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Tag Archives: Groundhog Day
The Most Fun You Can Have
February 2010 Dear Friends, Losar Tashi Delek! Happy Tibetan New Year! (as of February 14) I don’t know if our local groundhog saw his/her shadow on February 2. (As you know, every day is Groundhog Day here in retreat.) My … Continue reading
Posted in Year Three 2010
Tagged Buddha Nature, calm abiding, fun, Groundhog Day, happiness, Mingyur Rinpoche
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One Year
December 2008 This is the final month of our first year of three-year retreat. On January 5, 2009, year two begins. Lama Norlha Rinpoche used to say that during the first year of retreat, everyone always thinks they made a … Continue reading
Posted in Year One 2008
Tagged birds, Groundhog Day, impermanence, mantra, silence, walnuts
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Efficiency Expert
February 2008 As Buddhists, we are encouraged to spend a lot of time contemplating the impermanence of all phenomena and, in particular, the inevitability of our own death. We realize that if we are going to reach enlightenment, we had … Continue reading
Posted in Year One 2008
Tagged efficiency, enlightenment, Groundhog Day, impermanence
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