Author Archives for Colin

Buddhistchannel.tv appeal for financial support

  • Posted by Colin
  • February 28, 2008

I found the following plead for financial support at www.buddhistchannel.tv. I hope I'm not too late to share this here. If you have the resources to help, please do.In Gratitude, ColinBelow's the appeal from www.buddhistchannel.tv:-We need US$ 6,000 by February 29, 2008Dear Friends in the Dharma,20 ...>

American Buddhism - The Legacy for Our Children

  • Posted by Colin
  • February 26, 2008

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 ...>

Bodhisambharaka

  • Posted by Colin
  • February 18, 2008

(The Accumulations for Enlightenment)Arya NagarjunaTranslated by Christian Lindtner1. Now, in the presence of the Buddhas, I fold my hands and bow my head. I intend to explain according to tradition a Buddha's accumulations for enlightenment.2. How is it possible to explain without omission the accu ...>

Bodhicittavivarana

  • Posted by Colin
  • February 18, 2008

Arya NagarjunaTranslated by Christian Lindtner1. Bowing to the glorious Vajrasattvas embodying the mind of enlightenment, I shall expound the development of the bodhicitta that abolishes [the three kinds of] existence [in samsara].2. The Buddhas maintain that bodhicitta is not enveloped in notions c ...>

Why are you unhappy?

  • Posted by Colin
  • February 15, 2008

Quotes of Wei Wu Wei"What we are looking for ... is what is looking""Why are you unhappy?Because 99.9 per cent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself.And there isn't one." ~End of post~--------------------------------------Technorati: Buddhism Buddha Buddhist Dharma Compa ...>

Is there a ‘Doer’?

  • Posted by Colin
  • February 15, 2008

Written by Mike Graham, 25 Jan 2008, last edited 14 Feb 2008It is true that "We are Lived", "Life Lives Us" and "We are an expression of the One Life".Does this mean that we are not the 'Doer' of anything?Actions arise, things get done - there is no doubt about that.The question remains - Who or wha ...>

Labeling and Natural Functioning

  • Posted by Colin
  • February 15, 2008

Written by Mike Graham, 19 Jan 2008, last edited 7 Feb 2008The mind is a wonderful tool and it has brought us so much - computers, internet and BitTorrent. It does have its place. Mind function and thought - under 'proper adult supervision' - is there doing its job. It is it's Natural function. Ther ...>

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

  • Posted by Colin
  • February 4, 2008

Excerpts from the book 'Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism' by Trungpa, Chogyam; Shambhala Publications, Inc.; Boston, Massachusetts; 1973.IntroductionThe following series of talks was given in Boulder, Colorado in the fall of 1970 and the spring of 1971. At that time we were just forming Karma ...>

Please Sign This Online Petition to Keep Om Retreat Alive!

  • Posted by Colin
  • January 12, 2008

Late Drubwang Rinpoche during one of the previous Retreats.Text of the petition is as follows:To: Kong Meng San Phor Kark See MonasteryTHE 100 MILLION MANI RECITATION RETREAT was held annually by Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery of Singapore (PKS) for some 5 years, and have since became an in ...>

自找苦吃的人生

  • Posted by Colin
  • January 2, 2008

聖嚴法師開示 沒有人喜歡受苦，總是希望快樂，所以會趨吉避凶、趨樂避苦、追求快樂。但是現實生活中，痛苦卻如影隨形、難以擺脫，而且追求快樂到最後，往往又都變成是苦的，這是為什麼呢? 這是因為追求快樂一定要付 ...>

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