A sacred space for everyone
The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
If weary, sick or sad, come to the KPC Stupas and rest and pray. Leave an offering to say “I was here!”.
Stupas are meant to heal suffering, bring peace, balance, strengthen one’s path. Come see for yourself.
I wish I had funds to build Stupas all along the Pacific Rim. They would heal, balance, purify the Earth.
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The following is a YouTube video teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo extracted from a talk called “The Attitude of Gratitude”
6/30/2016 Thursday by Norma
A grand trine in earth signs indicates progress in material ventures. This is the day to build a fence, a house or the bridge to your success. Financial matters go well and shopping is a dream. Stick with down-to-earth plans and avoid anything brand new or exotic. It’s a great day to take on new
employees or put people to work. John Ruskin said, “The highest reward for your toil is not what you get for it but what you become by it.” Work is ennobling today, it develops your character. Food equals love, so eat your favorite food today. You pretty much can’t go wrong today, provided you remain alert to your surroundings.
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6/29/2016 Wednesday by Norma
Shopping, this is your day! Buyers are out in full force taking advantage of the aspects. You can certainly maximize your income if you put your mind to it. Good taste abounds; buy something and you’ll keep it for years and congratulate yourself as you do. Beware of scams, foreign callers urging you to invest, and phony IRS calls. (The real IRS writes letters, no phone calls). Keep your eyes open for anything wrong and make it right. Horace Mann said, “Injustice alone can shake down the pillars of the skies, and restore the reign of Chaos and Night.” The same aspect that makes for good shopping gives the strength to uphold the rights of everyone. Be a super hero today, helping those in need.
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The following is respectfully quoted from “Compassionate Action” by Chatral Rinpoche:
Chöd means “cut” and is a practice for destroying ego-clinging by offering your body, cut into pieces and converted into pure nectar, as sustenance for the enlightened ones, the hungry ghosts, demons, and other sentient beings. It is traditionally practiced at charnel grounds and cemeteries.
6/28/2016 Tuesday by Norma
Venture forth and you’ll be pushed back; change tactics completely and you’re on the move again. Scattered behavior is a problem today; so many items require your attention that it’s hard to know what to do and when. The urge to dream opposes the need to work, the wish to stay home opposes the pull of the world. Go back and forth between opposites, but decide which is most important and go there. Martin Gardner said, “I am told there is a passage in the Talmud that says: ‘If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there.'” Food and work predominate today, plus a touch of inspired thinking that sends you in a new direction.
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The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Antidoting the Mantra of Samsara”
As a part of Ngondro, we have to accomplish 100,000 repetitions of a short version of the Bodhisattva Vow, the Bodhicitta mantra. Do you think to yourself, “Well what’s the goal here? See, I’m trying to be compassionate. O.k. so from now on I’m just going to be nice.” Have you ever tried to make that decision? From now on you’re going to be nice? Have you ever tried to do that? How long did it last? Maybe five minutes if you’re lucky! I think the all-time world record for a woman is 28 days! And that goes for her husband also! So it really can’t be done. You can’t just decide you’re going to be compassionate. And why is that? Because you still have the weight of these ancient habitual tendencies and deluded perceptions.
The Buddha teaches us that what’s needed here is to recite the Bodhicitta mantra at least 100,000 times with the correct absorption, correct mental concentration, mental imaging, and mental visualization, just as you are taught by the Buddha. Don’t make up your own religion now. Don’t do that! Practice what the Buddha has taught you just like the Buddha says, and that will change that. Rather than thinking “Oh, let me see if I can rewrite this religion to make it a little easier,” which you guys have all tried to do, haven’t you? Yes, we know that. So, instead of rewriting the religion, we actually practice it the way that it was given. But we’re thinking, “Wouldn’t it be nice, instead of this 100,000 business, why don’t we sort of do it the new way? This is a new age isn’t it? We’ll just think positive all of the time.” Anybody ever tried to think positive all the time? That’s another fun one. The world record for that is also 28 days.
So we have to understand that what’s recommended here is not arbitrary. Some Buddhist person didn’t show up a long time ago and say “Let’s see, when it gets to be about 1996, how are we going to torture these people?” It wasn’t like that at all. These practices are meant to antidote your particular situation. You must understand that these were not given to us by ordinary sentient beings. These were not authored by someone who felt that they had an answer the way many of our New Age wisdoms are. You know, nowadays we hear people coming up with wisdom all the time, all kinds of wisdom.They came up with it two years ago, five years ago—how to dream, how to vision. Everybody’s got some wisdom.
But this stuff that comes from the Buddha is different. What actually occurred here is that the very mind of enlightenment appeared in the world as the perfected Buddha. This was not an ordinary sentient being. This is the Buddha nature appearing in the world in a form that we can see with our eyes. And from the mind of that nature, from the mind of that one, from that, directly from the Buddha nature itself, this antidotal process was given. It’s not the same as some mom and pop wisdom somebody cooked up nowadays. So it’s not going to sound like, “Let’s put a bandaid on an ulcer.” It’s not going to sound like “O.k. you’ve been alive since time out of mind creating lots of nonvirtue. Just think positive. Everything will be fine.” It’s not going to sound like that.
It’s going to sound like what it is. The necessary solution for what ails you according to what you actually are, not according to your over-simplified understanding of yourself. So the Buddha has given a very deep, very extensive, very profound method for a very deep, extensive and profound problem. And there are no shortcuts.
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6/27/2016 Monday by Norma
You’re able to make a quick decision that moves things forward so take prompt action and avoid emotional waffling. Regarding health issues the urge to stick with home remedies is fine, unless your condition can’t be treated at home. Brenda Ueland said, “You can argue with a theologian or a politician, but doctors are sacrosanct. They know; you do not.” Someone is 100% on your side and loves you, to boot. Go with that person. Once the decision has been made, head straight home to the kitchen where the action is. Hard work is rewarded, you’re still fixing things from the past, and people you never heard of love you.
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The following prayer is quoted from “Buddha in the Palm of the Hand” Nam Cho Ngondro:
TSULTRIM TRI DEN PHU CHOG DAM PA DI
This sacred supreme incense, which bears the scent of pure discipline,
TINGZIN NGAG DANG CHAGYE CHIN LAB GYI
By the blessing of mantra and mudra performed in a state of Samadhi,
SANGYE SHING DU PHO TRI NGAD DEN PAI
Is offered to the Realm of the Buddhas. May this aromatic incense
GYALWA GYATSO TSOG NAM NYE GYUR CHIG
Completely please and satisfy the assembly of ocean-like Buddhas!
NAMA SARWA DA TA GA TA BENZAR DUPE PRATITSA PUDZA MEGHA SA MUDRA SA PA RA NA SAMAYA AH HUNG
6/26/2016 Sunday by Norma
You receive information that’s either wrong or incomprehensible, after which you’ll get lost. Have a laugh at yourself, good humor is the gift of the day. Later your thinking deepens and you’re able to understand a mystery. Albert Einstein said, “Look deeply into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” An old love is coming back into the picture, and something you’ve dreamed of is heading your way. The urge to do a bit of travel is strong but it’s better to stay home near the
refrigerator, the stove and the table. That’s where the food is. Ok, you can go to a restaurant. Yes, you must continue to keep an eye on what lurks in the dark. You can respond to what you see, but you won’t see anything if you’re not looking.
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