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To not become happy because of praise, To not become unhappy because of blame, To support one's own good virtues, This is the character of the supreme being.
If the intention is good, the levels and paths are good. If the intention is bad, the levels and paths are bad, Since everything depends on intentions it is important that we make them positive.
Do not do anything harmful to one another, do only what is good. Discipline your own mind to subdue negative emotions.
Do no evil whatsoever, practice virtue perfectly, tame your mind completely. This is the teaching of the Buddhist doctrine.
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Author Archives: Ven. Lopon Osel
Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend
Nagarjuna’s letter of advice to a king, outlining the main points of the Mahayana Buddhist path. [audio src="https://welcomingbuddhist.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/NagarjunaLetterToFriend.mp3"]
Teaching given by Lama Osel on June 12, 2012.
An Introduction to the Bardo
By Dudjom Rinpoche
A Talk Given on the Occasion of the Empowerment of the Thousand Buddhas Associated with the Sadhana of the Noble Compassionate One, the Lord of Space It has been said that the whole of the Buddha’s doctrine could be summarized in the teaching on the six bardos.
The Buddhadharma is vast and profound, and the many approaches of the various vehicles and cycles of teaching comprise an inconceivable wealth of instruction.
For those who wish to attain the primordial citadel of Buddhahood in the course of a single human life, the practice of these teachings is presented within the framework of the six bardos.
What, therefore, is a bardo? A bardo is a state that is “neither here nor there”: by definition it is something that comes “in between,” an intermediate state. The six bardos are:
- the natural bardo of the present life
- the hallucinatory bardo of dreaming
- the bardo of meditative absorption
- the painful bardo of dying
- the luminous bardo of ultimate reality
- the karmic bardo of becoming
Seven Points of Mind Training at University of Utah
The Seven Points of Mind Training tuedays 6-to 8 pm. Kadampa Master Geshe Chekapa Beginning October 16 and going through November 13 end. Mind training means how to develop bodhicitta. This introductory course and practice for mind training is to foster compassion and love to all motherly sentient beings. If we don’t learn this basic practice then our loving compassion is like a summer rainbow, it appears but suddenly disappears. Continue reading
Teachings on the Bardos given by H.H.Dudjom Rinpoche
This was provided by Rinpoche teaching, California in 1980.
First is the bardo of birth and life; second, the bardo of meditation; third, the bardo of dreaming; fourth, the bardo of death and dying; fifth, the bardo of the true nature; and sixth, the bardo of becoming.
These six can be abridged to four: the bardo of birth
and life, the bardo of death and dying, the bardo of true nature,
and the bardo of becoming. Of these four the bardo of birth and
life is most important because right now we all have a precious
human birth with the eighteen endowments.
We have available
to us teachers who are to a certain degree well qualified, and the
teaching we receive is a wish-fulfilling jewel, the very precious
teaching of the sutras and tantras. It is rare to have such a precious opportunity. Don’t waste your timewhen you have everything going for you. Continue reading
Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones Teachings
This book is an explanation of the Buddhas teaching, like a key. The teaching in the text is one of the most profound and extensive because sentient Beings have eighty four thousand types of negative emotions. Therefore the Buddha taught eighty four thousand antidotes to these negative emotions. If people don’t have a loving compassion practice, their negative emotions always increase. The result is suffering. We will be using the text: The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones: available on the internet. This class will be at Highland High School in Salt Lake City. Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation will also be a part of this class.
The class will start on September 12, 2012. More information about this class will be available on the calendar.
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Dzogchen View of tantric Ngöndro:
A teaching by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, First Supreme Head of the Nyingma School in exile from Tibet; augmented by replies to questions asked by Ngak’chang Rinpoche in private audiences, relating to the short Düd’jom gTérsar ngöndro, Bodhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1979.
Whatever the practice in which we engage, relative truth and absolute truth are co-existent. Method and wisdom are co-existent. Experiences and emptiness are co-existent. Because this is the nature of the reality we experience, the practice of tantric ngöndro exists as a method for realising the beginningless enlightened state.
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Nagarjuna’s “Letter to a friend” with a commentary by the Lama Mipham Rimpoche:
Beginning in the Summer session and continuing thru fall, Nagarjuna’s “Letter to a friend with a commentary by the Mipham Rimpoche: Teaching and meditation classes will be held at the University of Utah, June 12, Every Tuesday, 6pm to 8pm … Continue reading
Shamata and Vipasana at Highland High School
Starting on March 21, 2012 a new class will be offered focusing on Shamata and Vipasana. This is a fundamental Buddhist meditation practice. The practice is coming from the Buddhist sutra “Do pedma karpo” or the “White Lotus Sutra”. This is a profound meditation teaching about how to deal with our negative emotions and how we can develop a mind with positive wisdom. The method I will be discussing in class is a general approach on how to manage ordinary obstacles of the mind like fear, anger, greed, and how to dissolve these obstacles. If you need more information about the class, please contact using contact information at the bottom of this page.
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The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most
Highland High School teachings continue on Janauary 25th 2012, everyweek on Wednesday, 6pm to 8pm, from the book “The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most” by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Padampa Sangye, Buddhist masters. With the philosophy outlined in this book we achieve joy, bliss and inner peace. The Hundred Verses of Advice was written by the great accomplished Master Padampa Sangye, who was a great Bodhisattva from India. He wrote this root text to bring benefit to all beings.
The commentary is by Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. These two great masters were precious, holy, noble beings. They have both passed away, but their teachings are still alive and are very beneficial. These are not the writings of ordinary people. An ordinary person writes with rational intellect, but they don’t have the capability to teach Dharma because they just gather fragments of teachings from too many sources. Just like a broken glass, if one tries to put it back together, it will never be the same as its original form. Their writings do not have the power of blessings. When reading this you recognize a great master’s quality, just by hearing, seeing or touching a great master you will receive blessings.
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Uncommon philosophy and meditation – Nagarjuna’s Letters.
Beginning Wednesday, September 18 through Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 – 6p.m. to 8 p.m.
Highland High School, Salt Lake City, Utah
Nagarjuna is a seventh century Buddhist enlightened master. Through his letters to a king, he gives a useful explanation of how to keep positive good discipline as a human being. As human beings, we have more potential for intelligence than other animals, but we are using this intelligence in the wrong way. As sentient beings, we have many obstacles coming from identification with ones ego mind. How can we deal with this? Through Buddhist meditation we can resolve all of these problems by practicing love and compassion without empty meditation. Continue reading
