Inspirational saying #1, Shabkar

March 6, 2010

I think we all have some Dharma quotes, or teachings that inspire us to practice, motivate us on our path of liberation. Here is one of my favorites from the 19th century Tibetan yogi Shabkar, definitely tied for first place with another quote from Santideva. This one comes from the excellent book  Life of Shabkar [...]

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Buddhist Apps Review

February 20, 2010

Hope you had a wonderful Losar. During these first couple weeks I am observing the 8 Mahayana precepts daily. So I am very focused on practice right now but I thought it would be fun to put up a little blurb about apps for the iPhone.  I  give short reviews of the ones I have [...]

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Please help Mongolia!!!-Updated

February 10, 2010

Konchog Norbu, has written very informative articles about the devastating disaster in Mongolia at Shambhala SunSpace and at Bitterroot Badger.  Mongolia might lose” up to 20 million animals — half of Mongolia’s total herd — may succumb before tolerable weather arrives in late May.” For a country where 750,000 people make their living off herding [...]

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Let's go to the movies

January 30, 2010

For the weekend post let’s talk about some Dharma movies both old and new. I put the trailers for the films at the bottom of this post. The latest, “The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet’s Struggle for Freedom” has been gaining a lot of attention at the recent Palm Springs Film Festival. Most noteworthy is [...]

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What does it mean to be a Buddhist…

January 26, 2010

Simple question. Difficult answer. For me being a Buddhist in the west is about integration. And integration, at least in my experience, is the only obstacle, albeit a big one, I have. I know some people are new to Buddhism so to benefit you I will give examples of how I integrate some of my [...]

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Hip Hop Monks?

January 22, 2010

Wow! From CNN hip hop monks and alcohol in Japan to spread Dharma . This is taking Dharma to a new level. What’s next, Snoop Monkey Monk?

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Need help with a calendar question

January 22, 2010

I realize this is not much of blog post but I have been looking for awhile and can not find out what something means in the Rigpaa calendar. On page 91 of the current Rigpa calendar (2009-2010) Friday the 15th (Tibetan 11th month, 30th day) it says “Night when the fates of those to die [...]

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Red Bull gives you meditation?-Update with commercial!!

January 10, 2010

Found the commercial online…enjoy! Saw a new Red Bull commercial tonight on television. A couple, kneeling before someone they call “Grand Master”, is asking for the “ways of meditation.”  So he gives them Red Bull. I guess meditation now comes in a can. Simple, now off to the store for some meditation in a can. 

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To Brit and Bill…Updated

January 4, 2010

—USAToday has a new article about an interview that WTOP had with Brit Hume today. Listen to the interview on WTOP. —Check out the videos from the Daily Show, Don Imus, and others on ShambhalaSunpace. The Daily show is very funny, leave it to the writers on that show to come up with something that [...]

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Balanced…but only if you convert?-More Links

January 3, 2010

I realize this is already all over the net but it is appalling that a national news show would let an anchor say this on television.  If you haven’t seen the video I have embedded it at the bottom of this post. I feel an apology is in order from Mr. Hume. And as Bitterroot [...]

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