Author Archives for Colin

How Mindfulness Works When Not Working

  • Posted by Colin
  • January 2, 2008

adapted from a talk by Gil Fronsdal January 1st, 2001In practicing mindfulness, it can be helpful to remember that the practice works even when it doesn’t work. Perhaps this is explained best through an analogy.Consider a mountain stream where the water is quite clear, and seems placid and still. ...>

What Makes You a Buddhist?

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 28, 2007

by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche(Article source: www.khyentsefoundation.org)It’s not the clothes you wear, the ceremonies you perform, or the meditation you do, says Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse. It’s not what you eat, whether you drink, or who you have sex with. It’s whether you agree with ...>

Dedicate Merits to Drubwang Rinpoche

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 25, 2007

I am truly saddened by the news that Drubwang Rinpoche had passed away today around 1230+ am today 26th Dec 2007. Please dedicate merits to him in whatever wholesome practice that you're doing. Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche was born in Drikung,Tibet in 1921. He entered Drikung Nyima Changra Buddh ...>

Punk Rock Milarepa

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 25, 2007

Click to go to the book "Dharma Punx" Official homepage.I found this article at "One City" blog and thought its worth sharing it here too. Enjoy.Punk Rock MilarepaBy Kyle Thomas SmithHello, babies. I was in Barnes & Noble today and, once again, saw Noah’s second book, Against the Stream. It ca ...>

How the Buddha became a Catholic Saint

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 24, 2007

Written by Anil MenonPublished October 20, 2005 (Picture source: Wikipedia.org - read more about this topic there.)Recently, I bought a wood painting from Lotus Sculpture. The painting is by "Jack," a Thai artist who lives in a little village near the border of Burma and Thailand. It shows the Gauta ...>

What the Buddha did NOT teach

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 22, 2007

Extracted from Dharma e-News Issue 13 (January 2008 – to April 2008) by Christopher TitmussThe Pali Discourses (Suttas) are the original body of texts of the words of the Buddha.The purpose of this article is to point out some aspects of what the Buddha did not teach.The Pali suttas show that the ...>

Teaching on Meditation - by Lama Yeshe

  • Posted by Colin
  • November 29, 2007

Lama Yeshe gave this teaching at Maitreya Institute, Holland, September 1981. Excerpted from Universal Love: The Yoga Method of Buddha Maitreya, edited by Nicholas Ribush, forthcoming from the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, February 2008. Source: flickr.comWhy does Buddhism put so much emphasis on medi ...>

The Way to Nirvana

  • Posted by Colin
  • November 11, 2007

Source: Dharmapala Thangka Centre1st Stage: Stabilizing in the Mind [Cittasthapana]The first stage is attained through study and listening to the Dharma as well as understanding the nature of cyclic existence. It is essential that the seeker come to realize the importance of the First Noble Truth ta ...>

顺治皇帝赞僧诗

  • Posted by Colin
  • November 8, 2007

下载诗歌天下丛林饭似山，钵盂倒处任君餐。黄金白玉非为贵，惟有袈裟披身难。朕为大地山河主，忧国忧民事转烦。百年三万六千日，不及僧家半日闲。来时糊涂去时迷，空在人间走一回。未曾生我谁是我？生我之时我是谁？ ...>

憨山大师费闲歌

  • Posted by Colin
  • November 4, 2007

Source: flickr.com憨山大师费闲歌(下载歌曲)讲道容易体道难 杂念不除总是闲世事尘劳常挂碍 深山静坐也徒然出家容易守戒难 信愿全无总是闲净戒不持空费力 纵然落发也徒然修行容易遇师难 不遇明师总是闲 自作聪明空费力 ...>

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