epub |eng | 2020-07-28 | Author:Sam Van Schaik [van Schaik, Sam]

Star Water One of the most intriguing ingredients appearing in the Tibetan book of spells is something called “star water” (skar chu). This is used in a ritual to bring ...

epub |eng | | Author:B. Alan Wallace

The Synthesis and Names of the Great Perfection Then he continued, “O Teacher, Bhagavān, even if one correctly knows the nature of the Great Perfection of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa — ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2015-06-14 | Author:Chagdud Tulku

15 Wishing and Engaging Bodhicitta Bodhicitta has two frameworks: the welfare of others, or compassion; and enlightenment, or wisdom. We wish for enlightenment not just to escape samsara but also ...

epub |eng | 2019-02-16 | Author:Matthew Kapstein

epub, pdf |eng | 2020-02-28 | Author:Benno Weiner

We Will Take Up Guns and Attack the Government! Amid this uncertainty, in late spring 1956, Zeku County established its first PPC, the Guanghui Experimental Pastoral Cooperative. Soon afterward, a ...

epub |eng | 2010-05-14 | Author:Miyamoto, Musashi

In the practice of hyoho, Musashi distinguishes two levels, which he refers to frequently in the text: daibun no hyoho and ichibun no hyoho. Dai means "great" and ichi means ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-14 | Author:The Dalai Lama [Lama, Dalai]

The terms ultimate and conventional are also found employed in the Sublime Continuum, in relation to taking refuge in the Three Jewels.22 Here, they denote ultimate and conventional refuge, ultimate ...

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, ...

epub |eng | 2013-03-11 | Author:Gray Tuttle

Chapter 22 EXPERIENCE, EMPIRICISM, AND THE FORTUNES OF AUTHORITY TIBETAN MEDICINE AND BUDDHISM ON THE EVE OF MODERNITY Janet Gyatso Where can one draw the line between the authority of ...

epub |eng | 2014-09-22 | Author:Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche, Chokgyur Lingpa, Lama Pema Tashi Putsi

THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF VISUALIZATION The vital essence of development stage is summarized in three principles: vivid presence, pure recollection, and stable pride. Vivid presence means that your visualization is ...

epub |eng | 2013-11-29 | Author:Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche & Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche & Lama Putsi [Urgyen Rinpoche, Tulku]

Samantabhadra and Consort Dissolving Duality CONFERRING EMPOWERMENT If you were to zoom in on the peaceful or wrathful deities, you would see that in each of their heart centers is ...

epub |eng | 2015-05-30 | Author:Springett, Tara [Springett, Tara]

Loving ourselves Most of my students have reported that relentless and destructive self-criticism is one of their main obstacles to experiencing spiritual joy. I wasn’t very surprised by this because ...

epub |eng | 2010-03-15 | Author:Arjia Rinpoche [Arjia Rinpoche]

Not all of my Chinese friends had hidden agendas. Because Zhang Xueyi was a doctor, we called him Zhang Menpa (menpa meaning “doctor” in Tibetan). Zhang Menpa was a man ...

epub |eng | 2018-12-21 | Author:Klaus-Dieter Mathes

When the Madhyamaka view of this [mahāmudrā system] has arisen in the mindstream, the natural mind is said to have been actualized and the dharmakāya to have been made directly ...

epub |eng | 2016-12-05 | Author:Samuel Bercholz

“Finally, after many years, the temple was completed, and the day for consecration was determined by the astrologers—the Summer Solstice. The astrologers suggested that to commemorate the day, it would ...