• 2024-03-17 Teaching summary

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    2024-03-17 Teaching summary
    • stanza 86-87 of Lama Chopa prayer is the context of the teaching: “Please bless me to fear the searing blaze of suffering in the lower realms. Take heartfelt refuge in the three precious Gems, and enthusiastically practice avoiding negative actions and accumulating virtue …” 
    • the importance of understanding suffering in lower realms according to Buddhist teachings.  
    • the significance of virtuous behaviour in determining one’s future rebirth and the consequences of non-virtuous actions.
      • the six realms of existence and how one’s behaviour influences which realm they will be reborn into.  
    • understanding the law of karma and cause and effect in degenerate times, why beings experience life’s good and bad results 
    • the suffering experienced in hell realms, the eight levels of hot and cold hells, and how these realms are manifestations of one’s own negative karma.  
    • taking refuge in the three jewels, and how it means becoming our own refuge
      • Buddha – when we attain enlightenment 
      • Dharma – our mind realizing emptiness 
      • Sangha – our form, one who practices dharma upon enlightenment 
    • in addition to refuge, the need to purify negative karma, accumulate virtue, and overcome laziness in spiritual practice 
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  • 2024-03-10 Teaching Summary

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    • Review of some previous week topics: 
      • Preciousness of Human Rebirth: on the value of a human life, discussing how difficult it is to attain and how easily it can be lost. Stressed the importance of not squandering this opportunity but instead living a meaningful life. 
      • Impermanence and Uncertainty: on the uncertainty of life, especially the uncertainty of death, it is important to contemplate on this aspect regularly. 
    • Different Types of Human Conditions: on the various conditions humans might face, such as extreme poverty, mental incapacity, physical disabilities, or living in constant fear due to violence. Contrasted these conditions with the fortunate circumstances many of us likely have. 
    • Karma and Past Lives: on the concept of karma, that our current conditions are a result of past actions. Emphasized the need to accumulate virtue to ensure positive outcomes in future lives. 
    • Practice and Action: on the importance of not just wishing for virtuous actions but actively practicing them. Examples provided to illustrate that merely wishing for something without action won’t yield results. 
    • Importance of Learning Tibetan: on the importance of learning Tibetan for a deeper understanding of Buddha dharma. Highlighted challenges with translations and the necessity of learning the original language for more thorough comprehension. 

    2024-03-10 Recording 

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  • །ཤེས་སྙིང་བདུན་བཟློག  

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    །ཤེས་སྙིང་བདུན་བཟློག  

    Seven Ritual Heart Sutra

    VERY POWERFUL RITUAL TO AVERT HARM AND NEGATIVITIES

    On Sunday, March 3, 2024, three monks (our Geshe la and 2 from Gajang Buddhist Centre) will be performing the Seven Ritual Heart Sutra.

    This powerful and rare ritual is usually done to avert all harm and negativities caused by humans and non humans.  Today the world is filled with hatred and greed that cause so much suffering through war, violence, and cruelty.  Therefore, our temple felt the need to perform this powerful ritual not only to avert and pacify all that, but that the world may find a peaceful solution to the tragedy it is facing. 

    Because one receives a blessing in just being in the presence of this ritual being performed, it will be open to public where you can sit and meditate while the monks are chanting or if you wish to join us in chanting, we will provide the Sadana in English transliteration.   

    The ritual will begin at 9:00am and will conclude at 2:00pm with lunch break at 12:30pm.

    The lunch will be potluck.  If you wish to join us, please make sure the dish you bring is vegetarian. 

    There is no fee to attend this ritual.

    Thank you!

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  • Tibetan word of the day: ལྷན་ཅིག་བྱེད་པའི་རྐྱེན་

    ལྷན་ཅིག་བྱེད་པའི་རྐྱེན་

    co-operating conditions

    Spelling (jorlok; Tib. སྦྱོར་ཀློག་) and pronunciation:
    ལྷན་ – la ha-tak hla na hlen
    ཅིག་ – ca gigu ci ga cig (chik)
    བྱེད་ – ba ya-tak ja drengbu je da je
    པའི་ – pa a gigu i pe
    རྐྱེན་ – ra ka-tak ka ya-tak kya drengbu kye na kyen
    hlen chik je pe kyen

    From class, we discussed results that do and don’t use the
    co-operating conditions of soil and water, such as a tree and fire, respectively.

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