I was a high school student at the time of Thailand’s 2014 coup d’état. I turned 18 on September 10, 2014, and as I considered the sources of my society’s problems, I saw forced conscripted military service as one of them, violating the freedom and rights of Thai people. Thus, I published a statement that I would not serve in […]
Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche was the co-founder of Kopan Monastery, Wisdom Publications, and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. Photo via fpmt.org Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, the Buddhist teacher and author who co-founded Kopan Monastery, Wisdom Publications, and the international organization of Buddhist sanghas and projects known as the Foundation for the […]
“Trespassers will be forgiven.” I was driving across the country to see my friend and Sunday worship was on the radio. As the bishop read these words, tears sprang to my eyes. Where did the tears come from? I think they were an expression of the experience of being forgiven—of knowing that the worst of me has been seen and […]
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama apologized on Monday after a video circulated on social media of the spiritual leader kissing a boy on the lips and telling him, “Suck my tongue.” The interaction took place in late February at the Dalai Lama’s temple in Dharamsala, India, with about 100 young student graduates of the Indian M3M Foundation, the philanthropic […]
Si quieres conectarte con la cualidad mental abierta y espaciosa, dice Willa Blythe Baker, en algún momento tienes que dejar de intentar meditar. Photo by Greg Becker. Una calurosa tarde de verano hace varios años, me encontré escuchando una enseñanza en una sala de meditación en el estado de Nueva York, una actividad que se había vuelto demasiado rara en […]
Sometimes, there is a streak of imperiousness in me. It can come to the surface, for example, when I spot such transgressions as bicycles blocking the sidewalks, dogs off leash, beer cans thrown from cars, and much more. It’s been a longstanding habit of mine to complain loudly, as if that alone is all that is needed to fix things. […]
“His Holiness wishes to apologize to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused,” the statement reads. Photo by Christopher Michel. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama issued an apology Monday after a video circulated online showing the spiritual leader of Tibet kissing a boy on the […]
The full library catalog, which will be released over time, includes more than 1,500 public teachings given by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche from 1969 to 1986. The new Chogyam Trungpa Digital Library at Naropa University is offering an online archive of recorded teachings by the late Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in both audio, video, and transcript formats. On April […]
Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche was instrumental in establishing Nyingma centers throughout the United States. Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche on the cover of “Meditation, Transformation, and Dream Yoga,” published by Shambhala Publications, 2002. Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche, a senior lama of the Palyul lineage of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, died on Saturday April 8, 2023 at his home in Half Moon Bay, […]
Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life In Tibetan Buddhism, “bardo” is a between-state. The passage from death to rebirth is a bardo, as well as the journey from birth to death. The conversations in “Between-States” explore bardo concepts like acceptance, interconnectedness, and impermanence in relation to children and parents, marriage and friendship, and work and creativity, illuminating the possibilities for […]
