If we look at our addictions we will see something. For the strongest addictions we have like hatred, obsession, we don’t need a teacher to teach us how to develop them. We have that automatically. The parents will try to hide all this from the kids. They don’t talk about it in front of the…
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I am not worried about an immigration problem, as many people are these days – many presidential candidates and so forth. But then, if that produces more terrorists inside, then it is a big problem. So that’s the true dilemma. Otherwise, such a human suffering, we should have and could have opened much more. Anyway….
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We are talking about Songtsen Gampo’s guidelines for Tibetans. The 10 virtuous godly dharmas and the 16 pure human ways of conduct. The 10 godly dharmas are the opposites of the 10 physical, verbal and mental negativities. I covered the 3 physical and 4 verbal ones. I think we covered the first of the mind…
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JEWEL HEART welcomes H. E. DAGYAB KYABGON RINPOCHE to Jewel Heart Ann Arbor and Jewel Heart New York for: HERUKA NAGPOPA INITIATION AND TEACHING (Ann Arbor) VAJRAYOGINI INITIATION AND TEACHINGS (Ann Arbor) WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE BUDDHA’S TEACHINGS? (New York) VIJAYA LONG-LIFE INITIATION (New York) This event was sponsored by 14 supporters Ann…
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When you are looking at the Buddha’s teaching, one thing that we have to remember. We may see the Collected Works, and of course some of us from the east Asian tradition will say that it is the Collected Works of the Buddha. But most scientific people in the world at large will call it…
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Last Sunday, I emphasized motivation. Motivation is the one that makes a huge difference. It is also an easy way to do things right. Buddha was asked by one of the kings of his time in India, “How can I remain King and yet be a great spiritual person, and also very helpful to everybody…
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One of the criteria of the Truth of Suffering, is impermanence. The second criteria [of the First Noble Truth] is suffering [itself]. It is absolutely true, whether you like it or not. Our life has tremendous suffering. Who can deny? No matter whoever you are, higher, lower, politicians, rich, poor, wherever and whoever you look, how…
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Well, we did talk here based on really one verse of Chandrakirti’s: GANG TSE RANG WANG JUG CHING THÜN NE PA GAL TE DI DAG DZIN PA MI GYUR NA YANG SAR LHUNG WAI ZHEN WANG JUG GYUR WA DE LE CHE NE GANG GI LONG WAR GYUR If, when living in good conditions and…
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Jewel Heart Ann Arbor hosted the Stupa Consecration Ceremony for Gelek Rimpoche’s relics on July 14, 2018. The tradition of building stupas is a very old Asian custom that is similar to the pyramids, which house tombs that contain the remains of the old king and precious items for his use in the afterlife. Even…
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