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Yesterday my webmaster sheepishly confided in me that
he made an error with the Order page for the
“Mastering the Mani” audio CD. He explained that it
made ordering very difficult. Of course there was only
one appropriate reaction to this news:

“Off with his head!”.

So I’ve decided to extend the special discount on
the “Mastering the Mani” audio CD until
next Friday. That gives you just 6 more
days to take advantage of this special offer that is
crucial to laying the proper foundation all the
mental yogas found in “Quick Path to Happy Peace.”
Go to the repaired page
http://www.lamajigme.com/Mastering-The-Mani.html
and order yours today.


Om Mani Padme Hum,
Lama Jigme Gyatso
Tibetan-Buddhist: Monk, Teacher, Healer and Tantrika






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Delayed Ordination

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Tips on Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea #168
from your Buddhism expert



It happened again. This week a lovely woman, a
long-term student and fellow sci-fi geek applied
for monastic ordination. And again I had to postpone
the application process of yet another enthusiastic
candidate. But why?






Why was her application process postponed? Because
we have no monastery for her to ordain into. As a
Lama, as a teacher it is my responsibility to:
• house,
• clothe,
• feed
• and train
all who ordain with me.

It is not that I’ve grown weary of living BELOW the
poverty level, it’s not that I seek the prestige of
founding, supporting and nurturing San Diego’s first
Buddha of Compassion Monastery and Meditation center,
it’s that earnest men and woman have sought my help
to become:
• nuns and monks,
• high Bodhisattvas
• and the next generation of teachers who will
instruct other’s in the non-sectarian path of
devotion to the Buddha of Compassion.


This is the task that has been set before me. That
is why I offer audio CDs in exchange for donations.
That is why I offer telephone-teachings in exchange
for donations. Folks already receive my FREE:
• essays,
• prayer-books,
• guided meditations
• and devotional images.
Why do they choose to make donations to my work?


Because we all long to be apart of something
important, and greater then ourselves that will
actually outlive us. We don’t all have the desire,
means or opportunity to study, practice, accomplish
or teach the Buddha’s path; BUT by financially
helping those who do; we get to be apart of
something truly beautiful.


THIS month we’re sending out the “Mastering the Mani”
course – for a significant discount. If you don’t
have it already, make sure you don’t get left behind.
Race over to
http://www.lamajigme.com/Mastering-The-Mani.html
and make sure you place your order before the
discount is over. The race in ON. Don’t walk or trot.
High-tail it.


Om Mani Padme Hum,
Lama Jigme Gyatso
Tibetan-Buddhist: Monk, Teacher, Healer and Tantrika


P.S. The teachings I am going to send you contain
far more than the Pronunciation Drills. Far more.
Go to http://www.lamajigme.com/Mastering-The-Mani.html
to get the details.






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Aim High

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Tips on Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea #167
from your Buddhism expert



I’m off to not one but two medical appointments
today. As inconvenient at that seems, it felt like
an utter impossibility a few days ago. That was when
I received two very confusing insurance letters that
appeared to be imitating Seinfeld’s soup nazi by
declaring “No doctors for you!”






I wasted no time, and promptly felt fear. Isn’t
amazing how diabolically efficient our brainstems
can be when it comes to those ancient drives to
fight, flee or faint?


Now, I know you are far too wise to ask, “gosh Lama
Jigme, did you really feel fear?” Yes, I know you
are far too insightful to ask that because I have
frequently written that who we are is NOT
determined by what we feel, BUT rather by what we do
with what we feel.


And of course that begs the question, “O.K. tough
guy, what did you do?” I’ll tell you what I did… but
first I’ll tell you what I did NOT do. I did NOT pour
my time and energy:
• into getting rid of the sensation of fear
• into getting rid of the fearful circumstances
• into increasing feelings of peace
• or manifesting the ideal situation.


Many years ago, during the early days of my Buddhist
training, I was the Manifestation Kid. I squandered
huge amounts of time and energy with that
foolishness. Luckily my patient teachers persisted
in reminding me that if I simply Aimed High, that if
I simply performed Buddha’s highest mental yogas after
choosing the highest motivations then all the
manifold details would work themselves out in the
most wonderful way.


How? How could we do that? Easy! Simply embrace:
• the power of Love
• and the wisdom of Letting-go.


“Blah, blah, blah; Lama Jigme! Those are nice words,
but how could I apply them?” you might ask.


Easy! First take away everyone’s fear using the
mental yoga on page 17 of “Quick Path to Happy
Peace.” Then explore the non-graspable nature of
both fear as well as the compassion that seeks to
save other’s from it’s sufferings by using the
“Essential Meditation” found on page 10.

Have some fun with it. First evaluate the strength
of your fear on a scale of 0 to 10. Then perform 6
repetitions of “Essential Taking” followed by 6
repetitions of “Essential Meditation.” Then repeat
the process:
#1 evaluate,
#2 take everyone’s painful fear and
#3 let go.

Perform the three step process again and again.
Until your fear finally evaluates as a zero. How
many minuets could that take: 30, 20, 10?


Then share it’s opposite experience, peace, with
everyone else. Again you’ll begin by evaluating how
much peace you feel on a scale of 0 to 10. Then I
recommend that you use the mental yoga found on page
25. After 6 repetitions of that go back to page 10
and perform 6 more repetitions of “Essential
Meditation.” And in a similar manner as before,
repeat the three step cycle of:
#1 evaluate,
#2 give everyone the peace you desire and
#3 let go.


That is exactly what I did, and it all worked out
even better then I could have imagined. What are
some of the reasons it could work for you too?


Your success with these three powerful yogas hinges
on your comfort and skill at mentally and silently
reciting the Mani-mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum.” That is
why “Mastering the Mani” is so important, that is why
I’ve made this course available as an audio CD, and
that is why I’m offering it for a reduced donation;
but just for this month only. So get yours at
http://www.lamajigme.com/Mastering-The-Mani.html






Om Mani Padme Hum,
Lama Jigme Gyatso
Tibetan-Buddhist: Monk, Teacher, Healer and Tantrika



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Humility

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Tips on Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea #163
from your Buddhism expert



Humility



If a humble man does NOT offer unsolicited advice;
then he most certainly does not manipulatively
force his uninvited guidance upon others. But this
is exactly what so many would-be healers do.






When a friend or relative is in crisis the are weak,
they are vulnerable. As loving men or woman, should
we exploit that weakness? Oh please don’t! Violating
another’s will, the way a rapist might violate his
victim’s body, can never benefit the object of our
attention.


But what are we to do, then? Can we make the offer?
Could we ask, “Would you like some in-put?” Yes,
that is a start, but let’s also give them the choice:
“…or would you just like a friendly ear?”


“But hey, Lama Jigme,” you could ask, “…isn’t
catharsis bad?” And the answer is, “Yes, yes it is.”
But folks, the choice to use catharsis or not, is
not ours, it is theirs. We must respect the will of
others. We must respect the autonomy of others. If
we violate their free will. If we dis-empower them
by being overbearing they might not recover.


So there we are, with a friend who is on the verge
of hysterics and is running off at the mouth,
espousing some very poor life-strategies:
• do we argue vehemently?
• Do we just nod our heads like mindless
“yes” men?
Or could there be a third option?


That third option would be to listen compassionately.
To listen while discretely performing the
metaphysical exercises that could actually dissolve
our friend’s suffering and it’s causes.


As we listen, we can subtly practice the silent
meditation “Essential Taking” from page 17 of “Quick
Path to Happy Peace” which you could down load for
FREE at: http://www.lamajigme.com


“Essential Taking” is part of a larger practice
called “Bringing Liberation into the path of
Compassion,” which is dependant on a certain amount
of comfort and familiarity with the Six-syllable
mantra: “Om Mani Padme Hum.”


How familiar should we be with the mantra, also
nicknamed the “Mani?”
• We need to pronounce it correctly.
• We need to pronounce it easily.
• We need to pronounce it effortlessly.
• We need to pronounce it conversationally.
• We need to whisper it quietly.
• We need to recite it mentally and silently.


Yes, compassion begins with the desire to take away
the suffering of another. But as the Dalai Lama’s
late teacher Dilgo Khyentse taught; once we desire
to take away another’s suffering it is then imperative
that we then perform the actual deeds that take those
very sufferings away.


Do you chose to become an even greater man or woman
of compassion? Do you long to beneficially take away
the present or future sufferings of your family and
friends? Then this is the month you need to take steps
to better equip yourself to do so.


This is the month you could receive my instructional
CD: “Mastering the Mani.” This is the month you could
learn the “A-B-C’s”, the building blocks that could
empower you to be the great man or woman of compassion
that your friends and family need you to be… that you
were born to be. Take advantage of this month’s special
pricing and order yours today at: http://www.lamajigme.com/Mastering-The-Mani.html


Om Mani Padme Hum,
Lama Jigme Gyatso
Tibetan-Buddhist: Monk, Teacher, Healer and Tantrika





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Litmus Test

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Tips on Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea #161
from your Buddhism expert



Litmus Test?



Do you practice yoga? Do you sit zazen? Did you know
there are two simple litmus tests to measure the
effectiveness of your daily meditation? Simple!
When you are driving around town with a buddy or a
relative, how comfortable are you with silence?
Can you keep the radio off, and your mouth shut
while exploring a happy peace?







Many years ago, when I was a courier, I would have
full conversations with imaginary people when I was
riding my caffeine high. Or, if I was stressed,
although I might give my mouth a rest, my thoughts
still raced like a mouse scampering on his
exercise wheel.


So what is the second litmus test? When the day is
not quite so happy, can you sit in silence without
the constant mental review of the problems de jour?


This is not a phenomena known only to the laity. For
I have traveled with seminar leaders and self-help
gurus who simply could not shut up to save their
lives. I’ve watched them prattle on as an endless
avalanche of words cascaded out of their mouths,
about the mundane as well as the psudo-spiritual,
each more useless then the last {to paraphrase
Adam Sandler}.


I’ve known “teachers” who could preach about the
need and the glory of meditation for hours but who
could only sit for mere moments. I’ve encountered enumerable “yogis” who were convinced that the
purpose of meditation was to “bliss out” and to that
ends had become utterly dependent upon herbs,
headphones, tapes, goggles and a seemingly endless
cavalcade of gagets.


The test of our practice is not found in isolation,
but in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Can
we happily share silence? Can we rest in awareness,
even in the presence of legitimate stress? If the
answer to either or both of these questions is “no”
then our solution lies not in lofty metaphysics or
obscure points of doctrine but in the realm of
mundane practicals.


HINT: did you know there is a way to bring the “Mani”
into your practice of silence? I’d love to give you
not just one or two but three secret, little known,
Mani-meditations that are as easy as they are
effective. Take advantage of THIS month’s special
offer. Start by going to:
http://www.lamajigme.com/Mastering-The-Mani.html



Om Mani Padme Hum,
Lama Jigme Gyatso
Tibetan-Buddhist: Monk, Teacher, Healer and Tantrika



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http://www.lamajigme.com/Change-90.html

What does “Om Mani Padme Hum” really mean?
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