Crossing Over to the Other Shore

Friends

jnaseh — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:22:21 +0000

funny what happens as i get older

people i know

friendships to keep or rejuvenate

and new friends and relationships to make

valuing connections even if i do not see or connect with you on a daily

(got called out for not being on FB for the umpteenth time!)

maybe this year, though i don’t think i’ll be in touch any more on it

blogging here and twitter has suited me just fine

as life continues and age progresses (DEATH MEDITATION via Tsem Tulku Rinpoche and Thay’s resolution about not wasting life comes to mind)

calls to mind the work we are contributing to this world individually/personally, socially, publically

and to continue forward in the clarity that THIS IS IT!

Through that realization, may we live ever more present to our situation, life and the life of others.

Sending metta to all my dear friends who I have kept in touch with and those who I have not, and those I will be meeting on this endless, endless path that turns to joy!

Santi,

Jnaseh

Order of Interbeing (curriculum)

jnaseh — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:24:03 +0000

Dharma Study Aspirations (guided by Order of Interbeing curriculum)

Mentoring Models

http://www.orderofinterbeing.org/for-the-member/mentoring-models/

What are my commitments in 2013 regarding Sangha praktis?

Death Meditation by Tsem Tulku Rinpoche

jnaseh — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:15:00 +0000

What am I doing with my life, with this year, with my aspirations?

Been making plans to look outwardly and at the same time, there’s this clarity that is arising about the here and now.

Tsem Tulku Rinpoche speaks on how we all meet our final moment as humans. Explicit teaching on the finality of all human beings and how that helps to bring us to what is important now!

Also, brings to mind the Year to Live (Stephen Levine) process which a friend and I explored a couple of years ago. Feeling clarity about renewal of consciousness, core beliefs, stories and relationships to who I am and how I want to be.

Who is this One?

Who am I?

Don’t I have enough?

“You Have Enough” calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh

Thay’s New Year’s Resolution
I’m determined not to waste my life, not to waste my time, I dare to live the life that I want to live.
I want every step that I make on this planet will bring joy and happiness to me and people.

I want every step that I make on this planet is a step that I make in the Kingdom of God and touching the Nirvana

It is my conviction that the path is the kingdom of God and the path is the nirvana.

New Year 2013 Prayer

http://deerparkmonastery.org/community/embracing-the-road/a-new-year-a-time-to-renew

Paramitayana

jnaseh — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:20:31 +0000

Crossing over to the other shore

Mahayana as Paramitayana

The vehicle of the paramitas (great perfections)

Thay Phap Hai shares about the perfections here: crossing over to the other shore

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pmnz29ypc93a79l/fgRenMShJm

2013 Dharma Study Aspiration:

1. Study paramitas

2. Study OI preparatory books

3. Manjushri mantra: Om ara badza na dhi

4. Saraswati mantra: Om sara siddhi hring hring

Dove said I would be taking on a course of study for my practice. Perhaps, it will be the paramis, OI preparatory studies? Starting off the new year and the new era reinforcing dharma study and knowlege, with praktis of course!

Productivity Without Exhaustion

jnaseh — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 06:23:10 +0000

Still a couple more days left until returning to teaching schedule. Productive day, but not with the exhaustion that usually follows. Been looking closely at int’l school apps process, and will send out what I can and see what will happen. Reading reviews of schools and school directors can be discouraging. I want to conduct my “due diligence” but at the same time, don’t want the experiences of others to deter me from activating this process further.

Chanted Dzambala mantra and poured/offered water on Dzambala’s head this evening. I would like to read the entire sadhana, though maybe just once a week though.

Abundance, abundance, abundance!

Saw a workshop in a few weeks at Against the Stream, Santa Monica led by Caitriona Reed on Mindfulness, Mindset and Money. Oooooh, reminds me of that book, the Energy of Money that friends and I read several years back.

Creating opportunities, requesting, making opportunities by being open to give, ask, receive. Engaging more fully the gifts of the Universe in all the ways it will come. Dana. Generosity. Even a kind smile or word or laugh is an expression of giving.

Very much liking the small Dzambala statue I got at the local feng shui store! So bright, so golden, shiny and today, Moms saw the solar powered prayer wheel and was intrigued by it! I could have sworn yesterday, the prayer wheel was turning counter clock-wise and I even tweeted about it. Looked it up and everything to figure out if inauspicious. Luckily, counter clockwise was the way of the Bon people, indigenous Tibetan culture and spirituality. BUT, this morning, when I brought the double sided tape to secure the solar powered prayer wheel to dashboard, I noticed that the prayer wheel was NOW spinning clockwise. We’ll see tomorrow if my mind is playin’ tricks on me.

Either way, happiness for the Om Mani Padme Hum prayers and reminders as I drive.

Principal sent thank you cards to leadership team members. Very kind of him.

Peace,

Jnaseh

Practicing in the Midst of Activity (Gina Sharpe)

jnaseh — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:31:02 +0000

I was looking for dharma talks from a POC retreat offered by Gina Sharpe entitled DIVINE SANITY. Ahhh, those words feel so liberating just to hear them!

I don’t think this dharma talk was from that retreat specifically, but nonetheless:

http://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/75/17920.html

Dzambhala in 2013

jnaseh — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:32:49 +0000

Went to a feng shui shop looking for an elephant with trunk turned up and saw a solar powered prayer wheel (counter-clockwise turn, like Bon Po tradition) and a small but striking, golden Dzambhala statue.

So, went home and set up the statue on the New Year’s altar. Then, listening again to H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche’s talk on the Wealth Buddha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuwKcE8SckU

January 2nd, 2013!

jnaseh — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:33:17 +0000

Day 2

-Grateful for the next few days of still being on winter break.

-Seeing kalyanamitra later this afternoon, offering a lil’ garden buddharupa to her enchanted fruit orchard!

-listened again to Tsem Tulku’s Bring Love Home teaching about bringing Dharma practice home to our relationships, cultivation of harmony

-thinking about my Dharma “commitments” and what i’d like to bring closer…

sitting, Dzambhala practice, OI studies, sangha building, etc.

-ISB, ISKL, ISM, etc.

-Maybe getting truck back

-here we go!

breathing with you,

jnaseh

New Year 2013!

jnaseh — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:07:43 +0000

Namaste,

Alright, so here we go…again

New Year 2013 and returning to you, dear blog. I know it seems like I’ve abandoned and perhaps I have. Only to return again, and again and again.

Fell asleep before midnight yesterday. Will continue with New Year’s rituals tonight, though I did get my altar set up with candles, incense, fruit offerings, bayberry votive, Ganesh!

Feeling renewed from the break and feeling the release of energy from what was stored in tension because of my residuals fears of winter soulstice 2012.

Went to #IdleNoMore San Diego rally in Horton Plaza today to kick-off the new world rising in the here and now.

Zapatista Message for the new world being born!

21 of Dec 2012

To Whom It May Concern:

DID YOU HEAR?

It’s the sound of your world falling apart.

It’s the sound and the day of our resurgence.

The day that was the day, was night

And night will be the day that will be the day.

DEMOCRACY!

LIBERTY!

Justice!

From the mountains of the Mexican southeast

for the Revolutionary Indigenous Clandestine Committee – General Command

EZLN

Subcommander Insurgent Marcos,

Mexico, December 2012

- – - – - – - – - -

Saw my dharma brother who is a new father. Breathing with the joys and stumbles of this time. Prayers for the new course of study and employment he is seeking.

My roommate brother will be leaving because he acquired his own living space! Rejoicing at the creation of more refuges, sanctuaries and homes in 2013! I found some calligraphy quotes from dear Thay, printed them and put them into a frame as a housewarming present for him. I hope it will help in creating a living space that rejuvenates and inspires.

Breathing with you,

Jnaseh

Returning again

jnaseh — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:35:15 +0000

weekend: sangha building retreat at deer park

joy upon hearing about brother’s japan teaching plans continuing to ripen

and a kapatid’s possible plan to return to the philippines (and the asian institute for applied buddhism) isn’t that far! heee heee!

happy to be hearing all these stories from folks near and far

making our stories through our every day acts

like the quote from cloud atlas

about each crime or act of kindness creating our future

created a diwali altar tonight with the large textile image of laxmi and lil’ statue. plus, took out all the ascended masters cards that inspired and placed them too on the altar. going to find some chocolates tomorrow, gold covered, to offer! happiness!

time is moving fast…one week at work, then week off (with lots of house projects) and then end of november already. 2012 winter soultus is right around the corner!

this blog which i started in part for the 2012 countdown is finally getting me to return and touch bases again. i’ve been on twitter more with my students, sometimes on email, oh, even created a facebook acct. this morning of all things, to follow the updates for the CfBS 2013 gathering! aaaawwwww yeeeeaaahhhh!!!

tara agusan los angeles site

lama rangdrol teachings

asian institute of applied buddhism

dharma philippines

what a joy it is to be alive

bowing in gratitude for a full weekend of nourishment

returning again