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An AIDS Epidemic in America


I still haven't gone to the monastery (I'm moving today) as I'm trying to finish up some administrative things here in the valley.  So, after checking my email today, I ran across this article about an exploding AIDS epidemic right at home in the US.  According to this article, Washington D.C. h ...>

Update from Balambu


I'm online using the monastery computer.  It uses dialup and is expensive, so this will be a quick post.  I'll try to write a more extensive post off-line later, save it to my flash drive, and quickly upload it here.I've been studying the Way of the Bodhisattva, a classic Indian text by Shantidev ...>

A Day Out


I never got around to writing something off-line to expand the last post, but I'm in the valley today so I was able to get online.  The monastery has no internet access right now.  I'm at an internet cafe in Thamel checking up on things, so here's an excerpt from an email I sent to my sisters abo ...>

21 Forms of Tara


I mentioned in a previous post that I had picked up some books on Drolma (Tara).  I was finally able to find one with a list of each of the 21 forms of Drolma and their attributes.  The one I’m currently reading is called Tara’s Enlightened Activity by the Nyingma teachers Khenchen ...>

New at UWest


I recently received an email from Jason Kosareff, University of the West's Enrollment Counselor, regarding their online course offerings on Open Campus.  They have classes relating primarily to the Chinese tradition, but other subjects are also offered, such as a course on the Prajnaparamita (a co ...>

Sexual Ethics


I'm online two, yes, TWO days in a row.  Life is exciting!  ....Anyway, I'm catching up on some blog reading and hopped over to the Tricycle Blog and noticed a post titled What Does Being a Buddhist Mean to You?--a question they have asked in the Tricycle magazine in the past on a variety of sub ...>

Taklung Kagyu


For quite some time I've been interested in the Taklung lingeage, but there has been scant information available in English.  Well, it turns out a monk I met here in Nepal a few months ago is actually Taklung Kagyu, though he studied at a Gelugpa monastery (Sera-je) in South India as the Taklung l ...>

The best laid plans


I'm back in Boudha until tomorrow (Sunday) and had planned to post some photos.  However, the computer I'm using doesn't have any place to plug in my camera cord so I can't download them.  I'll try again tomorrow before I head back to the monastery. I came to the valley this weekend because I hav ...>

I never said I was smart


Well, I'm feeling rather stupid today. I met with the Director of Studies, Andreas Doctor, at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute this morning and realized the tuition figures I had looked at were only for the B.A. program.  The M.A. is significantly more expensive.  It's $1460 per semester vs. $3600 pe ...>

“Launching the Endgame”


  Check out this article from The Buddhist Channel. ...>

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