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Inside this issue...
TEACHINGS
The Unerring Practice
of Dharma
by His Holiness
The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa
In order for our dharma practice
to be unerring, we must approach it in stages and have those stages in the correct
order. Some people might approach the dharma by skipping over the many practices
that need to be done as preliminaries in the beginning, and instead proceed directly
to
the practices of mahamudra and dzogchen. This is a faulty approach, one that
will not bring forth any beneficial result.
FEATURE
The Five Buddha Families
Unmasking Wisdom: The Five Buddha Families and the Eight
Consciousnesses
by Ven.
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
The essential task of a bodhisattva
is to develop the enlightened qualities of the five Buddha families.These qualities
pervade and are part of every sentient being without exception, but they are masked.
To achieve the realization of these five Buddha families, we must eliminate the
five obscuring emotions of anger, attachment, ignorance, pride, and envy.
Flash of Wisdom
The One Nature of the Five Wisdoms of the Buddha
by The Dzogchen
Ponlop Rinpoche
Both awareness and ignorance
are a display, a magical illusion. When we
recognize the display, we experience the magical illusion of nirvana; without this
recognition, we experience the magical illusion of samsara. It is like an electric
switch. If we turn it off, then we have darkness, ignorance. If we turn it on, then
we have light, luminosity. It is just how we flip the switch.
SOCIETY AND
ENVIRONMENT
Mudra Space Awareness:
Practice
for Intense Times
by Lee Worley
Mudra Space Awareness is a
way to practice working more skillfully
with space because we are aspiring to experience reality fully, properly, precisely.
Only when we can meet space on its own terms are we able to have the fearlessness
to remain present in intense and difficult seeming situations and work creatively
for the benefit of the beings involved.
DEPARTMENTS
Teaching Schedule
of Ven. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
Karmapa News
by Marty Marvet
Seeds &
Sprouts:
An Ogre Called Sibley Gyalpo
by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
Teaching Schedule
of The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Bodhi Directory
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