Thank you thank you thank you 🙏🏼

This meditation is so moving. I love it!! Thank you, Venerable heart

This is so wonderful and powerful! Thank you, Venerable ❤❤❤❤

Thank you Venerable, I wanna ask you something: Is it ok to watch these teachings if im in vajrayana path? I got criticized by sangha members because of this... but then is hard to find a vajrayana master that puts out and explain these subjects on the internet. Thank you!! lots of blessings

Yonten, how can we have faith in the Mahayana if the Mahayana sutras originate something like 400-1000 years after the Buddha lived? All of the buddhist historians say Buddha most likely didnt teach these sutras. And its not just dating, they base it on other things too like language and style of mahayana sutras being comparable more to later Indian texts than to texts that could have circulated in the Buddhas lifetime.

Thank you, this was very helpful. Will watch the whole class und try to put it into practice. :)

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Dang, I really needed this one after last week. It's been really difficult. Thank you so much.

Finished 11/11/2024 ❤

Thank you so much Venerable!!!! ❤❤❤

I swear it feels like this was supposed to be transmitted to me.

Many thanks Venerable.... such beautiful visual guidance, much appreciated.🙏🏻❤️

Thank you so much for your teachings. I find them really inspiring and beautifully presented. May you always be well and happy❤

thank you

Thank you from my heart Venerable.

Thank you Venerable Yönten. This practice is needed so much in these degenerate times. ❤

Such good medicine Venerable~

Thank you Lama 🙏

You remind me of Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche, she is a great teacher ❤❤

What happens if you visualise yourself as the diety without the empowerment?

It felt really special to be guided in this Green Tara Practice. Thank you Yonten. 🙏🌈🍀🙏🌈🍀🙏🌈🍀

You are on of the rare gems in the community who actually teaches the actual texts! ❤

Thank you ; your genuine compassionate voice resonates

Suhdihnuh not saadihnnuh?

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Thank you vénérable Yonten !May this precious teaching benefit all sentient being !❤🎉🙏🙏🙏

Saturday, November 2, 2024 notes and reflections from teaching

3) that’s interesting. I never became a serial killer. I have a traumatic brain from childhood. I’ve never had the urge to kill anyone.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 ~ I’m gonna say that’s a win😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

2) merit~ celebrating the success of others is the cause of aspiration and deeper intentions within ourselves.

1) rejoicing others is the antidote to jealousy. Develop the habit of noticing the success of others and celebrating. Develop the habit of noticing the success of others and celebrating.

Friday, October 25, 2024 ~ notes and reflection from teaching.

1) The point of practice is nothing more than humanness.

5) ~ I really enjoyed approaching the buddhist path by the Dalai Lama ~ I wasn’t as big of a fan of one teacher many traditions. Maybe it was the audiobook format. But I really liked approaching the Buddhist path- that one was transformative.

4) anger suffocates the mind! Compassion illuminates awareness.

3) patience, creates choice ~ choice, create skillful means ~ skillful means is liberation. Patience facilitates wisdom.

2) when you get angry, think shoes 👠

1) responding to anger with punishment does not solve the problem. It shifts the problem.

❤❤❤ ~ October 23, 2024 notes and reflection ~ patience

The sevenfold causes an effect 1) recognizing all sentient beings as mother 2) recalling their kindness 3) wishing to repay their kindness 4) loving kindness 5) compassion 6) great compassion, the highest intention 7) Bodhichitta

6) zen produces the best poems. Poetry not bound by pages. 📑 inked in life.

5) the mind is a mirror 🪞 ~ if it no longer grasp at phenomenon, the mind is free. Liberation is true suchness.

4) How do we find the root of the mind?

3) Mazu Daoyi (709-88) is one of the most eminent of the ancient Chinese Zen masters. Two of the traditionally acknowledged major schools of Zen trace their lineage through this renowned Zen ancient. He was an influential abbot of Chan Buddhism during the Tang dynasty. The earliest recorded use of the term "Chan school" is from his Extensive Records. Master Ma's teaching style of "strange words and extraordinary actions" became paradigmatic Zen lore. In the Transmission of the Lamp, compiled in 1004, Mazu is described as follows: "His appearance was remarkable. He strode along like a bull and glared about him like a tiger. If he stretched out his tongue, it reached up over his nose; on the soles of his feet were imprinted two circular marks."

2) zen makes absolutely no sense. How can there be no Dharma? - I am taking a short detour into Zen for the next couple of books. Then it’s back to Tibetan Buddhism. ❤ zen is so frustrating.

1) OK so it turns out I’m not the first one to realize the words, thus literacy, is not the point. Comprehension beyond comprehension. This is the goal. How do we get there without words? I’m trying to understand Zen, which is impossible. According to what I have read, to achieve enlightenment, we must master all Dharma. So how do you master something that can’t be mastered? Zen koans… I have no idea how to make sense of this stuff truly. I keep coming back to it and it just makes absolutely no sense so wish me luck. 🍀

Sunday, October 20, 2024 reflections and notes from teaching. Starting new book. The Zen of Advaita ~ the teaching mastery of Nisargadatta Maharaj 😊

Say anytime these "Grace Words of Life", your brain, cells, body, home, car, universe will listen: I AM GRACE: Grace + Patience + Practice + Time = Confidence Grace is Simple elegance poise or refinement of movement and Courteous Goodwill and Do honor or give credit to someone or something by one's presence. Grace is Rest, Blessings, Favor, Kindness, Love, Faith, Fruits of the Spirit, Joy, Happiness, and Laughter. Grace is Breath of Life Living Souls Holiness Divine oxygen kingdom life and light to our eyes, body, and whole being. Elegance, stylishness, poise, finesse, charm, gracefulness, dexterity, adroitness, deftness, fluidity of movement, fluency, flow, suppleness, smoothness, ease, effortless, naturalness, neatness, precision, agility, nimbleness, lightfootedness, poetry in motion, flowing, light some, courtesy, courteousness, politeness, manners, good manners, mannerliness, civility, decorum, decency, propriety, breeding, respect, respectfulness, consideration, thought, thoughtfulness, tact, tactfulness, diplomacy, etiquette, couth, dignify, distinguish, add distinction to, add dignity to, honor, bestow honor on, favor, enhance, add luster to, magnify, en noble, glorify, elevate, make lofty, aggrandize, and upgrade. Grace is Favor Bountiful Blessings Miracles Breakthroughs Opportunities Health Wealth Prosperities Abundance Fruitfulness. Creator Most-Highest Is Grace. Thankfulness Gratitude Praise Rejoice Rejoice Rejoice Rejoice 🙏

28) nothing happened, nothing is happening, nothing will happen. ~ 51:17 agent, action, object