be performing on May 5 at...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Apr 2, 2006 7:31 am
Concern for others to be happy and compassion wishing them to be free from suffering are needed not only as the basis for a bodhichitta motivation for ...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Mar 31, 2006 12:21 pm
The Level of Great Capacity Atisha continues his discussion on the three capacities by turning his attention to spiritual trainees at the highest level. Verse...
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boianwms
Mar 24, 2006 2:46 am
ESSENCE OF GURU YOGA Guru Yoga is a quintessential practice at each level of the Vajrayana Buddhist path. At the outset our gurus introduce us to the...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Mar 15, 2006 11:19 am
The Level of Middling Capacity In the following verse Atisha describes the characteristics of spiritual trainees of the middling capacity. Verse 4 Those who...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Mar 10, 2006 3:22 am
We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice. And if we choose to do so, we can put an end to suffering and...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Mar 7, 2006 11:06 am
Sit quietly. From the depths of your heart, invoke in the sky in front of you the embodiment of the truth in the person of your master, a saint, or an ...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Mar 2, 2006 2:12 am
[Part 1] The Level of Initial Capacity All the essential spiritual practices related primarily to the achievement of rebirth in the higher realms belong to...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Feb 28, 2006 1:10 am
Question: Could you please say something on the three kinds of suffering? His Holiness: One kind of suffering is like a headache or like yesterday's flu:...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Feb 21, 2006 5:43 am
It is important to reflect calmly, again and again, that death is real and comes without warning. Don’t be like the pigeon in the Tibetan proverb: He spends...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Feb 16, 2006 4:20 am
For meditation to happen, calm and auspicious conditions have to be created. Before we have mastery over our minds, we need first to calm their environment. At...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Feb 8, 2006 1:29 am
Confined in the dark, narrow cage of our own making that we take for the whole universe, very few of us can even begin to imagine another dimension of mind....
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Feb 7, 2006 3:46 am
We may say, and even half-believe, that compassion is marvelous, but in practice our actions are deeply uncompassionate and bring us and others mostly...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Feb 6, 2006 9:21 am
O love, O pure deep love, be here, be now Be all; worlds dissolve into your stainless endless radiance, Frail living leaves burn with you brighter than cold...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Feb 3, 2006 1:47 am
Body lying flat on a last bed, Voices whispering a few last words, Mind watching a final memory glide past: When will that drama come for you? VIITH DALAI LAMA...
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Namdrol Tsepal
tenzin111
Feb 2, 2006 12:36 am
One method of meditation that many people find useful is to rest the mind lightly on an object. You can use an object of natural beauty that invokes a special...
