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


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Fear Undermines Love

Someone recently wrote me asking:

“I told my grandma I saw a mouse in the house and now my grandma and father are trying to catch it. I wish I didn't say anything I don’t want it to get hurt. If something happens to it will it be my fault?”

Fear undermines peace and love. Fear is universal. We all experience fear, and we all suffer the consequences of fear. In the past I too found that my fear for my bad karma often undermined my love and compassion for others. That is why I teach my students how to tame fear and harness it’s energy to progress even further on Buddha’s path of love, peace and the wisdom of letting go, in the fifth lesson of the Beginning series of telephone sessions.

In this moment your needs are simple: First, purify your own bad karma; and then Second, help the mouse to take auspicious rebirth.

In the first lesson of the Beginning series I fully explain this prayer:

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.

Simply put, if you recite these four lines three times every morning and three times every evening you will purify your bad karma, increase your good karma and increase your love as well as create the causes so that at the very end of your current life you will take an immediate and auspicious rebirth in a place where Buddha’s teachings flourish and you will have the opportunity to complete the path to enlightenment in that lifetime.

If, after reciting the four line prayer three times, you recite this next prayer three times in the morning and three times in the evening, every day for 7 weeks, the mouse should be in very good shape!

May all who have perished over the last forty-nine days, especially at my hand,
now take immediate and auspicious Po-ta-la rebirth in the presence and care
of the Buddha of Compassion and once there quickly accomplish full enlightenment
so they can better aid and liberate all others: Om Mani Padme Hum!

Although “bardo” practices are introduced in the seventh lesson of the Beginning-series, they are explored in greater depth during the third and fourth lessons of the Advanced-series.

So there you have it, my friend; here is a little something you can do today, to help yourself and to help your furry little friend. Let’s snatch love and safety out of the jaws of fear!

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