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For those with fervent faith and devotion…
For those with fervent faith and devotion, my compassion is swifter than that of any other buddha. Until there is an end to beings in these three realms of samsara, there will be no end to Padmakara’s...
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Unending protection, always at hand
I am never far from those with faith, Or even those without it, Though they do not see me. My children will always, Always, Be protected by my compassion. –Padmasambhava, a.k.a. Padmakara...
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For all men and women with faith in me…
“For all men and women with faith in me, I, Padmasambhava, have never departed – I sleep beside their door. For me there is no such thing as death; Before each person with faith, there is a...
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I came across this passage a few years ago, and while I couldn’t initially appreciate the depth of what the Old Master was trying to convey, there are some days now that I read these words in a state...
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I turned on the television this morning to see video footage of a woman using a stun gun on another Black Friday shopper. This passage came to mind: Now there is great gain in godliness with...
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Of cloud forests and buddha nature
One of the Monteverde Cloud Forest’s hanging bridges. At the beginning of this year, my spouse and I traveled to the cloud forests of Costa Rica to celebrate his birthday. I didn’t know much about the...
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Compassion is universal…
Just finished an inspiring weekend teaching with Patrick Gaffney, Sogyal Rinpoche’s senior-most student, entitled “The Wisdom of Compassion.” Patrick shared this poem, which is engraved on the...
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A lesson in compassion from behind the wheel
I left the house a bit later than usual this morning, and in a densely populated urban neighborhood, that often means congestion on the one-way streets that form a tight grid around the main arteries...
View ArticleA “golden” letter from Tibet
In 2004, I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Cambodia, where I explored the country for two-plus weeks at my own pace. I flew on Korean Air for most of the way to Phnom Penh, and when I...
View ArticleA shared world
I imagine it is a question we should, collectively and individually, ask ourselves, perhaps much more frequently than we already do: what kind of world do we want to live in? What kind of world do we...
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