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...and purification go hand in hand; as we accumulate more merit and wisdom, our obscurations automatically diminish. ...a practice of offering however; it is also a powerful method for purifying our [[samaya]]. Sometimes it is said that the best method for purifying samaya ...

...ritual practice we do, since it accumulates "[[merit]]," will help prolong our lives and bring good health. A good practitioner, through the inspiration a ...actices strengthen and coordinate it, and this has the effect of extending our lifespan. There are also many other practices for enhancing life. One is to ...

...the physical ‘things’ that surround us, experienced through our senses, to our innumerable mental constructs, concepts, and ideas—likewise lack any esse ...or experience exists in the way that it is perceived, since the objects of our experience, as well as the experiences themselves, are dependent upon, and ...

#Our Compassionate Teacher, [[Shakyamuni]] ...

...ense of 'supremacy' or 'mastery'.</ref> By practising them we can overcome our [[destructive emotions]], transcend the notion of [[samsara]] and see the t ...

...al defilements they represent. While the outer fears, or dangers, threaten our life or property, the inner ones endanger us spiritually by obstructing or ...

# How does shedra study benefit our practice? ...

:Our destructible illusory human body is subject to temporary and long term dete ...Menla, the sickness obstacles and suffering will definitely be removed so our life will not be exhausted. ...

...e is linked to a womb, and there the body develops: the form and the four ‘name’ skandhas of sensation, perception, formation and consciousness. ...l of life. Karmic imprints or traces from actions in previous lives affect our present and future lives in the form of certain propensities, just as the p ...

...he [[Dzogchen]] teachings ignorance is said to be the failure to recognize our true nature. ...

...lieves that he will become one of the most influential [[rimé]] masters of our times. ...

''Shedra Losar break from 15th of February to 25th of February.'' Get our [http://shedraeast.blogspot.com/2007/02/happy-losar-from-rigpa-shedra-east. ...

[[Image:Skandhas.JPG|frame|People in a boat, the usual image for name-and-form in the [[Wheel of Life]]]] ...pose our whole mental and physical existence. They are the constituents of our experience, the support for the [[self-grasping|grasping of ego]], and also ...

...ted aspects of the Buddhist path. By extension, Lungta has also become the name of practices ([[sadhana]] and prayers) related to—and causing the flouris ...leasure and pain and all the seemingly small and incidental occurrences of our lives arise because of the mind. ...

...Realm]]. Tradition has it that three brothers descended from this realm to our world. Two of them returned, but the youngest, U-sé (Wyl. ''dbu se'') rema ...

...calendrical year, as opposed to the months of our Gregorian calendar. Its name in Tibetan ''hor zla'' means "Mongol month", as it was borrowed from the Mo ...

...intellect that we examine the teachings. Once we realise their truth, then our understanding is more stable than if we believe through faith alone. Of cou ...rstanding becomes”. Could you say something about the process of deepening our understanding through going over the teachings again and again?'' ...

...e of its pure power can leak or seep away, and so ensure that the merit of our practice is never wasted, but goes on growing ever greater. In ''The Sutra ...

...or attachment as to whether or not we will succeed. We have no concern for our personal comforts…. Nor for the binding fetters of monasteries or the kno ...

In the ''Precious Garland'', Nagarjuna offers advice on how to conduct our lives and how to construct social policies that reflect Buddhist ideals. The advice for personal happiness is concerned first with improving our condition over the course of lifetimes and then with release from all kinds ...