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!


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Lama Jigme Gyatso: Rime Manipa Tantrika


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Thursday'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. 86-87 and
let's also read from the root text on page 205.
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In today's selection from Dilgo Khyentse's commentary we can read:

"When you visualize the deity's
[the Buddha of Compassion's] vajra body,
you should NOT think of it as something solid
made of flesh, bones and blood,

but as like a rainbow,
brilliant, colorful, and clear,
yet without any substance.
This is the void aspect of
Chenrezig's nature..."

From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 108-109 and
let's also read from the
Translator's Introduction on page 18.





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

"Nothing is to be taken on faith alone."


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

In Dilgo Khyentse's commentary
he infers, what is arguably, the
most important aspect of Emptiness
or Voidness.

You see, the reason we are NOT buddhas,
the reason we are still subject to
the tyranny of sufferings
is not because we fail to comprehend

an obscure metaphysical treatise
but because we habitually grasp at
things, beings and phenomena
as if they were separate, permanent
or ultimately meaningful.

The Buddhas, on the other hand,
have made:
#1 Bliss and Letting-go,
#2 Love and Letting-go and
#3 Awareness and Letting-go

into a habit that is profoundly:
-Spontaneous,
-Effortless and
-Effective.

Hey, that's for me!
That's what I want.
How about you?


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


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Wednesday'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. 84-85 and
let's also read from the root text on page 203.
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In today's selection from Dilgo Khyentse's commentary we can read:

"...to attempt all these complex practices
is unnecessary, however,
for by thoroughly mastering a practice
focused upon a single Buddha

you can discover the wisdom and compassion
of them all."

From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 106-107 and
let's also read from the
Translator's Introduction on page 17.





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

"...strong faith...
somewhat contradicts Buddha's advice..."


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

Come, let us NOT believe in belief;
for both Faith and Fear are
two sides of the same coin of
the contrivance that often fights against:
circumstance, physiology, emotion and reason.

How then are we to advance upon the path?
Receive teachings, follow the instructions and
notice their results.
If effects are abysmal, find a new teacher.

But when the results are positive,
then you’ve found an effective teacher.

Who are you working with, one-on-one, every week?


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


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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. 82-83 and
let's also read from the root text on page 201.
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In today's selection from Dilgo Khyentse's commentary we can read:

"All phenomena of Samsara and Nirvana are
projection of your mind.
So, too, is Chenrezig.

To merge all practices into one,
remain in the state where
emptiness and appearances are
of one single essence,
and recite the Mani."

From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 104-105 and
let's also read from the
Translator's Introduction on page 16.





In today's selection the 3rd Dalai Lama explains:

"For this we must consider
the four aspects of karmic law:

[1] positive and negative deeds plant
seeds that will bear respective fruit
i.e., goodness produces future happiness and
evil produces future misery;

[2] one seed produces many fruits,
each of which has many seeds of a like nature;
[3] a deed NOT done produces NO result;
[4] and every deed one does in

body, speech OR mind leaves a karmic seed in
one's continuum that is never exhausted
{unless worked out or
neutralized by spiritual exercise}.

When one has contemplated these
four aspects of karmic law,
the importance of living in accordance with
the teachings of abandoning negativity

and cultivating the good
becomes obvious."


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

Oh La-ma Chen-re-zig, “I” confess and
regret my negativities of
body, speech and mind as well as
resolve to err NO more;

may “I” now receive the
complete purification of
“my” every Karmic-negativity and
it’s tendencies: Om Ma-ni Pad-me Hum!


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Thursday'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. 80-81 and
let's also read from the root text on page 199.
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In today's selection from Dilgo Khyentse's commentary we can read:

"...practice the various stages of the path:
the development [aka: generation] stage,
in which you visualize the deities and
recite mantras;

the completion [aka perfection] stage,
in which you practice the inner yogas;

and the Mahamudra and Great Perfection
[aka Dzogchen],
in which you encounter the
absolute nature of awareness."

From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 102-103 and
let's also read from the
Translator's Introduction on page 15.





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

"The activity to be avoided by
anyone holding refuge in the Sangha is
spending too much time with people who

[1] teach or follow wrong paths, and
[2] whose influence hinders one's practice and
[3] disturbs one's mind."


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

"Energy Vampire"

Could you have ever met an energy vampire,
without even knowing it?

Sometime they'll verbally shove one into a
defencive posture and then feed off of one's
lost power.

Could you intuit how it does NOT even have to
be deliberate to
be destructive?




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Tuesday'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. 78-79 and
let's also read from the root text on page 197.
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In today's selection from Dilgo Khyentse's commentary we can read:

"When lightning strikes, rocks collapse, or
wild beasts threaten,
if your mind is filled with
the thought of Chen-r-zig and

you rely totally upon him, you
will be complete free from
[the tyranny of] fear.

At the time of your death, too,
if you think only of Chen-re-zig you
will have nothing to fear from
the terrifying apparitions of the bardo.

But if your are overwhelmed by fear,
hesitating between running away or
hiding somewhere,
you will be in constant anguish all your life, and

at death you will be unable to
overcome the delussory fears of the bardo."

From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 100-101 and
let's also read from the
Translator's Introduction on page 14.





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

"Generally it is said that two causes are
required in order for one's refuge to be solid:

[#1] apprehension of the UN-satisfactory
nature of lower forms of being; and
[#2] recognition that by relying upon the
objects of refuge one will be able to
transcend to higher states.

If one generates these two causes and reads
the line of the text while recollecting the
qualities of the Jewels of Refuge, there is
NO doubt that a strong sense of refuge will be born."


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

"Buddha's Three Cauldron's" are an
essentialization of these Buddhist texts:

#1 - Anapanasati Sutta

#2 - Metta Sutta

#3 - Satipatthana Sutta

#4 - Vajra Sutra

#5 - Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sutra

#6 - Karandavyuha Sutra

#7 - The Dalai Lama's
------ - "The Path to Enlightenment"

#8 - Dilgo Khyentse's
------ - "The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones" and

#9 - Dilgo Khyentse's
------ - "The Heart of Compassion"



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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. 76-77 and
let's also read from the root text on page 195.
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In today's selection from Dilgo Khyentse's commentary we can read:

"The literal meaning of Guru Yoga is

'union with the teacher's nature.'

To blend your mind with the teacher's mind is
the most profound of all practices and
the shortest path to realization.

It is the life-force of the path and
the one practice that includes all others.

It was through relying on a spiritual teacher that
all the Bodhisattvas of the past
generated the mind of enlightenment and
reached perfection.

The Bodhisattva Tak-tu-ngu, the
'Ever-Weeping One,' for example,
was willing to give anything,
even his own flesh and blood,
in order to be accepted by his teacher..."

From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 98-99 and
let's also read from the
Translator's Introduction on page 13.





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

"How did the Enlightened Ones
attain the state of omniscient buddhahood?

By purifying and expanding their minds
through the practice of Dharma,
which out of compassion they later teach.

Our Buddha, Shakyamuni, trained under many masters
over a string of lifetimes.
Eventually his practice of Dharma
transported him to enlightenment.

Thus it is said that Dharma is the actual refuge,

the Enlightened Ones are
the teachers of refuge, and

the Sangha are
the friends of refuge.

If we admire the Enlightened Ones,
how can we NOT admire the force that
brought them to enlightenment?"


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

The Prayer of Refuge and Bodhichitta

Eternally “I” go for refuge
to Bud-dha, Dhar-ma and Sang-ha.
For the sake of every living being
may I accomplish Chen-re-zig.



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Lama Jigme Gyatso: Rime Manipa Tantrika


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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. 74-75 and
let's also read from the root text on page 193.





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

"All the Buddhas of
the past, present, and future
have achieved and will achieve enlightenment
by relying upon a spiritual teacher.

The most profound of all teachings,
the Ma-ha-mu-dra [the Great Seal] and
the Great Perfection
[Dzok-chen or Ma-ha-san-dhi],

are realized through devotion rather than
through the fabrication of the intellect.

With unwavering and single-minded devotion,
see the teacher as the Buddha himself and
everything he does as perfect;
then his blessings,

the wisdom of the all the Buddhas' minds,
will flow effortlessly into your being.

Practice in accordance with his
instructions, and, as all the
clouds of doubt and hesitation are
cleared away, the sun of his compassion will

shine through,
warming you with happiness."

From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 97 and
let's also read from the
Translator's Introduction on page 12.





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

"A spiritual aspirant requires a model,
something he or she can look up to as
an ideal and thus find guidance and inspiration.

In Buddhism this the the Triple Gem,
the Three Jewels of Refuge:
the Buddhas, Dharma and Sangha.

When we think of the fully enlightened Buddhas -
the beings who have purified their minds
of all stains and obscurations and
who have expanded their wisdom to
the limits of existence -

we feel very attracted and awed;
but somehow there always seems to be a
great distance between the Buddhas and us.

Therefore, there is the refuge of the Sang-ha,
the community of spiritual aspirants,
the assembly of practitioners
dwelling in the various stages of
practice and attainment.

These beings provide us with a
perspective on the path.
We have to look up to the Sang-ha,
but NOT as far as to the Buddhas.

The Sang-ha make us think,

'This person is NOT that far ahead of me.
If I just make a bit more effort...' .

They give us confidence for spiritual practice.
Sometimes they make us feel like we can even
race them to enlightenment.
These are the Sang-ha of spiritual friends.

Thoughts of the Buddhas make us
numb with admiration;
thoughts of the Sang-ha cause us to
jump to it and to apply ourselves with
zeal to the spiritual path.

This path and the methods for traversing it
are the third Jewel of Refuge, the Dhar-ma.
This is the collection of
the teachings to be practiced and
the realizations to be attained."


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

Lama Praise

Beyond being defiled by the two
obscurations of pride and jealousy,
you pretend to still be purifying them.
Having certainly reached the sublime path’s very end,
you insist that you are still learning.

Beyond the extremes of Sam-sa-ra and Nir-va-na,
you still manifest here in Sam-sa-ra.
Peerless teacher,
I bow before you.


Why could some Full realized teachers
occasionally pretend to still be on the path?

The Dalai Lama's excerpt could infer
that in their compassion they
do NOT wish to overwhelm their students.



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Friday'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. 72-73 and
let's also read from the root text on page 191.





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

"The six-syllable mantra, too,
can be recited as an offering to
the Three Jewels {Buddha, Dharma and Sangha}
and to all sentient beings;

it has the power to bring
infinite benefit.

Even the most ruthlessly cruel and
arrogant beings,
completely lacking the slightest inclination
toward the Dhar-ma,

can be tamed and helped
with this mantra,
for it is the source of the Bo-dhi-chit-ta,
whose infinite power of compassion always
succeeds where force and violence fail."

From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 94-95 and
let's also read from the
Translator's Introduction on page 11.





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

"The sufferings of the animal realms
are obvious to us.
Work and farm animals experience being
driven, beaten, killed, and eaten by human beings.

We would go to an institution and
claim our human rights if
someone tried to do these things to us, but
animals can do nothing but look on pathetically.


The fish in the Kangara Lake are
NOT respected as the owning the lake;
to the humans they are merely sources of food.

We forget they are living beings who,
like us, grasp at an "I" and
aspire to happiness.

We forget that they do NOT want pain and
do NOT want to die,
and we pull them out of the water on hooks and in nets,
causing them to die in fear and agony.

The same is the case with chickens,
cattle, goats and so forth."


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

The Bowing Prayer

Lord, white in color, unstained by faults,
a perfect Buddha adorning your head,
you look upon all beings with eyes of compassion.
Chen-re-zig, we bow to you!



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Tuesday'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. 70-71 and
let's also read from the root text on page 189.





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

"This gathering of provisions
[for the journey on the path to enlightenment]
is the accumulation of merit [good karma] and wisdom.

The accumulation of merit,
accomplished through virtuous actions
and the making of offerings,
will lead to the attainment of the Ru-pa-ka-ya,
the body of form;

the accumulation of wisdom,
accomplished by performing these virtuous deeds
with a mind FREE from clinging,
will lead to the attainment of the Dhar-ma-ka-ya,
the absolute body.

Both accumulations should be accomplished
with the thought of benefiting others."

From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 92-93 and
let's also read from the biography of
the 3rd Dalai Lama on page 222.





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

"Shan-ti-de-va wrote,

'Who created the guardians and
weapons of torture in the hells?
Indeed they are formed from the karmic imprints
that one carries within one's mindsteam.'

"


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

The Song of Adoration to Buddha Shakyamuni

Gu-ru, Founder, Blessed-one,
Ta-t’ha-ga-ta and Ar-hat,
Completely Perfect Buddha,
Great Victor Shak-ya-mu-ni Lord!

To you: we bow,
go for refuge
and offer gifts
oh please bless us



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Sunday'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. 68-69 and
let's also read from the root text on page 187.






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

"As the Ka-dam-pa masters used to say,

'The only good thing about wrongdoing
is that is can be purified.'

Negative actions are compounded phenomena,
so they must be impermanent;
therefore, as the Buddha said,
there can be NO fault so serious
that it cannot be purified by the four powers."

From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 90-91 and
let's also read from the biography of
the 3rd Dalai Lama on page 221.





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

"Thus, in the 'Three Roots' death meditation,

#1 - we Contemplate that death is certain and
Resolve to practice Dhar-ma;

#2 - we Contemplate the uncertainty of the time of death and
resolve to practice immediately; and

#3 - we Contemplate that only Dhar-ma wisdom is
of value at that time and
resolve to practice Dhar-ma purely."


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


Oh La-ma Chen-re-zig, “I” confess and regret my
negativities of body, speech and mind as well as
resolve to err NO more;

may “I” now receive the complete purification of
“my” every Karmic-negativity and it’s tendencies:
Om Ma-ni Pad-me Hum!



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Sunday'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. 66-67 and
let's also read from the root text on page 185.





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

"It is said that when those who are
afflicted in the prison of Sam-sa-ra
generate the thought of enlightenment,

they are instantly adopted by the Buddhas
as their sons and daughters,
and they are praised by both men and gods.

The whole of their existence
takes on a new meaning.
This is all due to the measureless power of
the jewel-like Bo-dhi-chit-ta.

Bo-dhi-chit-ta is the essence of
the eight-four thousand sections of
the Buddha's teachings,
but at the same time it

is so simple, so easy to understand and
practice, even for a beginner.

Absolute Bo-dhi-chit-ta is the
inseparability of voidness and
uncontrived compassion.

It is the simplicity of the natural state,
beyond all concepts
and intellectual limitations,
out of which

spontaneous, objectless compassion arises,
benefiting all sentient beings. "


From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 88-89 and
let's also read from the biography of
the 3rd Dalai Lama on page 220.





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

"It is NOT difficult to recognize
the certainty of death.
The world is very old,
yet there is NO sentient being we can point to
who is immortal.

The very nature of our body is
vulnerability and impermanence.

Beautiful or ugly, fat or thin,
we all steadily approach death, a
nd nothing can avert it.

Physical power, flattery, bribery,
and all things of this world can NOT
persuade it {death} to turn away."


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


What about the Fourth "I"?
That is for "Inclusion."

Whether you are practicing the
Concise, Middling or Extensive versions of
"Buddha's Three Cauldrons"
found in either the

Beginning, Intermediate or Advanced
collections of practices
you are embracing the essence of
all that Buddha Taught.

The Theravadans have cyclopedically organized
Buddha's teachings
as have the Tantrikas
who call it "Lam Rim" or "gradual steps upon the path."

Whether you catagorize Buddha's teachings as:
-Sutra and Tantra,
-Renunciation, Love and Wisdom,

-View, Meditation and Action,
-Concentration, Compassion and Contemplation,
-the Two Bodhichittas or
-Devotion, Awareness, Love and Letting-go;

the fourth "I" {inclusion}
is all about effectivly putting into practice
the essence of all Buddha taught.

What then is the path of
NON-sectarian Devotion to the Buddha of Compassion
in a nut shell?

#1 - Inscription,
#2 - Inquisition,
#3 - Invocation and
#4 - Inclusion!



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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. 64-65 and
let's also read from the root text on page 183.





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

"How does one start to
generate aspiration Bo-dhi-chit-ta,
the feeling of compassion for all beings that
inspires in us the wish to attain enlightenment
for THEIR sake?

First, take Chen-re-zig as a witness of
your determination to attain realization in
order to benefit others.

Next, try to overcome the attitude of
only wanting to help those close to
you while rejecting the needs of
people you dislike.

This becomes possible when you
realize that, in all your infinite previous
existences, every being, without exception,
must have been your mother or father
at least once.

Each one of these beings,
down to the smallest insect,
wants only to be happy and NOT to suffer;
but what none of them know is that

suffering is caused by negative actions and
happiness is generated by a virtuous mind.

When you think about all those beings who
are sinking hopelessly in suffering like
blind people lost in a vast desert,
you can NOT help but feel
great compassion for them all."


From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 87 and
let's also read from the biography of
the 3rd Dalai Lama on page 219.





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

"When we contemplate death and
the impermanence of life,
our minds automatically begin to
take an interest in spiritual achievements,

just as an ordinary person becomes apprehensive
upon seeing the corpse of a friend.

Meditation upon impermanence and
death is very useful,
for it cuts off attraction toward
transient and meaningless activities,

and causes the mind to turn
towards Dharma."


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


If the First "I" is Inscription, and
the Second "I" is Inquisition then
the Third "I" is Invocation.

You see there are two ways of doing anything:
humanistically or spiritually.
We can rely upon our limited insight or
the Buddha of compassion's infinite wisdom.

We can lean upon our petty sentimentality or
Chen-re-zig's infinite love.
We can implement what strength we seem to posses or
A-va-lo-ki-te-shva-ra's infinite power.

Do you like "Show me" jokes?
I love 'em.
I'm reminded of one that goes...

"You show me a 'self-made-man' and
I'll show you the Frankenstein monster!"

That is why we,
of the "Rime Manipa Tantrikas"
rely upon:

#1 Contemplative notation,
#2 Power-questions and
#3 Invocations of the Buddha of Compassion
either by name or mantra.

What about the Fourth "I"?
That will wait until another lesson.



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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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Friday'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. 62-63 and
let's also read from the root text on page 183.





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

"Through faith and devotion
in the Three Jewels,
we will come to realize that they are NOT
three separate entities,

but the body, speech and mind of
Chen-re-zig, the Buddha of Compassion.

His mind is the Buddha,
his speech the Dhar-ma, and
his body is the Sang-ha.

Even though at present we
can NOT meet Chen-re-zig in person,
we should be aware of his limitless qualities
as they are described in the sutras and tantras.

We should also remember that
Chen-re-zig is inseparable
from our teacher,
who instructs us in the precious Dhar-ma.

Deeply appreciating this great kindness,
praying to him and
reciting the Six-syllable mantra,
there is NO doubt that all our

karmic obscurations and negative emotions
can be cleared away.

The time will come when we will
actually be in the presence of
Chen-re-gig in his Buddhafield [pure land],
where he turns the wheel of

the Ma-ha-ya-na Dhar-ma
for his retinue of Bo-dhi-sat-tvas."


From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 84-85 and
let's also read from the biography of
the 3rd Dalai Lama on page 218.





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

"Compassion that does NOT understand
the nature of Sam-sa-ric existence is
a healf-hearted compassion."


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


Affirmations simply don't work.
You could recite, "I am very peaceful."
all you want
but it won't really change how you feel.

Now, a properly worded, assumptive question,
is a horse of another color.

By way of example,
let's play with these Power-questions.

"What are some of the reasons
I Could feel peaceful?"

"What could be some of the benefits
of feeling peaceful?"

"If I was now profoundly peaceful;
what could that feel like?"

"If I was now profoundly peaceful;
what could that sound like?"

"If I was now profoundly peaceful;
what could that look like?"

Yep, that is exactly why
it has been said that sometimes,
"Questions are the Answer."

And that, my friend, is why the second "I"
is "Inquisition."



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


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Wednesday'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. 60-61 and
let's also read from the root text on page 181.





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

"Lord Buddha's teachings are
inconceivably extensive and profound.

To attain an exhaustive
intellectual understanding of them
would indeed be a rare and
remarkable achievement.

But even that would NOT
be enough by itself.

Unless we also achieve inner realization
by actually applying the teachings
and mingling them with our minds,
whatever knowledge we may gain

remains theoretical and
will only serve to increase our self-infatuation.

We have read a lot of books
and heard a lot of teachings, but
it hasn't been of much benefit in
really transforming our being.

Leaving the doctor's prescription by
the bedside will NOT cure the illness.

So turn your mind inward and
ponder deeply the meaning of the Dharma until
it permeates your whole being."


From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 82-83 and
let's also read from the biography of
the 3rd Dalai Lama on page 217.





In today's selection the 3rd Dalai Lama explains:

"...practitioners of the initial perspective are
those who do NOT work for the pleasures of
THIS life, but instead set their minds upon the
practices leading to rebirth
either in a heaven or as a human being.

...intermediate practitioners turn their
backs on the securities and joys of higher
sam-sa-ric positions and take up the practices
of the three higher trainings-

[1] ethical discipline,
[2] concentration, and
[3] wisdom -

in order to attain for themselves that
liberation which is free of all cyclic compulsions,
such as Kar-ma and delusion.

...supreme practitioners are those who,
empowered by great compassion,
take up such methods as

[1] the six perfections and
[2] the two stages of tantra

in order to attain full buddhahood for themselves
as a method of extinguish the suffering of others.

...there is NO door to the Ma-ha-ya-na other than
the bo-dhi mind,
and this bodhimind is the unique quality of
practitioners of highest perspective.

One MUST therefore develop it.

...as a prerequisite to bodhimind,
one MUST generate great compassion
unable to tolerate the sufferings
of ALL sentient beings."



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


"Inscription" is simply another way of
referring to the techniques of "Contemplative Notation."

It is said that European musical notation was
invented by a Catholic Monk during the middle ages.

Before that time one could only play what
they had heard or
what they invented.

The advent of Musical notation changed all that, and
allowed musicians to play any piece that
their coordination would permit.

In fact, it could be argued that withOUT the
advent of Musical notation notation, the
major symphonic works, that we could take for granted,
could have never come into being.

Likewise, the proper use of Contemplative Notation
could speed up one's visceral understanding of
Buddha's methods and so increase your skill that
spiritual development could not only be insured,
but even accelerated!

So if the first "I", Inscription,
refers to Contemplative notation,
then what of the second "I"; Inquisition?
What does that mean?

Perhaps you could find out tomorrow.



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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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Tuesday's Recommended Reading

.
From Dilgo Khyentse's
"The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones,"
lets read from the Commentary on pg. 58-59 and
let's also read from the root text on page 179.





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

"Chen-re-zig manifests infinite forms:
kings, spiritual teachers, ordinary men and women
wild animals, even mountains, trees, bridges -
whatever is necessary to fulfill sentient beings' needs.

Even a cool breeze in scorching weather or
a soothing moment of relief during a
painful illness are manifestations of
Chen-re-zig's compassion."


From the Dalai Lama's
"The Path to Enlightenment,"
lets read page 80-81 and
let's also read from the biography of
the 3rd Dalai Lama on page 216.





In today's selection the 3rd Dalai Lama explains:

"Discard as the husk of a grain
all the essenceless, worldly pursuits -
works of NO positive consequence and
spiritually of great peril.

Take up the essence of Dhar-ma,
so that at the time this
pithless human body is left behind,
one will NOT depart from life with regret.

Furthermore, think to practice immediately.
Drink the waters of meditation now and
relieve the thirst of wishing to hold life's essence.

As Jey Rinpoche said:

'Human life,
found but this one time,
more precious than the wish-fulfilling gem,
so hard to regain and

so easily lost,
is as brief as
a flash of lightning.

Seeing this,
discard worldly activity
like the husk of a grain
and strive day and night
to take life's essence.' "

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In today's exporation of
the " "Beginning Collection of Practices" "
we could consider:


The distinct flavor of
the Rime Manipa Tradition of
NON-sectarian Devotion to the
Buddha of Compassion that

condenses all the essential
teachings of Buddha's
Sutric and Tantric paths;
could best be described by

the four "I's" of:

#1 Inscription,
#2 Inquisition,
#3 Invocation and
#4 Inclusion.

What are they?
You'll have to stay tuned to
find out!


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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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