A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche
A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche
A Blog offered by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche

Category - Buddha-dharma

ArtBuddha-dharma

Attachment to self

Does not being attached to self, mean we do not care about the suffering of others? Of course not. That is definitely an erroneous view. We must always put our own interests last and the interests of others first. That...

August 12, 2018
Add comment
35 views
2 min read
Buddha-dharmaLFBCSQuotes

QUOTE–Slander

If it were not for the slander that creates enemies and friends, how would you be able to realize the power of loving-kindness and patient endurance that leads to no-birth?” H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III...

August 5, 2018
Add comment
25 views
1 min read
Painting
ArtBuddha-dharma

You must practice the Six Paramitas!

Even if you receive great dharmas and practice them faithfully, you must still be generous, abide by the precepts, exhibit great effort and patience, and develop your concentration, and wisdom. Erroneous View #13:  THE...

August 5, 2018
Add comment
63 views
1 min read
Photo of "Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.
ArtBuddha-dharma

What is False or Impure Generosity?

Conscious giving where you are attached in any way to the act, is not correct cultivation, although it may be rewarded in this world or the heavenly realms. It does not help you become liberated or a holy person. The...

August 5, 2018
Add comment
150 views
3 min read
ArtBuddha-dharma

What is an Icchantika?

  The Nirvana Sutra  says: “Chunda spoke once more, asking, ‘What is the meaning of the term icchantika?’ The Buddha said: ‘Chunda, suppose there should be monks or nuns, laymen or laywomen who speak careless and...

July 29, 2018
1 comment
769 views
3 min read