Experience Holidays with a Calm Mind

Experience Holidays with a Calm Mind

Author: Kunzang Palyul Choling - Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo December 6, 2023 Duration: 1:09:58

Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo gave this teaching Christmas eve 1995. In it she describes the hope and fear that is magnified during the holiday season, using it as a way to understand the habits of our minds. During the holiday season our minds become even more unstable than usual, according to Jetsunma. Our hopes and fears increase. "The more we grasp outwardly and try to secure what we want...the less happy we will be." Jetsunma discusses a compassionate way of life as a way to true and lasting happiness.

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