Sunday, November 02, 2003

Siddhartha's Intent - Dzongsar Monastery, Tibet

This Sakyapa monastery was the residence of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1821-1894) and Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro (1896-1959). During the lives of these two extraordinary spiritual leaders, Dzongsar Monastery became a centre for the rime or non-sectarian approach to the study and practice of Buddhism, and great lamas of all the four Tibetan traditions went there to study.
Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro (1896 - 1959) was the most outstanding Tibetan master of this century. Authority on all traditions and holder of all lineages, he was the heart of the "non-partisan" movement in Tibet. Amongst many others he was the teacher of the Dalia Lama and of Sogyal Rinpoche.



Sunday, August 03, 2003

Investigating the mind -

Today, however, biobehavioral scientists are extending their methods and expanding their conceptual frameworks. Increasing numbers of scientists are recognizing that introspective investigation can be both rigorous and complementary to established methods of observation and measurement. The opportunity for fruitful exchange and collaboration between Buddhism and biobehavioral science may thus be ripe as never before.
Time Magazine on meditation - 1 in 8 Americans do it!

Sunday, March 02, 2003

In Distrust of Movements
The outward harmony that we desire between our economy and the world depends finally upon an inward harmony between our own hearts and the originating spirit that is the life of all creatures, a spirit as near us as our flesh and yet forever beyond the measures of this obsessively measuring age.

Wendell Berry

Thursday, February 13, 2003