The indian university, nalanda
Nalanda University: we mention it so often in Tibetan Buddhism. BBC says, “More than 500 years before Oxford University was founded, India’s Nalanda University was home to nine million boo…
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Saturday, December 3, Lama David Curtis will present a free 1-hour lecture by Zoom on a verse from the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, explaining each word and how Tibetan is put together. This is a w…
Read MoreHeart Sutra Explained – class from outside Dekeling
This will likely be quite good. The Benefit of Reciting and Practicing “The Heart Sutra” “The Sutra of the Heart of the Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom” or “The Heart Sutra” in short, encapsulates t…
Read MoreLittle bird tracks
One of three journal posts I wrote on the three and a half years I was in long retreat. Little bird tracks. Squirrel tracks. Mouse tracks. Slippers and boots and some large, unidentified paw prints. T…
Read MoreAwake. Awake. awake.
(On three year retreat I thought I would keep a journal. There was no time. Well, perhaps there was time, but it soon became clear that there were better things to do with the time. But I did write tw…
Read MoreDharma elders
Someone sent me this photo just now. This is Jan “Chozen” Bays, Roshi, a bright star of the Buddhadharma, a living, breathing example of “the Great Vow” of compassion. Many of …
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