Rituals & Practice
epub |eng | | Author:Steven Collins

Foucault’s phrase “Buddhist or Far Eastern spiritual techniques” is now, in the circumstances of a globalized world and increased knowledge of it, rather quaint, and either annoying or charming depending ...
( Category: Asian June 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-25 | Author:Rachael Wooten

The Praise I praise the One abiding in the center of a garland, Who blazes like the fire at the end of a kalpa (eon). With her right leg outstretched ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice June 9,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Susan A. Landesman

Chapter B.3: The Third Extensive Ritual of the Middling Painted Cloth After that, having beheld the entire retinue, Blessed Śākyamuni spoke to the Bodhisattva Great Being Avalokiteśvara, “O Great Being, ...
( Category: Sacred Writings May 22,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sakya Trichen

Chemo Namkha Chemo Namkha was the older sister of Drom Depa Tönchung. The Drom family had five brothers — Lama Trogyal Yeshé, depa Śākya Gyal, depa Tönchung, Özer Dorjé, and ...
( Category: Sacred Writings May 14,2020 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-04-21 | Author:Tulku Thondup

Meditating on the “four virtuous attitudes” (see chapter 4), and abandoning all thoughts and actions of harming others, is the discipline of the path of individual liberation (Skt. pratimoksha). This ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Cynthia Kane

May you know joy. May you know peace. May you be free from suffering. May you live with ease. The exact words are not important; the goal is to cultivate ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice May 3,2020 )
azw3, pdf |eng | 2010-11-22 | Author:Chogyam Trungpa [Trungpa, Chogyam]

Meditation MEDITATION IS A VAST SUBJECT and there have been many developments throughout the ages and many variations among the different religious traditions. But broadly speaking the basic character of ...
( Category: Karma May 3,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Rob Nairn

Acceptance An attitude of self-acceptance is essential to meditation. This begins with the mind: learning to accept everything that is happening within the mind—all the thoughts, all the feelings, whatever—and ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice April 16,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Lama Zopa Rinpoche

CONCENTRATION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH Many traditions have a practice of concentration; it is not just a Buddhist teaching. For instance, the Hindu religion places great emphasis on samadhi meditations, ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice April 7,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mark Unno

SECOND FASCICLE • The passage “The syllable ha arises following the syllable a”: “Following the syllable a” means to become two, like giving birth to a child. It does not ...
( Category: Sacred Writings April 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-04-14 | Author:Cho, Francisca;

The Preference for Shadows The ubiquitous shadows that appear in Maborosi are the results of the film’s cinematography. The use of long shots frequently turns the characters into dark silhouettes, ...
( Category: Film & Video Art April 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-03-18 | Author:Zen Koans [Koans, Zen]

Case 241 Where Wisdom Cannot Reach An ancient worthy said,1 “Speak a word from the place where wisdom cannot reach.” 1.The ancient worthy is Nanquan Puyuan. Case 242 An Ancient ...
( Category: Sacred Writings April 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Shohaku Okumura [Okumura, Shohaku]

The five elements of our life are all empty, and emptiness is those five skandhas. The phrases “form is emptiness” and “emptiness, form” say that “since A is not different ...
( Category: Sacred Writings April 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2008-01-01 | Author:Reginald A Ray [Ray, Reginald A]

We can arrive at some answers by taking a look at Tibetan yoga, which, in its somatic work, makes extensive use of the imagination. Within this tradition, imagination is called ...
( Category: Rituals & Practice April 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-03-30 | Author:Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse [Jamyang Khyentse, Dzongsar]

THE POWER OF “BUDDHA” Don’t worry about whether or not the dead person knows anything about the Buddha or Buddhism. Since their perceptions are no longer filtered, a person is ...
( Category: Grief & Bereavement April 2,2020 )