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I think after about a year I stopped trying to overreach and put in excessive effort with a view to getting things done *now* etc. I also became more comfortable with goals and modes of practice that actually suit me rather than trying to aim for whatever was arbitrarily presented as being highest. ...

I recently took the online empowerment of 1000 armed Avalokiteshvara that His Holiness offered. If you haven’t watched the clips/received the empowerments I encourage you to do so. His Holiness’ wisdom is awe inspiring! He clarifies everything in the two clips. I had several aha moments. When it co...

The Japanese term it uses in the walking meditation diagram is 力 / chikara if this is of any value to you. Purely in terms of everyday usage it isn’t any more precise than energy

One technique you could try is actually offering them to a Buddha—you might basically visualise your thoughts like offering clouds, being offered to and accepted by a given Buddha. You needn’t think of them as an offensive offering, since they are intrinsically pure in their essence like all other p...

Are the “o-o” markings meant to indicate that this is a terma?

I’ve seen this course recommended; it could be a good start though it’s not really for learning Classical Tibetan

https://samyeinstitute.org/course/tibet ... titioners/

Would anybody happen to know which sutra Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche would be calling the "Sutra Predicting Maitreya"? Regarding it he says: During the time of Buddha Shakyamuni, the bodhisattva Maitreya was present in this world as the bhikshu Ajita, or "Unconquerable." We use Ajita, or Mipham, as a sy...

In Garchen Rinpoche’s view, even his empowerments can be taken from the recordings Can anyone by chance cite a recording of him actually saying this in his own words? Thanks ahead of time In this Facebook status (https://www.facebook.com/186496401399806/posts/3401049296611151/?d=n) the Garchen Inst...

Great teachings and great translation. How important is it to follow these teachings live ? I remember Malcolm explaining that it's necessary to get the empowerment live in order for it to be valid. However, the teachings are themselves a form of blessing right (speech of the guru etcetera)? So do ...

If I may ask, isn't the Copper Colored Mountain supposed to be a sacred pureland? If so, then shouldn't it be a very peaceful place and a blissful one? Why would a sacred land be on some island like Madagascar, the site of Queen Ranavalona I, a bloodthirsty queen that massacred many Christians and ...

Possibly of interest: Locating the Copper-Colored Mountain Still voting for Madagascar. If I may ask, isn't the Copper Colored Mountain supposed to be a sacred pureland? If so, then shouldn't it be a very peaceful place and a blissful one? Why would a sacred land be on some island like Madagascar, ...

The Black Lawsuit sutra, most particularly for dispelling legal trouble, but also karmic debts, general conflict, astrological obstacles etc:
https://www.saraswatipublications.org/p ... k-lawsuit/

The Dharani Possessing the Limbs of all the Buddhas, for averting disease and various forms of untimely death: https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/tea ... klt_a4.pdf

For wealth, the Mahashri Sutra is available here: https://www.saraswatipublications.org/p ... hri-sutra/

And Lama Pema Chophel posted the 108 Names of Jambhala sutra here:
https://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.p ... 73#p443773

The Ushnisha Vijaya Dharani would be an excellent one for purification ; the sutra and dharani are on this page : https://buddhaweekly.com/sutra-troubled ... alamaties/

If a tree branch falls on your head, That’s not a result of your karma. But how you experience that event ...is the result of your karma. Yes, this is a nice explanation! But I wonder... how we know that the tree falling on our head (and likewise all things that happen around us and to us) aren't a...

thanks. i just looked through his entries on lotsawahouse and i cannot seem to find the Taranatha's biography of Guru Rinpoche. is it there? The text is on Lotsawa House but it was David Teasdale rather than Adam Pearcey: https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/taranatha/three-reasons-for-conf...

I am not well versed enough to say exactly what a karmic debter IS but I know the idea does exist in Buddhism because I have seen it referenced in at least 2 different practices. KN Yes, if one Googles “site:lotsawahouse.org debt” one can see how prevalent it is. The Black Lawsuit Sutra also has a ...

If you’re here at all it’s because of your karma. So even random events can traced back to your own karma. But since karma can be modified there’s no reason to fee helpless. I think that is a kind of "karma-enthusiasm", which always brings in the karma in all events. In the Sivaka Sutta Buddha hims...

Can one be a Christian, Muslim or Jew and still practice Buddhism? I'm asking this as I'm currently in a relationship with a woman in one of these religions and the only way I can get married to her is to convert to her religion. That's a tough one. I'm married to a Jewish woman but she has always ...