Sunday's Recommened Reading

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From Dilgo Khyentse's
"The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones,"
lets read from the Commentary on pg. 46-47 and
let's also read from the root text on page 171.





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

"In the past,
anyone who took monastic vows,
wore robes
- the glorious emblem of the Buddha's teachings -
and practiced the Dhar-ma properly

would earn everyone's
approval, respect, and support.

But if anyone does that nowadays,
people assume either that he is showing off or
that he is some inadequate personality
who cannot adjust to the world."


From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 70-71 and
let's also read from the biography of
the 3rd Dalai Lama on page 211.





In today's selection the Third Dalai Lama explains:

"The practice of guru yoga means that
one ignores any negative traits that
the guru may SEEM to have,
and that one meditates upon
his or her positive qualities.

If we can develop the habit of
always seeing the guru through
his or her good qualities,
our confidence naturally grows,

and eventually we become able to
take our preconceptions about faults
he or she SEEMs to display
and transform them in to spiritually useful tools.

Perceptions of faults in the guru
should NOT cause us to feel disrespect,
for by demonstrating faults to us
the guru is actually showing us
what we should abandon."


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


"I claim to be arousing Bo-dhi-chit-ta, but
it still has not taken root in me.
I have trained in the path of the Six-perfections,
yet have remained selfish.

Bless me, and all petty beings like me, that
we may accomplish: the
Spontaneous, Habitual, Effortless and Effective
Mind of Love and Letting-go."



I invite you to share your feelings and insights with
my other students at: Buddha's Quick Path

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


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