Coming to hear Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche’s teaching this Saturday? Relax after class at the annual Asian Festival. This year the Asian Festival will showcase India, celebrating and exploring the diverse Indian cultures by presenting authentic regional foods, arts, crafts and entertainments including the ever exciting Bollywood & Bhangra dancing.
Plus, the D.C. Tibetan community will have [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Asian Festival Aug 1 – 2 in Reston
Posted in Just for fun on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mahamudra Resources
Posted in Buddhism, Meditation, tagged Mahamudra on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a few of the many teachings available to us on mahamudra. Feel free to share your favorites.
Mahamudra Teachings and Medicine Buddha Teachings (Audio and Unedited Transcript) by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, 2008. These teachings were given in June of 2008 at White Eagle Conference Center in Crestone, Colorado. Included is the oral transmission [...]
New Movie About Dolphin Killings
Posted in Engaged Buddhism, Just for fun on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I posted this under “Just for Fun” but Louie Psihoyos’ new movie, “The Cove”, is a serious, heart breaking documentary about Japan’s commercial dolphin harvesting operations. Google it and you’ll find many links. Here’s the New York Times review.
Want to stop the slaughter? Check out the group profiled in the movie, Save Japan Dolphins.
For me, [...]
The Tibet Project
Posted in Buddhism, Tibet Discussion, tagged Free Tibet, human rights on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Tibet Project is one filmmakers initiative to help raise awareness about the Tibetan freedom struggle and that the issue is not just about Tibet. It represents the universal struggle against power, greed, injustice and exploitation. It represents the struggle for human rights, democracy, freedom, non violence and compassion. Tibet affects us all.
The first part [...]
Quote of the Week: Patience and Anger
Posted in Buddhism, Dharma Quotes on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yangsi Rinpoche writes about patience in his book Practicing the Path(Wisdom Publications, 2003):
“The perfection of patience is complete when we are able to cease the mind of anger. As in the previous perfections, completing the perfection of patience does not mean that every sentient being will stop harming you or disturbing you. Rather, the perfection [...]
Mahamudra Meditation
Posted in Buddhism, Meditation, tagged First Panchen Lama, Mahamudra on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When you look at the nature of any thought that arises, it automatically disappears by itself and a bare absence dawns. Likewise, when you inspect mind’s nature when it is settled, a non-obstructive bare absence and clarity is vivid. You see that the settled and moving minds are mixed together. Thus, no matter what thought [...]
Question of the Week: Golden Light Sutra?
Posted in Buddhism, Question of the Week on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Which chapter of the Sutra of Golden Light do you find yourself reading over and over again? Why?
FPMT Project: Enlightenment For the Dear Animals
Posted in Buddhism, FPMT News, Interviews/highlights of FPMT projects, tagged FPMT News on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
[This is an excerpt from an email that was sent to all FPMT Centers, this is not a Guhyasamaja project]
New FPMT World of Animals
We are delighted to inform you about a new FPMT project which Rinpoche has named “Enlightenment for the Dear Animals”. This fabulous project aims to help people benefit animals by providing information, [...]
Ordination Links
Posted in Buddhism, Ordination on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Considering ordination? It’s a big decision! Here are some links that might be helpful, others are listed in the Blog Roll. Feel free to suggest links using the comment feature. Thanks!
http://www.tushita.info/ordination.htm — Preordination class; guidelness for ordination with His Holiness.
