The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy ~ by Ajahn Brahm ~ Chapter 1

Whether mere bumps in the road or genuine crises, we live in a world of unwanted events that no willpower can prevent. In The Art of Disappearing, Ajahn Brahm helps us learn to abandon the headwind of false expectations and follow instead the Buddha’s path of understanding. Releasing our attachment to past and future, to self and other, we can directly experience the natural state of serenity underlying all our thoughts and discover the bliss of the present moment.

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The Secret Mantra Essence

His Holiness Penor Rinpoche is Supreme head of the Nyingma (the Ancient Translation School of secret mantra),1932 - March 27, 2009, The original of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Born in1932 in eastern Tibet, H. H. Penor Rinpoche is the emanation of the great Dzogchen master Vimalamitra. He is the 3rd Penor Rinpoche, and was enthroned as the 11th holder of the Palyul Lineage at the age of twelve. He spent four years practicing in retreat with his teacher Choktrul Rinpoche, and received all the Nyingma and Dzogchen teachings. After 1959, H. H. Penor Rinpoche came to India and re-established the Palyul Monastery in Mysore. Today 1,500 monks and nuns live, study, and practice at the monastery. He has made several trips to Tibet, where he has rebuilt the Palyul Monastery.

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