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		<title>4 Foundations of mindfulness &#8211; DC Khandro Rinpoche study group – 12-7-11</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[facilitator: Larry Fallon Note: There is a rough transcript of Khandro Rinpoche&#8217;s teaching on the 4 Foundations of Mindfulness referenced in these notes. I highly suggest everyone go listen to the whole talk from August 27 at 3 PM.  Since it seems rude to edit one’s wisdom teacher, what I did was took some clips [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randrolsramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27948258&amp;post=169&amp;subd=randrolsramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Padmasambhava Feast notes– Acharya Judy Leif – 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feast practice in the Vajrayana came out of Hindu feast practice. In Ancient India, the “pure” Brahmin were shocked by eating meat and drinking alcohol.  This shock is lost on us. It seems to us more like having people over for dinner. What we are eating is our neurosis, our ego. It is fixation, doubt [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randrolsramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27948258&amp;post=166&amp;subd=randrolsramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Khandro Rinpoche &#8211;  9-6-11 &#8211; Creation and completion continued</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trulshig Rinpoche has died at age of 87. Supreme head of Nyingma lineage. Held up the vinaya, ordained over 10,000 monks. Every time a great teacher like this dies, the foundation of buddhadharma shakes. More important that we practice. Reflect on this precious fleeting existence and the fragility of life…… Best supplication and offering is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randrolsramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27948258&amp;post=139&amp;subd=randrolsramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Lung for Krodhi Kali Troma Nagmo (Black Vajrayogini) and Tummo – Khandro Rinpoche I have hijacked jestunlas morning session. (laughs)  I hardly know of anyone, even living among learned people, who understands the correct liturgy as well as jestunla. At the same time, receiving explanation from her is very nice. This year’s Creation and completion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randrolsramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27948258&amp;post=137&amp;subd=randrolsramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Khandro Rinpoche –9-2-11- morning &#8211; Creation and Completion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been talking about Creation and Completion practice. Spend today’s time working – many of you have studied Creation and Completion, generation and conclusion, Utpatti and sampanakrama, – the material regarding mechanics of how to cultivate the right view of visualization practice, mantra practice, and dissolution practice. You are familiar with some of these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randrolsramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27948258&amp;post=135&amp;subd=randrolsramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Skandhas &#8211; DC Khandro Rinpoche study group &#8211; 11/16/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found it very useful to go from the description of the Skandhas in &#8220;Indestructible Truth&#8221; by Reginald Ray.  We start out with a feeling of existing, being a me – my body, my mind. &#8220;These analyses require that we suspend the ordinary division of experience into &#8220;self&#8221; and &#8220;other,&#8221; &#8220;inside&#8221; and &#8220;outside,&#8221; &#8220;body&#8221; and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randrolsramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27948258&amp;post=132&amp;subd=randrolsramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Guru Yoga that Brings the Dharmakaya onto the Path&#8221; – Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche, 10/1/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(editor&#8217;s note: This was part of a teaching Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche gave at TMC Frederick the weekend of October 1-2, 2011.  This  Lord Jitgen Sumgön Guru Yoga was covered and practiced the morning of the first day before Rinpoche taught on his text &#8220;Prescriptions and Prohibitions: Their mode of abiding&#8221;.  I plan to get those notes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randrolsramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27948258&amp;post=101&amp;subd=randrolsramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First reminder &#8211; Precious Human Existence- DC Khandro Rinpoche study group</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first section of Khandro Rinpoche’s book “This Precious Life” is called ‘Entering the gateway.’ Here she lays the groundwork before moving into the 4 reminders.  The rest of the book is essentially the 4 reminders, also known as the Four Thoughts that Transform the Mind.   She starts (pg. 17) with the First Reminder: the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randrolsramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27948258&amp;post=82&amp;subd=randrolsramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Second Reminder – Death and Impermanence &#8211; DC Khandro Rinpoche study group &#8211; 4/18/2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why the focus on the preliminaries? Rinpoche focused only on them before the empowerments.  She always focuses on them so much.   Why?  If you get the basics in a deep way, a physical “submitting to the universe” (R),  a cleansing occurs that opens up.  The four reminders are the tent stakes. J Can have the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=randrolsramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27948258&amp;post=80&amp;subd=randrolsramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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