Author Archives for Colin

Sustaining Present Awareness

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

by Lama Surya DasTonight I'd like to talk about how to practice Dzogchen sky-gazing and the essential point of it. I will introduce this by reading to you a poem, a pith-instruction from the first Jamgon Kontrul Rinpoche, who lived 100 years ago. It is called "View and Meditation of the Great Perfec ...>

View, Meditation, Action

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

by Dzongsar Khyentse RinpocheArticle source: Gentle Voice Newsletter issue (#21) March 2004In the previous issue of the newsletter we featured Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s straightforward approach to the Buddhist view from his recent public talk “View, Meditation, Action”. In this excerpt Rinp ...>

The Taste of Freedom

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

by Bhikkhu BodhiThe clarion call of our present age is, without doubt, the call for freedom. Perhaps at no time in the past history of mankind so much as at present has the cry for freedom sounded so widely and so urgently, perhaps never before has it penetrated so deeply into the fabric of human ex ...>

De-perception

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Article source: www.accesstoinsight.org)Meditation teaches you the power of your perceptions. You come to see how the labels you apply to things, the images with which you visualize things, have a huge influence over what you see, how they can weigh you down with suffering and ...>

Fording the Stream: An Affirmation of the Bodhisattva Way of Life

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

Picture source: flickr.comby Ven Dharmakara Boda, The Buddhist Channel, Feb 23, 2008Los Angeles, CA (USA) -- There are few expressions which capture the essence of Madhyamika Buddhism better than "fording the stream and returning to it with equal measure".All of the teachings throughout the history ...>

American Buddhism - The Legacy for Our Children

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

by Judith Simmer-Brown(Source: http://www.shambhala.org)My topic is Buddhism in the 21st century, the legacy we are leaving our children. My first concern is a housekeeping concern. Have we set the American Buddhist house in order? Specifically, if our children wish to continue the traditions of Bud ...>

The Potter Ghatikara & Jotipala

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

MAJJHIMA NIKAAYA IIII. 4.1. Gha.tiikaarasutta.m(81) The Potter Ghatikara I heard thus.At one time the Blessed One, was going on a tour in the country of Kosala, with a large community of bhikkhus. The Blessed One, coming to a certain region, stepped out of the path and smiled. Then it occurred to ve ...>

Canki Sutta With Canki (excerpt)

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

A pompous brahman teenager questions the Buddha about safeguarding, awakening to, and attaining the truth. In the course of his answer, the Buddha describes the criteria for choosing a reliable teacher and how best to learn from such a person. Photo Source: Flickr.comCanki Sutta With Canki (excerpt) ...>

Awakening in the Body

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

By Phillip MoffittBeing mindful of the body is a profound—though often overlooked—opportunity to deepen our meditation and develop our insight, says Phillip Moffitt. Meditating on the body, we discover all four of the Buddha’s noble truths.Many meditation students view body awareness as just a ...>

National.Geographic; Light At The Edge Of The World : Himalayas Science Of The Mind

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

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