Lama Zopa Rinpoche
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97. These are the three ways to understand the rarity of the perfect human rebirth: by<br />
numbers, by cause and by example.<br />
98. <strong>Rinpoche</strong> is referring to his stay in hospital after manifesting a stroke in Bendigo,<br />
Australia, April 2011.<br />
99. Also called (Tib:) Lobpön Pawo, (Skt:) Ashvaghosha or Aryashura, a second-century<br />
Indian master renowned for his scholarship and poetry ; author of Fifty Verses of Guru<br />
Devotion.<br />
100. A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Ch. 4, v. 19.<br />
101. The Tibetan Dhammapada, Ch. 1, v. 14.<br />
102. Ch. 4, v. 18.<br />
103. Also quoted in Liberation, p. 311. No source given.<br />
104. See <strong>Rinpoche</strong>’s How to Practice Dharma for extensive teachings on the eight worldly<br />
dharmas.<br />
105. Guide, Ch. 2, v. 58.<br />
106. Also called the twelve links of dependent origination. See Liberation in the Palm of Your<br />
Hand, pp. 479–486 or Steps on the Path to Enlightenment, vol. 2, pp. 324–360.<br />
107. From <strong>Rinpoche</strong>’s Wish-fulfilling Golden Sun. See that book for a clear, succinct<br />
explanation of the twelve links. Also quoted in Steps, vol. 2, p. 346. “The first, eighth and<br />
ninth are delusions. The second and tenth are karma. The remaining seven are sufferings.”<br />
108. See Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, pp. 340–45.<br />
109. Of the thousand buddhas of this fortunate age, Buddha Kashyapa is the third and<br />
Buddha Shakyamuni the fourth, the first two being Krakucchanda and Kanakamuni.<br />
Maitreya will be the next.<br />
110. See The Ecstatic Dance of Chakrasamvara, pp. 41–42, for all four reasons.<br />
111. H.H. Trijang <strong>Rinpoche</strong> elaborates, “Having been requested by Vajrayogini, the Buddha<br />
manifested as Heruka and taught the root tantra of Heruka on the summit of Mt. Meru, and<br />
when requested by Vajrapani, taught the explanatory tantra.” See Various Aspects of Tantra at<br />
<strong>Lama</strong>Yeshe.com.<br />
112. Kelsang Gyatso is the head of the New Kadampa Tradition, which promotes the<br />
practice of Dolgyal.<br />
113. <strong>Rinpoche</strong>’s book The Heart of the Path explains every last detail of how to do this.<br />
114. See <strong>Rinpoche</strong>’s Yoga of Offering Food at <strong>Lama</strong>Yeshe.com.<br />
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