Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo bestows a blessing during the 30th anniversary of her enthronement as a Palyul lineage holder.

After a conversation this morning, where a student had expressed to Jetsunma that “knowing” arises in her naturally, but that for the student it requires practice, Jetsunma called the student back. She offered the following teaching with tears in her eyes. 

“Everyone thinks like that, that I am some kind of magical psychic, that I can just pull miracles out of my ass. They think this all comes ‘naturally’ to me. It DOESN’T. What I have is the Great Bodhicitta, I have turned my mind to working for the benefit of OTHERS. 

You think I’m different from you, that I have some kind of magic that I can just make things happen instantly. That breaks my heart! I am no different from you. I have had to work, HARD, for all of this. It didn’t just “arise” in me, I had to work for it. I have to work at it all the time. I am relentless. And I am no different from you. I don’t have anything you don’t have. 

YOU are a miracle! You are a Dharma practitioner, you are here, you are with me, and you are making progress even if it is slow. YOU are a miracle, YOU have value. I have the same feelings you do, I have been through the same things you have. The ONLY difference is I have cultivated the Bodhicitta WITH A LOT OF WORK. It is the Wisdom that comes from that that makes the difference. 

But you think I am something miraculous as an excuse to stay in your dullness. You are no different than me. Be who you really are. You are the same as me. 

Be that. Stop wallowing. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and WAKE UP. YOU are all of this, you just have to wake up! What I have done is taken responsibility. I have grown up. Grow up! I think all the time of others, how to benefit them. Don’t wallow! 

This is why I feel so alone. No one sees me for who I am. They think this is all easy for me, they have no idea. Everyone just thinks, “oh Jetsunma can do it!” They just want to stay in their dullness, and magical thinking is an excuse not to change, to not take responsibility. Everyone thinks that way. YOU can do this too. It is who you are. 

Don’t stay in your dullness, your fear. Fear is a mind killer. Don’t wallow in it. You are a miracle. Be that. 

I just had to get that off my chest.”