Monday's Recommended Reading

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From Dilgo Khyentse's
"The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones,"
lets read from the Commentary on pg. 40-41 and
let's also read from the root text on page 207.





In today's selection from Dilgo Khyentse's commentary we can read:

"All the infinite phenomena of
Sam-sa-ra and Nir-va-na are like
magical illusions.

Nowhere in the whole universe is there a single
permanent, intrinsically existent [separate] entity to be found.

There has never been a king
who kept his kingdom forever;
never someone born
who did NOT die;

never a crowd
that did NOT disperse.
Everything is like a drama in which actors
play out wars, passions and death.

Everything is like a dream, sometimes good and
sometimes a nightmare."


From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 64-65 and
let's also read from the biography of
the 3rd Dalai Lama on page 208.





In today's selection the Dalai Lama quotes:

"...Geshe Po-to-wa once said,
'If even those who want to learn
a common worldly trade
must study under a qualified teacher,

how much more so must we
who seek enlightenment?

Most of us have come form the lower realms and
have NO background or experience in
the paths and stages to enlightenment; and,
if we wish to gain this experience,

why should we NOT study with someone
qualified to teach us
the methods that develop it?'"


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In today's selection from
"The Healing Power of Love and Letting-go"
we can read:


I know Karma’s law of Cause and Effect, but
am scarcely influenced by it.
I have heard a lot of teachings, but
seldom put them into practice.

Bless me, and the foolish like me, that
our minds may fall under Dhar-ma’s thrall."



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my other students at: Buddha's Quick Path

Om Mani Padme Hum,
;Lama Jigme Gyatso: Rime Manipa Tantrika


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