Saturday'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. 88-89 and
let's also read from the root text on page 207.





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


"While you are meditating on Chenrezig
[the Buddha of Compassion],
ordinary thoughts will come to a standstill
and the mind will settle in tranquility.

If you then look at the nature of mind,
it will begin to become clear to you
that the deity is essentially
one with voidness.

This understanding will then expand into
the the realization that all appearances
are void in nature
and therefore perfectly pure.

To maintain this realization at all times
is know as the development stage of
infinite purity."

From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 110-111 and
let's also read from the
Translator's Introduction on page 19.





In today's selection the 14th Dalai Lama explains:

"The negative courses of action
to be abandoned are ten-fold.

Three of these refer to physical actions:
killing, stealing and misuse of sexuality.

Four are of speech:
lying, speaking cruelly, slander and
meaningless talk.

The last three are mental actions:
attachment, harmful thoughts and wrong views."


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In today's exploration of
the " Intermediate Collection of Practices "
we could consider:

Morality could be thought of
as Two-fold:
#1 Knowing the right thing {to do}
#2 and then actually Doing the right thing.

That is why I teach each of
my 1st semester students
how to reliably dialog with
the Buddha of Compassion.

That way they always know
what the right thing to do, is!


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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