Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe taught on The Rice Seedling Sutra at Jewel Heart Ann Arbor from September 16 to 22, 2019. The Rice Seedling Sutra (Salistamba Sutra, Tib: sa lu’i jang pai do) is an early Mahayana Sutra in which Maitreya explains to Shariputra a short statement on dependent arising the Buddha made while looking at…
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Jewel Heart hosts H.E. Ling Rinpoche for teachings on Je Tsongkhapa’s Three Principles of the Path as well as a Manjushri Empowerment during the 600th anniversary of Je Tsongkhapa’s enlightenment. The Three Principles of the Path, a famous text in verse by Je Tsongkhapa, is a condensed summation of the entire path to enlightenment, offering…
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MINDFULNESS OF BREATH SUTRA (Anapana Smriti Sutra) Friday, March 22, 2019 DRIKUNG PHOWA CHENMO and AMITAYUS LONGEVITY EMPOWERMENT Saturday, March 23, 2019 Jewel Heart is pleased to announce that HH Drikung Kyabgon, the 37th throne holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, has graciously accepted our invitation to visit Jewel Heart. Drikung Rinpoche,…
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Actually, Buddhism came first to Tibet in the early 700’s, but somehow it got mixed up with magical mystical aspects. It was about how to fly in the air and how to put daggers through rocks, and that type of thing. That occupied Tibet for 300 years. So, they really wanted to have something really…
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Glenn Mullin is a Tibetologist, Buddhist writer, translator of classical Tibetan literature, and teacher of Tantric Buddhist meditation. He lived in the Indian Himalayas between 1972 and 1984, and studied philosophy, literature, meditation, yoga, and the enlightenment culture under thirty-five of the greatest living masters of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Glenn is the…
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At the same time, today is a very important Buddhist festival day. It is the day that the Prayer Festival, known as Mönlam festival, is held. Many of you are familiar with the word Mönlam. It is one of the important Tibetan spiritual celebration days. Even after we came to India in 1959, for a…
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LESSON SUMMARIES (20:07) Lesson 26 Rimpoche further discusses taking refuge and karma, emphasizing that every action of ours makes a difference. He boils Buddhism down to the bus-stop speech: “Avoid negativities, build positivities, watch your mind.” (25:33) Lesson 27 Nobody can hide from death. This awareness helps us to cultivate a mental state free of…
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I always emphasize that Tibetan Buddhism is very much Buddhism and there is not so much difference. However, it has its own unique qualities. Today, I would like to emphasize one of these: morality. Many people may think or even say that this is vajrayana, or the mahasiddha path, and you may not need…
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Buddha teaches us how to clear our inner obstacles and deepen our capacity to be loving, compassionate and wise. The Six Perfections highlight that process through recognition of how we conduct ourselves in everyday life with regard to ourselves, to others, and to the world around us. On the basis of six bodhisattva activities, the…
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Good morning and welcome to this Sunday talk. Last week I talked out of my subject, about the loss of Tibet, while celebrating 4th of July, the Independence Day of the United States, which was great. We are very proud to be part of this. Not only is it the independence of a nation, but…
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