Purple Aggregates

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Ten Tips for a Mindful Home, by Karen Maezen Miller

Kadampas sincerely rely upon Buddha Shakyamuni because Buddha is the source of Kadam Lamrim; they sincerely rely upon Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion, and upon the Wisdom Dharma Protector, indicating that their main practice is compassion and wisdom; and they sincerely rely upon Arya Tara because she promised Atisha that she would take special care of Kadampa practitioners in the future. For this reason, these four enlightened holy beings are called the ‘Four Kadampa Guru Deities’.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso ~ Modern Buddhism, p. 10

Precious Human Life.

New Statue of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso! Smaller versions of this statue will be available at the Festival of 2013.

We are not alone. Ever.

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso:

Through studying many Buddhist texts we may become a renowned scholar; but if we do not put Buddha’s teachings into practice, our understanding of Buddhism will remain hollow, with no power to solve our own or others’ problems. Expecting intellectual understanding of Buddhist texts alone to solve our problems is like a sick person hoping to cure his or her illness through merely reading medical instructions without actually taking the medicine.
~Modern Buddhism p. ix

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