Relating Skillfully to Our Lamas, Our Dharma Centers, and Our Own Habits
This was a message sent to the Orgyen Dorje Den sangha in January 2013. In it, Rinpoche offers advice on the proper way to approach our relationship with the dharma centers and projects, how to skillfully view and rely on our lamas, how to engage with each other respectfully, and how to work with our own behavior and habits.
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The Complete Series: Relating Skillfully to Our Lamas, Our Dharma Centers, and Our Own Habits
This is a 14 page PDF that combines all the pages below. Scroll down to downloads individual segments of this teaching.
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Part 1: Taking Care—Of the Centers and in Our Own Conduct
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Part 2: Recognizing the Qualities of Our Lamas and Lineage
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Part 3: Creating Merit and Purifying Our Obscurations
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Part 4: Masters Like Jeweled Vases Filled with Bodhicitta Nectar
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Part 5: Building Merit and Performing Tulku Activity
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