The incomparable being and teacher Thinley Norbu Rinpoche passed away recently in California.
Link to White Sail here.
December 28, 2011
November 23, 2011
January 15, 2010
Essential Buddhadharma (in under 10 minutes)
"Essential Buddhadharma (in under 10 minutes).
At first sight, this title may appear a bit contrived.
And yet, what you see is what you get. Pith instruction from Buddhist
teachers is often clouded, albeit by our own perception. So it is rare
to find essential points so clearly stated.
This is a translation of A Garland of Essential Points For Students: Heart-Essence Of The Great Masters by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987). What follows here are 49 pages which will flip automatically on average at ten second intervals. All 49 Essential Points for Students can be read in under ten minutes."
A teaching by Dudjom Rinpoche, beautifully designed by Ken Wallace of sealevel, here.
January 06, 2010
June 15, 2009
June 06, 2009
April 12, 2009
March 04, 2009
Jesus Wept -- for Pastor Anderson
My favorite (so far) is this "God is Love! [NOT]" comment from Pastor Steven L. Anderson, in which he criticizes the GODHATESFAGS crowd for being insufficiently hard on teh gays:
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What is ironic is that they actually believe that homos can be saved if they repent of their homosexuality.
Therefore, they actually have nothing in common with us.
Jesus wept!
February 25, 2009
February 16, 2009
February 07, 2009
January 23, 2009
December 29, 2008
December 24, 2008
Merry Tibetan Buddhist Christmas
Ho ho ho.
Celebrating the Buddhist parts of Christmas:
Peace on earth, good will to men. That sort of thing.
May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness,
May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering,
May all beings never be apart from the great happiness free from suffering.
May all beings remain in the great evenness of mind free from passion, aggression and ignorance.
.
.
(This means you, too, George. Dick. Rummy. You know who you are.)
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Special Christmas hat-tip to Jesus' General, Advice From Abu Shri, and Wealth Bondage.
December 10, 2008
December 06, 2008
December 03, 2008
November 29, 2008
November 26, 2008
November 15, 2008
November 05, 2008
Obama, Lama
As is said:
May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness.
May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering.
May all beings never be apart from the great happiness that is free from suffering.
May all beings remain in the great evenness of mind free from passion, aggression,and ignorance.
Cross-posted at No Blood for Hubris.
October 14, 2008
McCain Rally Preacher Erroneously Calls Buddha a "god," Prays to Christian God to Save God's Rep By Causing McCain Victory
Just another day in samsara as usual, home of passion, aggression and -- ignorance.
How offensive is this guy's total ignorance of Buddhism and his dismissal of all other religions to this card-carrying Buddhist?
Mm -- very. But in a dharmic context.
Who does he think he is?
Oh, right. He's just being proud and godly, not repulsive and arrogant. Blessed are the meek, dude.
Another fake Christian in need of remedial Sunday School.
13.
Even if someone cuts your head off
For having done nothing wrong,
To take on that person's negativities
Through the power of compassion
Is the practice of a bodhisattva.
Hat-tip to Jesus' General
and to TPM
Cross-posted at No Blood for Hubris.
September 22, 2008
September 04, 2008
August 31, 2008
August 22, 2008
Sixth Dalai Lama: Poem No. 18
18.
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Could I just fill my mind with holy dharma
As I have filled my mind with her
I would become a buddha
In this very body
In this very life
As I have filled my mind with her
I would become a buddha
In this very body
In this very life
Sixth Dalai Lama: Poem No. 1
Yes, I know I've been posting very little lately. Sorry.
Thought I'd go for something completely different.
Which is this, a translation of the first in a series of love poems by the Sixth Dalai Lama.
Some of you may not know that there was a Dalai Lama who wrote love poems and indeed who had lovers. He wore blue silk, not monk's robes. He did not shave his head, but wore his hair long. He refused to ride on horseback but walked around Lhasa, freely, carousing, relaxed and open. He built the Lukhang, a chapel behind the Potala featuring unusual paintings of meditation practices, which I was lucky enough once to see.
Many many different translators have worked on these. Thought I'd add my versions, translating not from word to word, but from meaning to meaning. All errors are, of course, mine.
1.
clear white moon
rising over
east ridge horizon
arising in mind
again
and again
instant presence:
her face
.
clear white moon
rising over
east ridge horizon
arising in mind
again
and again
instant presence:
her face
.
August 10, 2008
August 05, 2008
July 24, 2008
June 30, 2008
June 13, 2008
May 28, 2008
May 27, 2008
April 20, 2008
April 19, 2008
March 17, 2008
Full story February 18, 2008
Dear Kev, Good Onya - Dalai Lama
By Mark Schliebs, The Age, February 15, 2008
KEVIN Rudd didn't only win over Australians with his apology to Aboriginal people: he earned the praise of one of the world's most respected spiritual leaders - the Dalai Lama.
Canberra, Australia -- The Dalai Lama was so tickled-pink with the new prime minister’s commitment to reconciliation, Mr Rudd’s office received a letter outlining the Buddhist leader’s approval.
<< High praise ... Kevin Rudd's apology to Aboriginal people has earned the approval of the Dalai Lama / Reuters
“I was very encouraged to hear on the news about the apology you made in parliament to all Aborigines for laws and policies that 'inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss' upon them,” His Holiness wrote.
“Overall, this was a timely, appropriate and civilised thing to do.
“Although, of course, this is not a matter in which I have any direct concern, because you and I know each other, I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate this kind gesture.”
This was not the first time the Dalai Lama has spoken to Mr Rudd about Australian issues.
Last year, both Mr Rudd and the then prime minister John Howard juggled their schedules around a visit by His Holiness.
They both eventually met with the Dalai Lama after initially saying they were going to snub his visit.
December 31, 2007
December 25, 2007
Merry Tibetan Buddhist Christmas
Celebrating the Buddhist parts of Christmas:
Peace on earth, good will to men. That sort of thing.
May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness,
May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering,
May all beings never be apart from the great happiness free from suffering.
May all beings remain in the great evenness of mind
free from passion, aggression and ignorance.
(This means you, too, George).
Special Christmas hat-tip to Jesus' General, Advice From Abu Shri, and Wealth Bondage.
December 16, 2007
December 05, 2007
November 24, 2007
November 11, 2007
November 08, 2007
Medievalist Muslims Unknowingly Teach Buddhadharma
More Taliban teachings on impermanence, as yet another Buddha bites the dust.
This time, it's in Pakistan.
Hmm. Isn't that the place that Osama Bin Laden, the guy who attacked us on 9/11, fled to? Leading to our attack on Iraq, attacking a guy who didn't attack us on 9/11? Leading to the de-stabilizing of that whole region, and strengthening medievalist Iran by taking out their worst enemy? Whilst leaving both Afghanistan and Pakistan weak and ripe for Taliban re-takeover? With Pakistan also possessing actual, not potential, nukes?
"Samsara is an ocean of suffering, unendurable, unbearably intense."
THE 'TALIBANIZATION' OF PAKISTAN
Islamists Destroy Buddhist Statue
When the Taliban destroyed two Buddhist statues in Afghanistan in the spring of 2001, there was an international outcry. B ut similar incidents are now occurring in northwest Pakistan, where radical Islamists recently blew up a sculpture of Buddha in broad daylight.
The phenomenon is new and disconcerting. Even the Pakistani government describes it as "Talibanization:" Parts of the country are now in almost exactly the same situation as neighboring Afghanistan was when the Taliban were still in power there.
This is especially the case in the formerly peaceful Swat region, where a militant Islamist leader has even proclaimed an "emirate." And just as in Afghanistan, the Islamists' hatred is directed, in part, against the traces left by the ancient Buddhist civilization in the region.
Islamists inspired by the Taliban recently destroyed an important Buddhist sculpture 40 meters (131 feet) tall and about 1,300 years old in the north-western part of the Swat Valley, reports Vishaka N. Desai, the director of the US-based Asia Society.
Drills and Explosives
In her article, which appeared in the Lebanese Daily Star newspaper on Tuesday, Buddhism expert Desai reports that the Islamists were able to act without any interference from the local administration -- in broad daylight. Their first destruction attempt left the sculpture undamaged; the second damaged the Buddha's face, shoulders and feet. The culprits had used large machines to drill shafts into the historic monument. They then filled the shafts with explosives and detonated them.
Desai, who is Indian, also reports that while Pakistani newspapers criticized the desecration extensively, the international press hardly took notice of the incident. And yet it was not the first of its kind. As recently as September of this year, gunshots were fired at a rock effigy of Buddha in the same region.
In March of 2001, when the Afghan Taliban laboriously blew up two enormous Buddha statues in Bamiyan, a district in central Afghanistan, there was an international outcry. The Taliban justified the destruction by saying the sculptures were idols and "un-Islamic." Taliban leader Mullah Omar said at the time that "Muslims should be proud to destroy idols. Our destroying them was an act of praise for God."
Only the Beginning?
Now Desai is warning that other Buddhist cultural legacies in Pakistan could also be destroyed: " There are vast numbers of important Buddhist sites in Swat and other areas of northwest Pakistan," she writes. "At this point, all of them are under threat of destruction, thanks to the influential voice of the Islamist leader Mullah Fazlullah."
Full story, here.
October 26, 2007
Christian Panties All-a-Twist: How Dare You Not Display the 10 Commandments! What are you, Buddhist, or something?
It looks like these "Christians" are all het up about a town putting up information about Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan culture, but leaving out the part of Tibetan culture that's all about the Ten Commandments. Oh, you say the Ten Commandments have nothing to do with Tibetan culture? Really?
No, the fuss is not about Tibetan culture, or the Dalai Lama, or, as world net daily says, the "Dalai Lama."
It's all about cramming the Ten Commandments down everyone's throat.
What would gentle Jesus think?
Hands up, boys and girls. Who thinks that friendly neighborhood christian has some issues? Many related to bad language and sexuality. And spelling!
How many here know what the Golden Rule is?
How many here think that friendly neighborhood christian practices the Golden Rule?
Hmm?
"Hi buddhist Jihad Im ur friendly neighborhood christian and I just wanted to say "Fuck u" :D
Buddism is satanic and openly contradicts the bible's teachings. Another thing yes the bible contradicts itself cuz of the contradictory situations that present themselves which void something being moral in a imoral situation. So have a nice fucking day u fucking hipocritical slang mouthed slurred morally up the ass acting to be self rightious incorrect son of Buddhist bitch who has yet to reveal any light on the subject....
and fuck all 2 faced christians!! Go rape a farm animal pieces of shit and get off our duaghters preteen pussy i belive in God's rage of the old testament so im guna shoot ur ass if u finger my duaghter faggots!
To all those who love God and rebuke Satan
Don't worry im not normally a Christian DICK...but sometimes in life u have to get on an ASSHOLES LEVEL to be understood by an ASSHOLE
and to the realistsJesus loves u so Keep The Faith
:)
Posted by: Buddhist Ji-wad | December 09, 2008 at 01:33 PMOh, how about verse 16 of "What a Bodhisattva Does"
All that is hurtful is like a jewel-treasure
To the bodhisattva who wants the pleasures of virtue.
Thus, to cultivate patience
Without anger or resentment
Toward anyone at all
Is the practice of a bodhisattva.