ACT 4 TIBET – Om Ah Hung

Tag: karma

  • Prostrations

    Why do we do Prostrations? 1. The Purification of Pride First of all, we should know why we do prostrations. We do not do them to endear ourselves to somebody else. We do not do them for the Buddha. Such concepts are completely wrong. The Buddha is not a god of this world. We bow…

  • Karma Kagyu Lineage

    THE KARMA KAGYU LINEAGE OF TIBETAN  BUDDHISM traces its origins to Shakyamuni Buddha through Marpa the Great Translator, who three times traveled to India to bring back authentic Buddhist teachings to Tibet. His teacher, Naropa, received the lineage transmission from Tilopa and so on, back to the Buddha himself. Marpa’s most famous student was the…

  • Accumulate Merit

    Whatever merit we accumulate Through prostrating, making offerings, confessing, Rejoicing, requesting and praying, I dedicate to the goal of enlightenment. How to accumulate merit Accumulating merit is a very important part of practicing the Dharma. It allows us to open our hearts, to work on the Dhana Paramita, the practice of generosity detached from all…

  • Karma of Gossip

    “To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak…