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In almost all Buddhist home , one will always find an alter room with statues; thangkhas or photographs of Bodhisattva. Every morning dutifully seven bowls of fresh water is offered without fail and side by an incense stick and sang is also offered. Some people lit butter lamp continuously and some offer butter lamp only…

Master Padma said: If you train your mind in love, compassion, and Bodhichitta, you will not take rebirth in the three lower realms. Moreover, from this very moment you will never fall back. This alone is my oral instruction. Wherever you go, keep Bodhichitta in mind, never departing from its company. Whatever actions you engage…

TWO GREAT PATHS – BY ADEU RINPOCHE The meditation approach of Mahamudra as found in the Tibetan Kagyu tradition and the Dzogchen approach from the Nyingma tradition are identical in essence—you may follow one or the other—however, each has its own unique instructions. In each system, Mahamudra and Dzogchen, various methods are used to reveal…

Don’t just sit there on your meditation cushion and wish that all sentient beings have happiness. You must also try to make them happy when you engage with them, no matter who they are, or what they have done. You must live your life in accordance with your wish. You must practice on and off…

Do not think it is love, when it is attachment and expectation. So many relationships are built on attachment and expectation, not love. Love is the wish for the other to have happiness and the causes of happiness. And love expects nothing in return. Whatever relationship that you have with the other being, when you…

Because Buddha nature does not die and one day you will die but Tara is still there protecting you. We should place our faith and surrender to Tara in the long term until we attain enlightenment. We can’t think about the short term benefits. The inner Tara is love and compassion; that is really the…

PART 8 of Teaching on Medicine Buddha by Gyalwa Dokhampa – THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ONE’S PURIFICATION IS PROPORTIONATE TO ONE’S GENUINENESS WHEN DOING IT It is said that there is no negative karma that cannot be purified with genuine purification practice. As said earlier, emotionally also, every time you do purification from the depth of…

PART 7 of Teaching on Medicine Buddha by Gyalwa Dokhampa – THE TWO WAYS TO UNDERSTAND PURIFICATION Our sicknesses are often related to our lifestyle – such as eating, drinking, or whatever. For example, a person may be drinking a lot of alcohol to divert his mind, probably because of unhappiness about certain things in…

Part 14 Some people may say that they have practiced Tara for so long but still there are no signs or auspicious dreams about Tara. This happens sometimes and there is also a story about the first life of Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche. There were some obstacles to his life so he practiced Tara for approximately…