According to Buddha the original cause for our experiencing happiness and suffering lies within our own minds. If we want to free ourselves from problems and pain, we have to free ourselves from addictive habitual patterns. The most compelling and hardest to come to terms with is the continual creation of ego. In this lojong…
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I have been very busy traveling lately. As you know, last month I returned from the Netherlands where we had wonderful teachings on the Ganden Lha Gyema practice and a weekend workshop on the topic of karma. When I returned to Ann Arbor we continued with the teachings on Jamgon Lama Tsongkhapa’s Songs of Spiritual…
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From the Sunday, May 22, 2011 Public Talk By Gelek Rimpoche We lack inner joy because we have powerful hatred within us. That hatred not only gives us inner misery, but we begin to infect those around us with it. That is a harmful thing we have within ourselves that we have to change into…
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I just returned from the annual Spring Retreat in the Netherlands. They specifically asked for Jamgon Lama Tsongkhapa’s initiation – not the long life empowerment. I gave the rig sum chig drupe, “three activities of all enlightened beings in one.” It is not really a secret initiation but it’s also not commonly given. We did…
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This is an original unedited video teaching by Gelek Rimpoche.
This is an original unedited video teaching by Gelek Rimpoche.
According to Buddha the original cause for our experiencing happiness and suffering lies within our own minds. If we want to free ourselves from problems and pain, we have to free ourselves from addictive habitual patterns. The most compelling and hardest to come to terms with is the continual creation of ego. In this lojong…
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Dear Friends, I recently held a meeting with the Jewel Heart Program people (Kathy & Hartmut) and the Ann Arbor Dharma Co-ordinators. We discussed the next series of courses coming up in Ann Arbor and briefly reviewed our general curriculum. One thing that I’m not sure we have been making clear is the purpose of…
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