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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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Are We Misguided?

The one thing that all sentient beings have in common—or I should say one of the main things that all sentient beings have in common, but particularly the one thing that makes us all related,...

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The Wish to Benefit Others

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Bodhicitta”  The subject today will be Bodhicitta, or compassion. From the traditional point of view, it is considered that...

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The Problem With Desire

The following is from an exchange of tweets between Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo and one of her followers: Follower: “How can one beat desire?” Jetsunma: “Study cause and result, and especially compassion for...

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Polishing the Diamond

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Bodhicitta” I have been aware that people in our age and people who are awakening to spirituality and meditation and these...

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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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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 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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Are We Misguided?

The one thing that all sentient beings have in common—or I should say one of the main things that all sentient beings have in common, but particularly the one thing that makes us all related,...

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The Wish to Benefit Others

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called "Bodhicitta"  The subject today will be Bodhicitta, or compassion. From the traditional point of view, it is considered that...

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The Problem With Desire

The following is from an exchange of tweets between Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo and one of her followers: Follower: "How can one beat desire?" Jetsunma: "Study cause and result, and especially compassion for...

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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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