Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta
I spent last week in Sydney receiving teachings from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on Khunu Rinpoche Tenzin Gyaltsen’s Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta For those who couldn’t make it, His Holiness’ teachings are available to watch online via YouTube: (you might spot me in the crowd ~25-35…
[POEM] Bodhisquito
Please, Take all the blood you need for your children. Though I may only have the karma to see you as a mosquito, I know that since beginningless time, You have been my mother numerous times, and you have the same potential for Buddhahood as do I. spontaneoulsy rambled by…
Erick’s Practices for Success
Erick Sherab Zangpo has a wonderful post on his ‘Empty Elephant: New Tibetan Buddhist Translations and More‘ blog: Inspired by the teachings of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche…. This work is dedicated to all beings – may they always have success. Compiled by Erick Sherab Zangpo. You…
TEDIndia 2009: His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa
from ‘His Holiness the Karmapa: The technology of the heart’ on TED.com: His Holiness the Karmapa talks about how he was discovered to be the reincarnation of a revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism. In telling his story, he urges us to work on not just technology and design, but the…
HH Gyalwang Karmapa [Video]
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation‘s Eric Campbell managed to get a rare interview with His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, for the Foreign Correspondent program, as shown in this piece entitled “After the Dalai Lama“.
Sand Mandala Dissolution Ceremony (Part 2)
Here is part 2 of the video I posted back in February: Sand Mandala Dissolution Ceremony
Crazy Wisdom [TRAILER]
Crazy Wisdom – A film about the life and times of Chogyam Trungpa SYNOPSIS Chogyam Trungpa, renowned Tibetan Buddhist leader, shattered notions about how an enlightened teacher should behave when he renounced his monk’s vows & eloped with a sixteen year-old aristocrat. Twenty years after his death, Trungpa’s name still…
Vajrasattva in Tamworth
On Saturday morning I awoke with a peculiar desire to drive to Tamworth. I wasn’t quite sure why, but I figured I would probably find out once I got there. When I got out on the highway, the first thing I discovered was that the radio in my car had…
Buddhists on the Beach at Byron
I only noticed this photo when it flashed up on one of my screens at work where I use the Flickr .net Screensaver. I liked the look of it so I am showing it to you… Om mani padme hum… 🙂