Please share your thoughts on what you are most thankful for in your life from a Buddhist perspective. Is there a difference between feeling thankful and feeling gratitude?
Archive for November, 2009
Question of the Week: what are you thankful for?
Posted in Question of the Week on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa Teachings 2010
Posted in Buddhism, Center news on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sending an update regarding Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa’s teachings at Guhyasamaja Center for 2010….
Rinpoche has agreed to again visit the center for five months in 2010. This year they won’t be five consecutive months. Rinpoche will visit intially quite soon, from January 20-March 15. Rinpoche will then return for a week [...]
Bodhisattva Samantabhadra
Posted in Buddhism, Dharma Gems on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Samantabhadra is one of the great bodhisattvas in Buddhism. He is reknowned for his practices of generosity. In the Avatamsaka Sutra (“The Flower Ornament Scripture”, translated by Thomas Cleary), he is known as “Universally Good”. Chapter 3, The Meditation of the Enlightening Being Universally Good introduces Universally Good. Other chapters in this long and fascinating [...]
Daily Practice: November 21
Posted in Buddhism, Discovering Buddhism, Establishing a Daily Practice on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In preparation for the Dec 5th class, please do the following:
1. Read the Golden Light Sutra (my personal favorites for those of you new to reading the sutra: Chapters 1, 5 (Confession), and 6 (Emptiness). For a related blog article regarding an upcoming animal sacrifice in Nepal and Lama Zopa’s request that we read the [...]
Where’s Rinpoche? Google Calendar To the Rescue
Posted in Just for fun on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Want to know where Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Losang Jampa will be teaching? The three Centers, Do Ngak Khun Phen Ling, Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Center and Guhyasamaja Center are all using Google Calendar. You can add all three calendars to your Google calendar and you’ll be able to tell where he’s teaching! All you need [...]
(FPMT) Urgent — 500,000 animals about to be sacrificed
Posted in Buddhism, FPMT News, tagged take action on November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
(source: FPMT email dated November 10, 2009)
Dear Center Directors, students and friends,
You might have heard the Nepal news about the 500,000 animals that are going to be sacrificed over two days on 24th November (Ghaddimai animal sacrifice festival, happens every five years in the terrai).
The Buddha boy wrote to the organizers asking them not to [...]
Buddha’s Descent from Tushita
Posted in Buddhism, Buddhist Celebration Days on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we celebrate Buddha’s descent from Tushita Heaven. This is one of the four major Buddhist holy days (the day of miracles, the day the Buddha was enlightened, the day the Buddha first taught the four noble truths, and the day he descended from the god realm of Tushita to earth).
Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Losang Jampa [...]
In memory of Ed Hyde: A Prayer for Beings in the Bardo Realm
Posted in Buddhism, Prayer Requests on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Prayer for Beings in the Bardo Realm
1. Having exhausted with their life-span and merit propelled by virtue,
The bardo beings are led to the otherworld by fierce demons and the lord of death.
As they are destitute and without a protector,
Please hold and guide them with your compassion oh Guru-Deity!
2. They are chased by currents [...]
