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This morning, a gentle return to Tonglen practice.
Meditation: Tonglen – Tara Brach
I’ll be away for the next 3 sessions. The group will still be meeting (thank you Katrin and Laura!)
Yesterday, we tackled another page of the LamRim Year:
Day 201 – The four opponent powers are our passport out of all suffering — Lama Zopa Rinpoche
■ The four opponent powers make any form of purification incredibly powerful
■ They are the powers of the object, regret, resolve and the remedy
■ All four powers are vital because each one purifies a corresponding suffering resultThis morning, we followed this meditation which covers part of initial stages of death:
Express Meditation Ven. Katy Cole: The Dissolution of the Four Elements
Have a lovely week!
Yesterday, we followed the following page of the LamRim Year:
Day 200 Karmic imprints are like time bombs planted on our mindstream waiting to explode
— Lama Zopa Rinpoche■ If we think we don’t have much to purify, it’s because we haven’t thought well or deeply
■ We should fear our negativities as much as we would fear a nest of cobras in our lap
■ Only by really understanding karma can we develop the strong conviction to purifyOn Tuesday last week, we followed another page of the LamRim Year:
Day 198 – If the law of cause and effect does not guide our life there is no Dharma practice, and without that only ignorance and suffering remain
— Lama Yeshe■ A deep understanding of karma makes us conscientious in everything we do
■ An hour’s meditation is nothing compared to a day of sustained conscious awareness
■ Being watchful of our actions and cultivating loving kindness should be our main practiceOn Monday last week, we followed a meditation on Shakamunyi Buddha. Laura chose it (thank you Laura!), so I’m not sure whether or not this is the correct one, but if it isn’t, it will at least be similar!
Express Meditation Ven. Katy Cole: Shakyamuni Buddha Meditation
This morning, we were back meditating on karma:
Express Meditation Ven. Losang Dondrub: The Seeds of Afflicted States
Have a lovely week!
On Monday this week, we listened to a class rather than a meditation (thanks Laura for suggesting this):
The Architecture of Experience: Navigating Dependent Origination with Wisdom with Elaine Jackson (2)
Last week, on Monday, we followed the LamRim Year:
Day 195 – We have the freedom very few people have — the freedom to create as much positive karma as we wish —Lama Zopa Rinpoche
■ The power of the karma we create depends on the power of the object
■ Positive karma can ripen quickly and powerfully after making a Dharma connection
■ Offering one small stick of incense with bodhicitta motivation is very powerfulOn Tuesday, we followed:
Express Meditation Ven.Losang Dondrub: Meditation on Existence Independent of the Body and Mind
This morning, we followed:
Express Meditation Ven.Losang Dondrub: The Ripening of Karma
Happy Chotrul Druchen!
On Monday, we followed the Lamrim year again:
Day 191 Any negative action sets up a chain reaction
and leads to more and more suffering
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche■ Every negative action has a ripening result and then three results when reborn a human
■ The worst result is creating the result similar to the cause, which brings endless suffering
■ Even if a nonvirtue seems insignificant, it habituates us to doing worse and worse actionsYesterday, the group followed an Express Meditation Vajrasattva session by Ven. Katy Cole. (I slept through my alarm, so I’m not sure which one it was!)
Today, we went back to the Lam Rim Year:
Day 190 – Only by understanding karma and seeing why we are suffering can we stop this continual round of problem after problem
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
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■ There are many factors that determine the strength of the karma we create
■ These include the nature of the action, the intention, the deed and the base
■ Actions that are repeated or haven’t been purified will also bring a heavier resultOn Monday (thanks Laura!), we followed:
This morning, we went back to Norbu Ling Center’s series on Lam Rim:
Express Meditation Ven. Losang Dondrub: The Nature of our Own Samsara
