It will be if you wanna form from here. Does it work, Patty? Yes. That’s right. It’s good to pick up.
Oh, maybe that’s changed. Yes. Okay. Oh, okay. I’ve got an older version, so I probably will update it and All of those books can be ordered.
All those books can be ordered. That’s not a problem. It is online. So you can even just, you know, thinking about the paper copy. Just look at it online.
Melodpa Könchok Rinpoche, has said, usually, when we talk of perfect examples of demonstrating the So when we reflect on the kindness of spiritual teachers in addition to reflecting on the historical teachers and their great activities, we can also think of the great teachers of today. And and I would say even important that we do that so we’re not distancing, you know, not thinking about the joy of being something of a long gone age, you know, that we have to sort of and and with pure Samaya. Not only has he pure Samaya and faith, but whatever I am stuck, has the capability to accomplish. So the other things that are are suggested is to read the biographies of the great So Milarepa, his mother sent him to to black magic school, to learn black magic.
They probably didn’t use those letters. You couldn’t. You know, you should go and get teachings from this time. So And and he continued to follow every single instruction that that Marpa gave him. And, anyway, so, eventually, So we’ll go on then with looking at how to relate to a spiritual teacher.
So we looked at the qualities of the spiritual we looked at qualities that we bring to that relationship, and then how do we cultivate that relationship. So this is where I know. I’ve looked a bit longer to get what I’m saying. To check out the teacher. Yes.
And because especially if you don’t have that presence So so the the first point here, These these points so sorry. Over the page, how to rely on a on one’s guru. So these points are directly from these nine attitudes of devotion. So this whole as I as I mentioned before, whole Lama Chukha practice, Guru Yoga practice is a practice of devotion to the Guru. People who have a highest yoga tantra initiation So so it’s about training our mind in devotion.
And this, may I allow myself to come under this control? And that is all very light. So it’s not it’s not at all. I think when we still make up fifty one percent of the population. So it’s in relevance to that.
Maybe like me being some child of the lineage. It’s about coming under this control, which is not like Yes. Whether yes. Yes. Yes.
That’s yes. Yeah. Oh, yes. Especially Yes. Okay.
So our mind like the earth, so this is this sense of being grounded, being stable. And this in the nine attitudes, I it’s relating to talk about our practice because I remember just a friend of mine who’s at another center, and I was talking about a particular visualization for her. And then, actually, this is a booklet. This is a handy little summary of all we’ve been going through. Delightful.
There’s also that, you know, if there are difficulties first of all, it says page seven down the bottom. Why did my spiritual guide ask me to do something I don’t That’s fine. Maybe. We don’t know.
Anyway, won’t go to the point. But from my heart, it it absolutely is joyful. So what She’ll find out. . And so he would come on, and you’d hear this chorus.
So there are things that people do to protect themselves because actually what was scheduled was lunch, fifteen minutes quiet time. His home was on his own. Nobody in his we set up the space, deal with where he had it all there ready, of this must be you must have this amount of rest days. You, you know, only invite the Lamas to teach you this place. Start with that and then you you watch it crowd in.
You watch the request Lunch. Okay. Before we go to lunch, let’s dedicate. So what to rejoice about? Due to these merit due to the merits of these virtuous actions, may I quickly attain the state of enlightenment and leave all living beings without exception into that enlightened state.
So it’s said that before we actually enter into a guru disciple relationship, So we’ve got two versions there. The short seven-limb prayer which is the one we most frequently every type of object, actual and imagined. I declare all my negative actions accumulated since beginningless time and rejoice in the merit of all holy and ordinary beings. Please, Buddha, remain until the end of cyclic existence and turn the wheel of Dharma for living beings. I dedicate my own merits and those of all others to the great enlightenment.
So the first one, offerings oh, sorry. Frustrating. Okay. So so this idea of of merit is So then we have requested Buddhist to remain. Absolutely.
I make it out loud. In your mind, it’s good. So the benefits of relying on the on the on the teacher on this virtuous training, Okay. Harmed by by, let’s say, enemies or evil friends because we develop that in a confidence, resilience, sense of our own goodness, and guru enables us to that. Oh, all sorts of things.
Think we were taking stuff. They’re a hippie. That’s right. Narrowed. It’s a gray power.
Company basically because sorry, though, it’s one example. There’s two guys, friends: one’s an alcoholic. He goes to the monastery. He thinks he goes to the monastery, to the monastery, takes the vows, becomes too total. The other one’s too total, goes and hangs out with his mates down the pub, becomes alcoholic.
So, you know, the company and we see that I’m not I think I could say mixed intention there. I think that the intention to get attention might have been, Okay. And then there’s a few disadvantages of not doing these things. So first one, that we insult the Buddhas. No.
Yeah. Yeah. That’s right. That’s right. But this is why we do have.
So we rejoice in all our being here. And correctly analyzed the meaning of reality, please bless me to generate quickly within my mindstream the unified path of calm abiding and special insight. Having become a pure vessel by training in the general task, blessed me to enter the holy gateway of the fortunate ones, the supreme vehicle. At that time, the basis of accomplishing the two attainments is keeping pure vows and samaya. As I have become firmly convinced of this, You who uphold this the pure moral way, who serves as the bountiful bearer of all, sustaining, preserving, and spreading the stainless victorious doctrine, who masterfully accomplished magnificent deeds honoring the Three Jewels, savior of myself and others your disciples.
Please please live long. And then page two eight one for also two eight two. That first four verse starting venerable one.