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November 2008 
Confluence of Events
Posted on Mar 3rd, 2007
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dragpa gyaltsen
dragpa gyaltsen
It has been quite a while since I wrote in this blog. I'm sorry I've not kept up. The excuses are irrelevant. Only renewed resolve, and action, is of any real merrit.
Since my last post, I've disolved one business partership and formed another. I've been focusing a great deal of my time and energy into this new business, having chosen to dedicate myself towards its success, for the benefit of self *and others*. Unfortunately, I've found that if one swings ones attention too far towards, and spends too much time in, a state of consciousness conducive to business performance, one's spiritual attunement diminishes, and ultimately, the quality of one's life suffers.
It is a quandry, how to maintain the necessary focus, on the 'material', in the interests of being sucessful in business--even when that business would ultimately support all manner of benefit in the world--and still remain grounded in 'pure view' and engaged in practice and meditation that facilitates and deepens such a view.
Today is Chotrul Duchen which celebrates Buddha Shakyamuni's display of fifteen days of 'miracles.' It is said that the Buddha displayed a miracle each day to spur the devotion and increase the merit of his current and future disciples.
Why should any of us be surprised by 'miracles' ? What is magic, and miracles, to the ignorant is a technology (albeit an internal technology of the mind, and of spirit) to those with knowledge and Skillful Means. What some might consider to be coincidence, merely a product of random chance, is generaly not. Serendipity has a basis in the power of prayer and focused intention, and in Karma.
Today is my 51st birthday. It is also Chotrul Duchen. Lama Mugsang Tulku visited KPC today and gave a teaching on Guru Yoga. Musgang Tulku is the reincarnation of the first throne holder of the Palyul Lineage and the brother of Genyenma Akhon Lhamo who, in turn, has reincarnated in the west as Jetsunma Akhon Lhamo, my root lama.
Is this a coincidental 'Confluence of Events' or, yet again, a wake up call for me, that I've a mission in this life, and to pay attention, follow my dharma, and make a difference in the suffering of beings?
Its more than belief, I know the later to be true.
I now leave for the Datacenter to take care of adding a new class C (255 IP Addresses) to our border routers with the intention in mind that our business will prove to be a vehicle for accomplishing my mission in this life.
--dragpa gyaltsen
Since my last post, I've disolved one business partership and formed another. I've been focusing a great deal of my time and energy into this new business, having chosen to dedicate myself towards its success, for the benefit of self *and others*. Unfortunately, I've found that if one swings ones attention too far towards, and spends too much time in, a state of consciousness conducive to business performance, one's spiritual attunement diminishes, and ultimately, the quality of one's life suffers.
It is a quandry, how to maintain the necessary focus, on the 'material', in the interests of being sucessful in business--even when that business would ultimately support all manner of benefit in the world--and still remain grounded in 'pure view' and engaged in practice and meditation that facilitates and deepens such a view.
Today is Chotrul Duchen which celebrates Buddha Shakyamuni's display of fifteen days of 'miracles.' It is said that the Buddha displayed a miracle each day to spur the devotion and increase the merit of his current and future disciples.
Why should any of us be surprised by 'miracles' ? What is magic, and miracles, to the ignorant is a technology (albeit an internal technology of the mind, and of spirit) to those with knowledge and Skillful Means. What some might consider to be coincidence, merely a product of random chance, is generaly not. Serendipity has a basis in the power of prayer and focused intention, and in Karma.
Today is my 51st birthday. It is also Chotrul Duchen. Lama Mugsang Tulku visited KPC today and gave a teaching on Guru Yoga. Musgang Tulku is the reincarnation of the first throne holder of the Palyul Lineage and the brother of Genyenma Akhon Lhamo who, in turn, has reincarnated in the west as Jetsunma Akhon Lhamo, my root lama.
Is this a coincidental 'Confluence of Events' or, yet again, a wake up call for me, that I've a mission in this life, and to pay attention, follow my dharma, and make a difference in the suffering of beings?
Its more than belief, I know the later to be true.
I now leave for the Datacenter to take care of adding a new class C (255 IP Addresses) to our border routers with the intention in mind that our business will prove to be a vehicle for accomplishing my mission in this life.
--dragpa gyaltsen
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