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Letting Go of Judgment

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Bodhicitta”  We should begin to think of these teachings that the Buddha has given us in such a way that we awaken within...

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This Very Moment

To begin to develop Aspirational Bodhicitta is to understand the faults of cyclic existence, to understand the cessation of cyclic existence, to understand something of the nature of awakening or at...

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A Short Method to Antidote to Pride

The following is pith advice Jetsunma offered to a student who asked her how to work on pride: When you wake up in the morning put all sentient beings above the crown of your head. And then put Guru...

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The Habit of Self Concern

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “The Habit of Bodhicitta” Now if we really understood that and meditated on the suffering of beings, we wouldn’t have some of...

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What We All Have in Common

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “The Antidote to Suffering” The precepts that the Buddha lays down are precepts that are real and workable for everyone. You...

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Compassion? Maybe Later?

The following is an excerpt from a teaching called “The Antidote to Suffering” by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo: The basic beliefs are the foundational viewpoint that will encourage you to keep practicing,...

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Our Predicament

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Mixing the Mind with the Guru”  What I would like to talk about in the adult portion of our teaching is the particular...

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Understanding the Causes

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Why We Suffer” When we come into this life, although we are little drooling children, although we cannot understand very...

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The Ticking Clock

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Why We Suffer” The next piece of information that you really have to take in is that not only are you responsible for being...

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The Beginning of Everything

The following is a teaching offered by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo at Kunzang Palyul Choling in Maryland on the importance of Bodhicitta in Dharma practice:   Copyright © Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo.  All...

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