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You Come Second When You Offer Something You Desire

By matt | Published: April 24, 2018

[From a teaching on Songs of Barway Dorje, Part 11, by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] Before partaking of something you desire, principally food before you eat it and new clothing [before you wear it], you offer it to the Three Jewels. You are slightly going against your desire, because you come […]

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How to Purify Negative Thoughts That Arise in Meditation

By matt | Published: April 24, 2018

[From a Q&A session during a teaching on Songs of Barway Dorje, Part 11, by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] Q: How can we purify negative thoughts that arise in meditation? A: If a person is actually resting in recognition of the mind’s nature, then they’re resting in freshness. When a thought […]

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Your Motivation Makes Any Practice Equally Beneficial to Others

By matt | Published: February 19, 2018

[From a teaching on Essence of Wisdom: Stages of the Path, Part 15, by Lama Tashi Topgyal. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] Any practice you do that is motivated by the sincere desire to help all beings — whether it is Chenrezig meditation, Guru Rinpoche meditation, meditation on a peaceful deity or a wrathful deity […]

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