azw3 |eng | 2012-01-20 | Author:Lama Thubten Yeshe & Nicholas Ribush & Lama Zopa Rinpoche

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q: We are supposed to see others as Heruka Vajrasattva, but what happens when we see someone doing something negative? A: You mean, should you try to ...

azw3 |eng | 2010-09-28 | Author:Trungpa, Chogyam [Trungpa, Chogyam]

The Eightfold Path THERE SEEM TO be so many sidetracks in relating to our life situations, sidetracks of all kinds by which we are seduced: “Food, gas, and lodging, next ...

azw3 |eng | 2011-12-05 | Author:Rinpoche, Dudjom [Rinpoche, Dudjom]

The sadhana of the Great Compassionate One is the very essence of all the sutras and the tantras. Guru Rinpoche distilled it as a method whereby disciples who have connections ...

azw3 |eng | 2010-02-16 | Author:Cortand Dahl & Cortland Dahl

In the long version of the Longchen Nyingtik ngöndro, the mandala offering is followed by the offering of the simple beggar, or kusali offering. This is both a preparation for ...

azw3 |eng | 2005-09-25 | Author:Geshe Jampa Tegchok & Thubten Chodron

If someone is hungry, it is definitely better to give him food rather than to simply wish he had some. It is good to help in a practical way whenever ...

azw3 |eng | 2002-01-08 | Author:The Dalai Lama His Holiness & Jeffrey Hopkins Ph.d. & Jeffrey Hopkins

PRACTICALINTENTION TOBECOMEENLIGHTENED When your aspiration to become enlightened is firm, you should implement it in deeds. These are called Bodhisattva deeds, and principal among them are the six perfections: 1.Giving ...

azw3 |eng | 2011-03-15 | Author:Khyentse, Dzongsar Jamyang [Khyentse, Dzongsar Jamyang]

Some people think that stringent rules and virtuous deeds are the essence of Buddhism, but these are only a small component of Buddha’s skillful and abundant methods. He knew that ...

azw3 |eng | 2011-11-08 | Author:Rinpoche, Dudjom & Dorje, Jigdrel Yeshe [Rinpoche, Dudjom]

II. CLARIFICATION OF THE POINTS OF THE TRAINING IN THIS CASE Relax physically, verbally, and mentally, and reflect as follows: “Just as one could never fix the dimensions of space ...

azw3, epub |eng | 2001-11-13 | Author:Herbert V. Guenther & Chogyam Trungpa

NINE Empowerment and Initiations I WOULD LIKE TO speak about the initiations or abhishekas, to put them in proper perspective in terms of how they apply, when they come, and ...

azw3 |eng | 2006-04-10 | Author:The Dalai Lama & Dakpo Tashi Namgyal & Lobsang Lhalungpa & Lhalungpa, Lobsang P. [Lhalungpa, Lobsang P.]

Here I have simply shown the appropriate synchronization of appearance and mind. However, it is said that perfect synchronization can be achieved only at the meditational stage of the great ...

azw3 |eng | 2010-09-28 | Author:Trungpa, Chogyam [Trungpa, Chogyam]

THREE Fearlessness HAVING ALREADY DISCUSSED the three-kaya principle by way of preparation, we might now consider Padmasambhava as a representative of crazy wisdom as opposed to any other type of ...

azw3 |eng | 2011-12-13 | Author:Tulku Rinpoche Urgyen

From this Dzogchen perspective, shamatha is the unchanging quality of innate steadiness, while the natural sense of being awake is the vipashyana aspect. Neither of these is produced or fabricated ...

azw3 |eng | 2010-11-09 | Author:Dzogchen Ponlop

While this looks good on paper, it’s also somewhat unbelievable. Are such idealistic portrayals even helpful if you don’t know anyone who actually lives up to them? Perhaps the point ...

azw3 |eng | 2001-12-15 | Author:Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Short Vajrasattva mantra OM VAJRASATTVA HUM Long Vajrasattva mantra OM VAJRASATTVA SAMAYA MANUPALAYA VAJRASATTVA DENOPA TITHA DIDO ME BHAVA SUTO KAYO ME BHAVA SUPO KAYO ME BHAVA ANURAKTO ME BHAVA ...

azw3, pdf |eng | 2009-11-25 | Author:Rob Preece

As adults, we need to come to the place where we recognize that every person is both positive and negative. The splitting of the good and bad mother leads us ...