Here in Vermont, as in other places where crunchy Americans congregate, the 14th Dalai Lama is a popular guy. Folks like Cath and me who shop at community food co-ops and farmers’ markets—and are often vegetarian—tend to think of…
My name is Casey. I'm a college student residing in Florida. I consider myself a populist. I'm a Buddhist and I am the attendant for a Tibetan Buddhist Lama.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Sabelmouse: The Dalai Lama: On meat and moral gymnastics
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On Wednesday, September 19, U.S. President Barack Obama met with Myanmar/Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the Oval Office after awarding her the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest U.S. civilian honor.
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Avalokiteshvara is like the moon
Whose cool light puts out the burning fires of samsara
In its rays the night-flowering lotus of compassion
Opens wide its petals.
Tibetan poem in “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying”
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Buddha’s Monkey by Fred BB on Flickr.
fckyhdkkh: There is a term in Buddhist psychology that can be translated as...
There is a term in Buddhist psychology that can be translated as “internal formations,” “fetters,” or “knots.” When we have a sensory input, depending on how we receive it, a knot may be tied in us. when someone speaks unkindly to us, if we understand the reason and do not take his or her words to…
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