Thursday'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. 30-31 and
let's also read from the root text on page 199.

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

"The same process is at work
in our feelings about those close to us:
husband, wife, children and friends.

Because we love them,
we favor them over all others,
and should any one praise or help them
we feel quite inordinately pleased.

But this is NOT true love;
it is based on thinking they are ours...

It would be difficult to master
the whole vast spectrum of Buddhist teachings,
BUT

if we can find an authentic teacher;
attend and serve him in the right way;
receive his teachings on
the view, meditations and action;

and put them into practice,
we will certainly be able to accomplish
the essence of the Dhar-ma."


From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 54-55 and
let's also read from the biography of
the 3rd Dalai Lama on page 203.





In today's selection the Dalai Lama explains:

"Bud-dhism is speaking about life
and the human situation,
and is NOT merely a cultural relic
from the past.

Time may flow on,
but the essential nature of
the deeper problems and mysteries
that human beings encounter

in the course of there lives
remains the same.

Contemplation of the teachings of
Buddha Shak-ya-mu-ni is merely contemplation of
certain facets of reality,
and it will cause to unfold within us

a deeper understanding of
our ourselves, our minds,
and the nature of our sense of being.

As the teachings are merely pointing out
key facts of life,
facts that, if realized,
cause one to evolve in wholesome directions..."


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


"...neither getting nor keeping the desired
as well as enduring the disliked is universal..."



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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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