Palyul Clear Light

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Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso

The following is an excerpt of a teaching by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso published in Palyul Clear Light

Afflictive emotions don’t arise anywhere but within yourself. The important practice is to not look outside at the external condition.  The moment anything becomes a condition for your afflictive emotions you have to look into your mind. Mostly our five senses are faced outward.  We think, “This person said this certain word and it affected me and THAT is why I’m angry.”  Our minds always try to blame.

So it is important to look into your own mind.  To watch your thoughts is the key point for your practice. If you really want Dharma, this is key.  But if you want to just have fun with Dharma then you don’t necessarily have to worry about it, you can just be angry. It’s fine unless you are really thinking, “How can I do real Dharma practice?”   Then truly you must work with your mind.  There are a few who work with mind.  For them the most important thing is to work with their minds and not fall into any afflictive emotions. When you have control over your mind, you don’t necessarily neeed to verbalize something negative. You can practice to govern your speech. This is the gift of mind.

Great thanks to Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso.  May His Holiness Penor Rinpoche return swiftly!

Tsawei Lama Kye Ho

From a Teaching by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche

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All the practices and precepts of the dharma are really very vast, but what we really need is devotion and inclination toward practice, pure perception especially relating with the guru as the essence of all the buddhas, and generation of compassion and loving-kindness toward all sentient beings. These are the heart essence practices of the dharma.

If you don’t have devotion or faith, it is an obstruction for you to really enter the dharma. If you don’t have the pure perception of your lama as the essence of all the buddhas, you cannot do the supplications and it will be very difficult to introduce you to the true nature of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection. If you don’t have compassion and loving-kindness towards others like a mother for her only child, you do not have the very root of the dharma and you cannot achieve anything.

From the beginning, no one has accomplished anything without these, but those who think properly and carry through the practice in this way can get accomplished with everything.

If we don’t have devotion for the dharma, it does not really affect the dharma itself. It only affects us, such that we cannot get the benefit. It is through your devotion and inclination that you can have the benefit of purifying your obscurations and your karmas. And if you do not generate compassion for all sentient beings, that is the very opposite of dharma, so there is no way you can accomplish anything.

Also, the lama does not gain or lose anything by whether or not you pray with devotion to him as the essence of all the buddhas. But if you have very strong devotion and faith in the lama, then even if a lama is very ordinary you can receive the actual blessings through that.

For example, some of you might know the story of the relics born out of the dog’s tooth. It was not that the dog’s tooth had any special blessing, but rather that the old mother had been praying and supplicating to the tooth, and thinking that it really was the Buddha’s tooth. That is why it yielded such relics. This is why devotion or faith is so important. If you don’t have devotion, then even if the real Buddha appeared in front of you, you could not receive any blessing.

Astrology

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4/15/2010     Thursday

The day begins with a bang!  Irritated at first, you proceed to engage in excellent communication during the course of the day.  Important conversations move your interests forward.  You are able to connect with the right people and state your position in an intelligent and convincing manner.  Dealings with governmental bodies or people in control go well.  Your projects are reasonable and in tune with the times.  Goethe said, “Only begin and then the mind grows heated; only begin and the task will be completed.”  How about you?

The daily astrology post affects everyone.  Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently.  Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth.  There are many departments of life.  Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

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4/14/2010     Wednesday

New Beginnings!  You zip ahead with energy, imagination and inspiration.  You are still on a tightrope, a yin and yang balancing act between caution and the urge to “break out,” but keep your eye on both sides of the equation.  It’s just like a teeter-totter, don’t let the fat guy sit on one end. Keep both sides evenly balanced and you move through things  successfully.  If a surprise strikes, factor the information into the equation and keep moving ahead.  Heady times, these, and a bit nerve-wracking.

The daily astrology post affects everyone.  Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently.  Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth.  There are many departments of life.  Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

Please Pray for Tex Gabriel

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Here is some awful news. Our beloved Tex Gabriel has Creutzfeldt-Jacob desise. Only 2wks-2mos to live. That’s human form of Mad Cow desease.

To never work with or hear Tex Gabriel play guitar again seems unbearable. That kind and gentle man just slipping away from us.

Tex reminds us that Life is too short. What a terrible thing to waste our lives on BS and hate. Let’s live love and life well, little time-

Please #Pray for Tex Gabriel, a light, an enormous talent, a great heart, not with us much longer. #stopthehate #bringthelove #feedthepoor

I wish for and pray that you all have every blessing. Health, happiness, love, prosperity, peace. #stopthehate #bringthelove #feedthepoor

from a series of Tweets

Letting Go of Hate

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Why do people “like” to hate? What is the engine, the mechanism that drives hate? I think it is fear. Fear of loss; mostly fear of failure.

Most haters are terrified to let go of their rage. They think without it they will lose all: or cease to be. Could not be more wrong!

Letting go of hate is Liberating! One can actually regain emotional control and win their life back. There’s room for #love. #stopthehate

I cannot imagine hating and raging like that or why one would want to. They are already in hell: death will be hard. The hells open-

Even now the hells open. Because hate is hell on earth here and now. #stopthehate #bringthelove #feedthepoor #animalrescue.

Astrology

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4/13/2010     Tuesday

If you want to be creative or receive medical treatment today, take time to listen to someone who is slow and hard to listen to.  That person is giving you accurate information. Be sure you have understood correctly, follow directions specifically, and an excellent outcome is possible.  You feel emotionally stimulated, or else you deal with a woman or child who acts this way.  Your feelings receive a “jump start” today.  Be sure to thank the person who gets you moving again.

The daily astrology post affects everyone.  Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently.  Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth.  There are many departments of life.  Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

Astrology

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4/12/2010     Monday

Whoa, an emotional upset or disagreement is possible.  One side is serious, plodding, and the other side seems out of touch with reality.  The truth lies somewhere between the two, and both sides must be taken into consideration for a successful outcome.  You could play both parts in different areas of your life.  Later, you become more active and prone to anger.  Exercise or assertive behavior wins the day.  Forget about trying to please higher ups; they aren’t listening to comments or complaints, they’re justifying themselves.

The daily astrology post affects everyone.  Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently.  Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth.  There are many departments of life.  Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

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4/11/2010     Sunday

There is an atmosphere of happy, expansive emotionalism today, and a surprise too.  At the same time you may discover you have more work to do, something left over from the past.   Begin each project as though it were brand new.  You’ll be tempted to berate yourself or someone else.  Remember “You can’t go anywhere in the chariot of the past.”  Skip reminiscing, it’ll just bother you unless you’re remembering happy times.  Stay upbeat, do the job you need to do, and it turns out well.

The daily astrology post affects everyone.  Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently.  Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth.  There are many departments of life.  Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

Astrology

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4/11/2010     Sunday

There is an atmosphere of happy, expansive emotionalism today, and a surprise too.  At the same time you may discover you have more work to do, something left over from the past.   Begin each project as though it were brand new.  You’ll be tempted to berate yourself or someone else.  Remember “You can’t go anywhere in the chariot of the past.”  Skip reminiscing, it’ll just bother you unless you’re remembering happy times.  Stay upbeat, do the job you need to do, and it turns out well.

The daily astrology post affects everyone.  Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently.  Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth.  There are many departments of life.  Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

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