Renunciation + Compassion = Emancipation

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Free Dharma teaching by Dzoghcen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche today on USTREAM @ 6 PM Pacific. More: http://tinyurl.com/Dzogchen-Lineage-2011-06-04

:: Celebrate our good fortune in having such an amazing good place to live! May we treat our planet with care and respect! Happy Earth Day!

:: Yesterday as I drove through the mountains of Vermont there were still meter-deep drifts of snow in the woods. We had snow flurries too!

May each person sow the seeds of patience and kindness in their present thinking & actions so that their harvest will be greater happiness.

:: It was a month ago today that the world shook in Japan. My month has been so easy compared to that of the people & all beings of Japan.

:: "All individual things pass away. Seek your own liberation with diligence." ~ The final words of Buddha Shakyamuni

"We are all an instrument in an orchestra of emptiness; What is heard is dependent upon what is listening." ~Duncan Ros

:: Played 2 open mics tonite at Cafe Mezzaluna‎ in Saugerties & then Joshua's in Woodstock. Saw Thu nite Bluegrass Band at Harmony. Music!

"We are responsible not only for our own happiness, we affect and are affected by the concerns of all others on this globe." ~HH Dalai Lama

:: Praying for my Uncle Jack of Tucson, who passed today. Wherever he goes, may he find happiness and the causes of happiness.

:: Woohoo! I just got booked for an event on the North Pole! Good thing I like cold weather.

:: Please attend this incredible opportunity to learn & practice Dharma for three months this summer. www.dzogchenlineage.org/internship

:: I encourage you to read this beautiful teaching about Japan from Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche
http://ping.fm/vHcwM

:: My compassion to all those affected by the earthquakes in Japan. My gratitude to all the kind-hearted birthday wishes!

:: Tibet Day, Year 52. May Tibetan religion, language, and culture be preserved!

By contributing to, and feeling joy about, the translations of Dharma texts, u participate in the merit:
http://ping.fm/0dAhg

:: Happy Losar, Tibetan New Year 2138! May all groups who wish for autonomy, attain greater self-rule, while cultivating interconnections.

:: You can’t be more fortunate than to lose all your possessions B 4 U die, because at the moment of death, U only have 2 give up your body.