Finding a teacher for Tummo meditation
I am interested in buddhism and do a basic meditation practice. My boyfriend,However, is utterly devoted to Tummo and the bon tradition. I have watched him scour the net and other resources looking for...
View ArticleElectric Prayer Wheels
If someone is extremely lazy electric same effects as handheld? Also was wondering if playing electric audio vajrasattva mantras does anything since we are supposed to say them ourselves. And are malas...
View Articlegetting kind of confused
Hey everyone, just thought I would ask for your advice. Been a student of Tibetan Buddhism for around three years now, and have studied other spiritual paths in the past, meditation, etc. Have...
View ArticleThe Buddha (PBS documentary)
So, I just found this on Netflix on Demand. I didn't get a chance to see it when it was available on pbs (I don't have TV/cable). So far it's rather beautiful and poetic in its presentation and I enjoy...
View ArticleEast / West considerations
Think for a moment about the vast differences between a "theocratic" agrarian feudal society and ours. Look at the middle ages in Europe, or pre-colonial Africa, pre-columbian America. In many cases,...
View ArticleRefuge
I think I have decided to take refuge in The Three Jewels and officially become a Buddhist, but am still not sure in what tradition to do it. Does it matter and how do I go about doing it? Do I need...
View ArticleDeities
Is there a sect of Tibetan Buddhism that has all the wonderful teachings without any of the deities? A much more simple practice and study. posted in Tibetan Buddhism - 2 replies
View ArticleKhandro Tsering Chodron
Khandro-la recently died amidst signs of accomplishment. Please look at the video and see how she was in life-- a real hidden yogini who lived in semi retreat for nearly 50 years! Notice the sheer joy...
View ArticleInsects & Buddhism
Do any of you know anything, or know where I might find) information regarding how insects relate to Buddhism. Thanks! Meowpa posted in Tibetan Buddhism - 7 replies
View ArticleStory Time :)
There was once this cobra practising loving-kindness in the forest saying "may all being be well, may all being be happy, may all beings be peaceful." An old women who was collecting firewood saw this...
View ArticleKalachakra to be given by HH Getse Rinpoche in Spokane July 22nd through July...
H.H. Getse Rinpoche will lead a Kalachakra retreat in Spokane immediately after attending an 11 day Kalachakra for World Peace event in Washington DC. led by the H.H. Dalai Lama. http://tsintamani.org/...
View ArticleA Conversation with the Dalai Lama
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/a-conversation-with-the-dalai-lama-20110721 A Conversation with the Dalai Lama - brand new from Rolling Stone magazine... posted in Tibetan Buddhism - 1 reply
View ArticleRetreat, again....
Friends, Starting Sept. 1, I'm going into personal, solitary retreat for three months. Last time, for four months, was very productive. And, although I've been able to take a few weeks each year to...
View ArticleThe Reversal of Self-Fixation
The Reversal of Self-Fixation – The Key to Attaining Nirvana April 23rd 2011 [From a teaching by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche on the Clear Guide for the Generation Stage. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso....
View ArticleHappy Tuesday!
Howdy y'all from the deep south. I will be helping Naljorpa Mark in moderating the tribe postings whilst he is on retreat again this year. As many of you know I am a householder, and as of...
View ArticleView, Meditation & Action
"View provokes or incites our natural intelligence. Meditation opens our realisation to the view. Action is the pure appropriateness of our spontaneity in the state of realisation. " Ngakpa Chögyam and...
View ArticleOm Ah Hum!
OM AH HUM! Personification of the three times’ buddhas, Vidyadhara, you have appeared for the good of beings From the vast expanse of Padmakara’s compassion. I pray to Dechen Barway Dorje. Transfer...
View ArticleHow much can you do without empowerment?
Hi everyone, After a series of weird things including dreams I asked a Lama (Gape Lama from Garchen Institute) what it meant and he said I have a past life connection with Simhamukha. So obviously I...
View ArticleIt Gets Better
It gets better...a Buddhist reflection. http://youtu.be/7wc17JUwgUk Thoughts? posted in Tibetan Buddhism - 3 replies
View ArticleVast Intention & View - Spontaneous Words of Gyatrul Rinpoche
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102680621432-92/Holiday+Teaching.pdf November 23, 2011 - a teaching by Gyatrul Rinpoche posted in Tibetan Buddhism - 1 reply
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