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Recent Posts
Thinley Norbu Rinpoche Tour Continues
His Holiness Thinley Norbu Rinpoche has left Bhutan (above) and traveled to Nepal, where he continues to draw massive crowds. There is an amusing eye-witness account of his visit to the stupa at B'nath this past Friday that you really must read. W...
Mercy for the Blind
Tibetan Volunteers for Animals (TVA) are reporting that Nepali followers of the goddess Gadhimai will sacrifice half a million animals on November 24th and 25th. You can get full details on this by visiting the TVA web site. Apparently, this event ...
Daily Tibetan Astrology: November 25, 2009
Chinese 9th, M-T-K 8th. Dragon, Zin, Red 9. Today is for Tara and the Medicine Buddha. Unfortunately the slaughter of animals in Nepal continues today, with the most horrific possible consequences for all those involved. If I were in Nepal, I woul...
Daily Tibetan Astrology: November 24, 2009
Chinese 8th, M-T-K 7th. Rabbit, Gin, White 8. Today is baden: no prayer flags today. Today is a doubled 7th day in Tibetan practice, so the 8th day indications for Tara and Medicine Buddha are properly for tomorrow. Published every d...
Makes Scents
I've been spending some time up at the mountain property, and may well decide to do another "Herb Camp" this coming spring. The one we did in the Angeles National Forest in 2004 was seemingly successful. I am thinking another one might be a good id...
Shangrila
I have this idea that anywhere you are is Shangrila, or Shambala, or any other idealized postulate of place, because I have this idea that everywhere you are is a buddhafield -- or, to say it another way, that buddhafields are ubiquitous, so what we...
