The Six Bardos: A Vajrayana Buddhist Perspective on Death and
... “Originally bardo referred only to the period between one life and the next, and this is still its normal meaning when it is mentioned without any qualification. There was considerable dispute over this theory during the early centuries of Buddhism, with one side arguing that rebirth (or conception) ...
... “Originally bardo referred only to the period between one life and the next, and this is still its normal meaning when it is mentioned without any qualification. There was considerable dispute over this theory during the early centuries of Buddhism, with one side arguing that rebirth (or conception) ...
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... After this course, students will have a clear idea of the path to enlightenment, especially its three main components: renunciation, bodhichitta and the right view of emptiness. They will understand the progressive, step‐like structure of the lam‐rim, its origin in the teachings of Guru Shakyamuni ...
... After this course, students will have a clear idea of the path to enlightenment, especially its three main components: renunciation, bodhichitta and the right view of emptiness. They will understand the progressive, step‐like structure of the lam‐rim, its origin in the teachings of Guru Shakyamuni ...
Syncretism in the study of Quanzhen Taoism from essence to
... discussion of whether or not a specific tradition was ‘bastardized’ through borrowing, implying that a good tradition stays static as the founders created it. However, I follow scholars such as Jonathan Walters in the view that there is no ‘essential’ Taoism, Buddhism, or Confucianism to grasp onto ...
... discussion of whether or not a specific tradition was ‘bastardized’ through borrowing, implying that a good tradition stays static as the founders created it. However, I follow scholars such as Jonathan Walters in the view that there is no ‘essential’ Taoism, Buddhism, or Confucianism to grasp onto ...
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... Meditation 101 is an introductory course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques for complete beginners. It teaches basic Buddhist meditations that can be used by anyone to create more peace and happiness in daily life. Meditation 101 is presented in five sessions and covers these basic Buddhist m ...
... Meditation 101 is an introductory course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques for complete beginners. It teaches basic Buddhist meditations that can be used by anyone to create more peace and happiness in daily life. Meditation 101 is presented in five sessions and covers these basic Buddhist m ...
The Yogin & the Madman: Reading the Biographical
... and repeated claims about their authenticity by stressing the close association of subject and biographer, teacher and disciple” (33). Significantly, although this specific trait is absent from later versions, its crucial function in the compositional process as a link between present (the author) a ...
... and repeated claims about their authenticity by stressing the close association of subject and biographer, teacher and disciple” (33). Significantly, although this specific trait is absent from later versions, its crucial function in the compositional process as a link between present (the author) a ...
Three Creative Encounters: Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
... Teachers must realize that this is not just about speaking in English or translating certain texts. It is about the continuity of the stream of the essence of dharma, which must unfold in this country in the most pure and authentic ways. -Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche2 I held on to the tradition of Tibeta ...
... Teachers must realize that this is not just about speaking in English or translating certain texts. It is about the continuity of the stream of the essence of dharma, which must unfold in this country in the most pure and authentic ways. -Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche2 I held on to the tradition of Tibeta ...
BUDDHIST DEITIES AND MANTRAS IN THE HINDU TANTRAS: I
... lies in the clear understanding they offer of the process of adaptation of a deity from the Buddhist Tantric texts into Hindu Tantras. In this paper I am concerned with the influence of Buddhist Tantrism on Hindu Tantras as evident from the adoption of Buddhist deities, mantras and elements of typic ...
... lies in the clear understanding they offer of the process of adaptation of a deity from the Buddhist Tantric texts into Hindu Tantras. In this paper I am concerned with the influence of Buddhist Tantrism on Hindu Tantras as evident from the adoption of Buddhist deities, mantras and elements of typic ...
to view the PDF - The Matheson Trust
... illuminate several aspects of the "Americanizing" of the Vajyarana. Jack Kornfield has identified democratization (the disassembling of patriarchal and authoritarian power structures, and the move from a monastic to a lay orientation), feminization (the inclusion of women at all levels of practice a ...
... illuminate several aspects of the "Americanizing" of the Vajyarana. Jack Kornfield has identified democratization (the disassembling of patriarchal and authoritarian power structures, and the move from a monastic to a lay orientation), feminization (the inclusion of women at all levels of practice a ...
Fall 2006 - Sakya Monastery
... has four Dharma centers in New York and a monastery in Nepal. On Sunday, January 8th, 2006, Sakya Monastery was very fortunate to have this qualified teacher give a talk entitled "The Relevance of Meditation." Many of the things he talked about were quite simple, yet profound. To summarize: he point ...
... has four Dharma centers in New York and a monastery in Nepal. On Sunday, January 8th, 2006, Sakya Monastery was very fortunate to have this qualified teacher give a talk entitled "The Relevance of Meditation." Many of the things he talked about were quite simple, yet profound. To summarize: he point ...
pdf format - HH the Sakya Trizin
... one realises wisdom or gnosis through following certain practices. Whilst both vehicles were practised widely in Tibet, Mantrayana and its four classes of Tantra - Krya, Carya, Yoga and Anuttarayoga - were ...
... one realises wisdom or gnosis through following certain practices. Whilst both vehicles were practised widely in Tibet, Mantrayana and its four classes of Tantra - Krya, Carya, Yoga and Anuttarayoga - were ...
The Karmapa and Taiwan
... Karmapa’s headquarters outside Tibet. In 1972, he led Sharmarpa, the fifth Pönlop Rinpoche, and monks of Rumtek Monastery to embark on a pilgrimage to India. In 1974, he traveled to Europe for the first time to preach, visiting Denmark, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, West Germany, Switzer ...
... Karmapa’s headquarters outside Tibet. In 1972, he led Sharmarpa, the fifth Pönlop Rinpoche, and monks of Rumtek Monastery to embark on a pilgrimage to India. In 1974, he traveled to Europe for the first time to preach, visiting Denmark, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, West Germany, Switzer ...
Surun-Khanda D. Syrtypova
... Buddhist cult in the region of study. The language of religious texts, including sādhanas, remains Tibetan among Mongolian peoples through the last three centuries. 2) Objects such as iconic paintings and sculptures, and other objects of fine art from different collections of Russia and Mongolia. Th ...
... Buddhist cult in the region of study. The language of religious texts, including sādhanas, remains Tibetan among Mongolian peoples through the last three centuries. 2) Objects such as iconic paintings and sculptures, and other objects of fine art from different collections of Russia and Mongolia. Th ...
Kingship and Religion in Tibet research plan
... Tibetan monarchy and also of early Tibetan society in general. Macdonald’s minute details drawn from the earliest available sources contrasted sharply with the categorical statements found in the works of Tucci and Haarh, which relied mostly on Tibetan histories written at least four centuries after ...
... Tibetan monarchy and also of early Tibetan society in general. Macdonald’s minute details drawn from the earliest available sources contrasted sharply with the categorical statements found in the works of Tucci and Haarh, which relied mostly on Tibetan histories written at least four centuries after ...
Buddhism: A Select Bibliography
... Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the more philosophically analytical t ...
... Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the more philosophically analytical t ...
Buddhism: A Select Bibliography
... Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the more philosophically analytical t ...
... Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the more philosophically analytical t ...
May - FPMT Losang Dragpa Centre
... please write your request to Rinpoche and hand it in SEALED to LDC Office. Elsie will pass your letter to Ven. Roger Kunsang to be handed to Rinpoche. It will be helpful if you let Rinpoche know what you want to see Him about. Please include your contact details ... In case you are not successful in ...
... please write your request to Rinpoche and hand it in SEALED to LDC Office. Elsie will pass your letter to Ven. Roger Kunsang to be handed to Rinpoche. It will be helpful if you let Rinpoche know what you want to see Him about. Please include your contact details ... In case you are not successful in ...
geshe rabten rinpoche - Dorje Shugden and Dalai Lama
... fulfilled his family duties and then, out of his own will, chose the renounced life of a monk. Then he entered Tibet's most reputed monastic university, Sera Tekchenling, and began his studies in the Je college. Under the guidance of his teachers such as the most Venerable Geshe Jampa Khedrup, he ma ...
... fulfilled his family duties and then, out of his own will, chose the renounced life of a monk. Then he entered Tibet's most reputed monastic university, Sera Tekchenling, and began his studies in the Je college. Under the guidance of his teachers such as the most Venerable Geshe Jampa Khedrup, he ma ...
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... ritual tools, but the important ones ate the symbolic letters written on yellow scrolls. Most of the scrolls were kept in the sealed Ter caskets made of precious materials, stone, wood and so on. Again, by the performances of more Ter preparatory practices, the Ter casket spontaneously opens and in ...
... ritual tools, but the important ones ate the symbolic letters written on yellow scrolls. Most of the scrolls were kept in the sealed Ter caskets made of precious materials, stone, wood and so on. Again, by the performances of more Ter preparatory practices, the Ter casket spontaneously opens and in ...
File - Drukpa Mila Center
... The teachings on the Five Elements (i.e., Space, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth) are an essential aspect of the Vajrayana path of Tantric Buddhism. This fact is easily witnessed through the Elements' primordial integration with the Buddha Families themselves. In order to introduce practitioners to thes ...
... The teachings on the Five Elements (i.e., Space, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth) are an essential aspect of the Vajrayana path of Tantric Buddhism. This fact is easily witnessed through the Elements' primordial integration with the Buddha Families themselves. In order to introduce practitioners to thes ...
Tantra In America - Tibetan Buddhism in the West
... willingness to work long and hard in retreats and other practices, and unshakable confidence in one’s Tantric Master. It should never be undertaken otherwise, since a failure to practice properly—a loss of faith in tantra itself—would set the disciple back many years. This itself would be a grave ba ...
... willingness to work long and hard in retreats and other practices, and unshakable confidence in one’s Tantric Master. It should never be undertaken otherwise, since a failure to practice properly—a loss of faith in tantra itself—would set the disciple back many years. This itself would be a grave ba ...
Tantra In America - Asian Classics Institute
... willingness to work long and hard in retreats and other practices, and unshakable confidence in one’s Tantric Master. It should never be undertaken otherwise, since a failure to practice properly—a loss of faith in tantra itself—would set the disciple back many years. This itself would be a grave ba ...
... willingness to work long and hard in retreats and other practices, and unshakable confidence in one’s Tantric Master. It should never be undertaken otherwise, since a failure to practice properly—a loss of faith in tantra itself—would set the disciple back many years. This itself would be a grave ba ...
The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan
... as Gen Nyi-ma, understand debate to be also a mode of inquiry into the scholastic tradition. Dreyfus reports that many scholars, once they have mastered the rules, speak of an “exhilarating sense of openness that debate makes possible” (268). Based on how he characterizes his own experience, his sym ...
... as Gen Nyi-ma, understand debate to be also a mode of inquiry into the scholastic tradition. Dreyfus reports that many scholars, once they have mastered the rules, speak of an “exhilarating sense of openness that debate makes possible” (268). Based on how he characterizes his own experience, his sym ...
1 We established the Vajrayana Foundation and Pema Osel Ling in
... Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, who are Samatabhadra, Kuntuzangpo (the original Buddhas) in human form. We have hair, salt and fabric that wrapped their bodies and other relics. From Dungse Rinpoche we ...
... Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, who are Samatabhadra, Kuntuzangpo (the original Buddhas) in human form. We have hair, salt and fabric that wrapped their bodies and other relics. From Dungse Rinpoche we ...
2014 - Khyentse Foundation
... know the true benefit of following the path of the Buddha. There are so many who don’t know this, who may be looking for this kind of relief, but they have no access. They have no means to encounter the path. ...
... know the true benefit of following the path of the Buddha. There are so many who don’t know this, who may be looking for this kind of relief, but they have no access. They have no means to encounter the path. ...
a facilitator`s guide to
... The Buddha was not a “Buddhist.” He was born into a royal family in India some 2,500 years ago and named Prince Siddhartha. After his first encounters with birth, old age, sickness and death, he ...
... The Buddha was not a “Buddhist.” He was born into a royal family in India some 2,500 years ago and named Prince Siddhartha. After his first encounters with birth, old age, sickness and death, he ...