Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Help ever, hurt never – this is the essence of Buddha's teaching.

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Sri Sathya Sai Baba

The Sixteenth KarmapaRangjung Rigpe Dorje

... The Sixteenth Karmapa ...

“Although the 16th Karmapa appeared 

and acted as a human being, 

his mind was completely open, 

without any limitation. 

He knew everything in an instant 

and without having to think about it.” 

The simple presence of Karmapa would create a profound and lasting blessing on all people coming into contact with him. He himself said that a Buddha should be known by his laugh and it was said that when Karmapa laughed, which he did all the time, one would hear him several houses away.

He also demonstrated a complete ability to communicate with animals. Once, at a course in Europe, a large raven tapped on the window where Karmapa was teaching. When let in, the bird flew directly to Karmapa, after which he instructed two people to go to a barn a few miles down the road where two other birds were trapped and starving. The birds were discovered and rescued."

His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

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 One deity, Chenrezi, embodies all Buddhas; One mantra, the six syllables, embodies all mantras;

One Dharma, bodhichitta, embodies all practices of the development and completion stages. Knowing the one which liberates all, recite the sixsyllable mantra.

The Buddha Shākyamuni himself is an emanation of Chenrezi; the Dharma, which shows us what to avoid and what to cultivate, is perfectly contained in the six-syllable mantra; the Saṅgha, the Bodhisattvas who help us along the path, are emanations of Chenrezi as well. Chenrezi is thus the union of the Three Jewels. Just as one reservoir collects countless drops of rain,

Chenrezi’s compassion includes all the wisdom of Mañjushrī and all the power of Vajrapāṇi. With this one deity, one mantra, and one practice, you can accomplish everything. The many deities are infinitely diverse: peaceful or wrathful, with one, three, or many heads, and with two, four, six, or many more arms, each one symbolizing a different quality. Yet you can be confident that all of them are included in Chenrezi. In the same way, since all the beneficial power of the immense variety of other mantras is contained in the sixsyllable mantra by itself, you can put all your heart into reciting just the one mantra.

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Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones by Rinpoche Dilgo Khyentse

Shambhala Publications, Inc.

17th KarmapaOgyen Trinley Dorje

The fact that you have the intention to work for others is important. Act on your wholesome intentions and altruistic impulses. If you have the thought of benefiting society, that is significant. Nurture and treasure that thought, and act on it as best you can. Doing so will certainly change you, and that in itself can be the start of the change you want to see in your world.

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 17th Karmapa

Ogyen Trinley Dorje, The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out

H.H. 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje

Unerringly seeing the nature of dharmas and dharmata just as it is, You expand the wisdom of omniscience And give glorious bliss to the minds of all beings. Rikpe Dorje, we supplicate at your feet. – from the Supplication to the Karmapas.

H.H. 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje

“When you do things, then obstacles will come and you can go through them. Obstacles are a sign of success”

– H.H. 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje