๐ผ โIf we first establish peace within our minds by training in spiritual paths, outer peace will come naturally; but if we do not, world peace will never be achieved, no matter how many people campaign for it.โ
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๐ฉต โTo understand the laws that govern rebirth from one life to another, we need to understand karma.
๐ค โโKarmaโ is a Sanskrit term meaning โactionโ. All intentional bodily, verbal and mental actions are karma.
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๐ โThe essence of the perfection of wisdom is a wisdom that realizes emptiness directly, associated with the compassionate mind of bodhichitta.
๐ From The New Heart of Wisdom by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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๐ฉท Summer Festival Tharpa Shop is open! ๐ฉท
๐บ You'll find a wide range of books, sadhanas, audio materials and artwork to support your Festival experience.
๐ Online shop:
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๐งโโ๏ธ Book for the Festival:
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๐ The New Heart of Wisdom: โI feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to give this commentary to the Essence of Wisdom Sutra, or Heart Sutra.โ
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๐ซงThe mind that spontaneously thinks each and every day, โI may die today,โ is the realisation of death.
It is this realisation that directly eliminates our laziness of attachment and opens the door to the spiritual path.
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๐ โIf we practise patiently in this way, gradually our distracting thoughts will subside and we will experience a sense of inner peace and relaxation. Our mind will feel lucid and spacious and we will feel refreshed.โ๐
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๐ How to Transform Your Life is available as a free ebook! This is a gift from the author Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
Download yours today ๐ซ https://t.co/2ydmdA4bHc ๐ฉท
๐The Tharpa Book of the Month for June is โThe New Meditation Handbook: Meditations to Make our Life Happy and Meaningfulโ by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
We hope you will enjoy following our journey through this Tharpa Book of the Month!
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๐งก In this beautiful quote from Heart Jewel we can appreciate the great kindness of the author in composing authentic Dharma books for us that are like eyes, like light and can function as our Spiritual Guide.ย
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๐ฉต Introduction to Buddhism has arrived for Spring Festival with a NEW cover! ๐ชท
In the Tharpa warehouse weโre getting ready for its release - visit the Festival Shop on Friday 24 May to get your copyโจ
๐ This book is a special presentation of the practice of the stages of the path to enlightenment, known as Lamrim ๐
The Mirror of Dharma With Additions: Aprilโs Book of the Month ๐
Have you got your copy yet?
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๐ The Mirror of Dharma With Additions - Aprilโs Book of the Month - includes Avalokiteshvara Sadhana ๐ค
๐ฟ Avalokiteshvaraโs second right hand holds a crystal mala, symbolizing that he can free all living beings from samsara and lead them to liberation
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๐ค 15 April is Buddhaโs Enlightenment Day, celebrating Buddha attaining enlightenment underneath the Bodhi tree.
๐ค On this day in Kadampa centres, we engage in a special fasting and purification retreat with prayers to Eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara!
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โค๏ธ โI prostrate to you whose body is completely beautified
By various garments and precious jewelled ornaments,
Like a ruby mountain
Completely covered by the rays of the sun.โ โ๏ธ
๐ด The Yoga of Buddha Amitayus
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