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Disrespecting the Vajra Master: From “Perfect Conduct”
The following is respectfully quoted from “Perfect Conduct” with commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche: The fourteen root downfalls are explained as follows: The fourteen root downfalls are likened to the...
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Contempt Toward the Vajra Family: The Third Root Downfall
The following is respectfully quoted from “Perfect Conduct” with commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche: 4.b.3.(b.3) Expressing contempt toward the vajra family: The third is becoming angry toward general,...
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The Ethics of Personal Liberation: Jamgön Kongtrul
The following is respectfully quoted from the introduction to “Buddhist Ethics” by Jamgön Kongtrul: The Ethics of Personal Liberation The focus of the ethics of personal liberation is to control...
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Renunciate Vow for Lay Practitioners
The following vows were composed by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo who received permission to offer them to her students from His Holiness Penor Rinpoche: Renunciate Vow for Lay Practitioners From this very...
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First: The Initial Virtue from “Perfect Conduct” by Ngari Panchen
The following is respectfully quoted from “Perfect Conduct: Ascertaining the Three Vows” by Ngari Panchen with commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche as translated by Khenpo Gyurme Samdrub and Sangye Khandro...
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Importance of Precepts
The following is respectfully quoted from “A Spacious Path to Freedom” by Karma Chagme with commentary by Gyaltrul Rinpoche The Five Stages also states: Upon seeing their spiritual mentor in public,...
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The following is an excerpt from a teaching given by Khenpo Tenzin Norgay at Kunzang Palyul Choling. In this excerpt Khenpo Norgay discusses how rare the opportunity to practice is, and how holding the...
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Navigating Samsara – The Vows
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamp called “The Habit of Bodhicitta” As Buddhists, I would like you to think about what your directive is. I want to ask first those who...
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The Challenge of Self Honesty
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Art of Dispelling Anger” We must take ourselves to task more. I don’t want to speak harshly because harshness doesn’t help,...
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Examining the Causes of Suffering
The following is an excerpt from a public talk given by His Holiness Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok: The second cause for suffering is karma—– karma meaning cause and result. This begins with these negative...
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Root Downfalls
[Adapted from an oral commentary given by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in conjunction with a ceremony wherein he bestowed the bodhisattva vow upon a gathering of disciples at Namdroling in Bozeman,...
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Contempt Toward the Vajra Family: The Third Root Downfall
The following is respectfully quoted from “Perfect Conduct” with commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche: 4.b.3.(b.3) Expressing contempt toward the vajra family: The third is becoming angry toward general,...
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The Ethics of Personal Liberation: Jamgön Kongtrul
The following is respectfully quoted from the introduction to “Buddhist Ethics” by Jamgön Kongtrul: The Ethics of Personal Liberation The focus of the ethics of personal liberation is to control...
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Renunciate Vow for Lay Practitioners
The following vows were composed by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo who received permission to offer them to her students from His Holiness Penor Rinpoche: Renunciate Vow for Lay Practitioners From this very...
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First: The Initial Virtue from “Perfect Conduct” by Ngari Panchen
The following is respectfully quoted from “Perfect Conduct: Ascertaining the Three Vows” by Ngari Panchen with commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche as translated by Khenpo Gyurme Samdrub and Sangye Khandro...
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Importance of Precepts
The following is respectfully quoted from “A Spacious Path to Freedom” by Karma Chagme with commentary by Gyaltrul Rinpoche The Five Stages also states: Upon seeing their spiritual mentor in public,...
View ArticleHow Keeping Commitments Fuels the Path
The following is an excerpt from a teaching given by Khenpo Tenzin Norgay at Kunzang Palyul Choling. In this excerpt Khenpo Norgay discusses how rare the opportunity to practice is, and how holding the...
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Navigating Samsara – The Vows
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamp called “The Habit of Bodhicitta” As Buddhists, I would like you to think about what your directive is. I want to ask first those who...
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The Challenge of Self Honesty
The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Art of Dispelling Anger” We must take ourselves to task more. I don’t want to speak harshly because harshness doesn’t help,...
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Examining the Causes of Suffering
The following is an excerpt from a public talk given by His Holiness Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok: The second cause for suffering is karma—– karma meaning cause and result. This begins with these negative...
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