Monday Meditation
‘At the beginning when listening to teachings it is important to have a pure mind. Like a pot that you put tea into; if the pot is dirty the tea becomes contaminated. […]
‘At the beginning when listening to teachings it is important to have a pure mind. Like a pot that you put tea into; if the pot is dirty the tea becomes contaminated. […]
‘One time a student of the Indian Master Atisha said to him, “Lama, you were angry with me this time and that time and this other time.” Atisha said, “Yes I have […]
We were saddened to hear of the death of Jane Dewer.
Jane gave her mobile home to Rinpoche which was for many years the Retreat mobile here at Jampa Ling.
This benefited many people […]
‘In the beginning to train the mind try to do a short breathing meditation of maybe five minutes with good focus. Slowly, slowly, overtime your mind will become more familiar with it. […]
‘When strong emotions like hatred or jealousy arise in your mind, the first thing to do is to settle your mind by focusing on something neutral, like your breathing for example. This […]
‘We are very familiar with habits that disturb our minds. They arise without any effort. If we wish to change them a basic requirement is to settle our minds first. Like a […]
‘For a break we often go to places to physically relax, which has benefits, but we don’t leave our problems behind. We bring them with us. Physical relaxation is important but mental […]
‘When we study academically we gain a lot of knowledge, but not much change occurs in our minds. Buddhist teachings are mainly about gaining realisation into what Buddha taught and seeing directly […]
‘You cannot achieve anything without wishing for it. We can wish to achieve Buddhahood. Motivations are based on wishes. Constantly check our motivations for all our actions.’
The Venerable Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche.
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Jampa Ling […]
‘Cyclic existence is the nature of conditional suffering. Wish for yourself and for all sentient beings to be free of suffering and its causes. Strive […]