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From Me to Myself

Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar | December 31st 2009 by Tenpa Rinpoche

Note: We ran this about six months ago, but for some reason it seems appropriate to run it again. What better way to begin the New Year, right? This is Patrul Rinpoche's immortal Advice From Me to Myself, as translated by Constance Wilkinson. After read more

Aspects of the Hundred Syllable Vajrasttva Mantra II

The Jayarava Rave | December 11th 2009

Having dealt with some of the issues of the linguistics of the mantra [1], I want now to look at the mantra as a text. While in the Tibetanised version the main theme is taken to be purification of karma, in the corrected Sanskrit one of the other th read more

Aspects of the Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra I

The Jayarava Rave | December 4th 2009

Siddhaṃ writing on palm leaf from 11th century Nepal. A section of the Aṣṭasāhasrika Prajñāpārimtā SūtraIn my annotated translation of the Hundred Syllable mantra I tried to convey what the Sanskrit text of the mantra was and how it might read more

Thinley Norbu On Vajrasattva

Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar | November 22nd 2009 by Tenpa Rinpoche

“The Daily Yogic Method for the Accomplishment of Lama Vajrasattva,  the Vajra Warrior” Excerpt from a commentary by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche Vajr read more

The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra

The Jayarava Rave | October 30th 2009

In this post I'll offer a brief commentary on the Vajrasattva mantra, drawing on an article which appeared in our WBO Order Journal in 1990. In his article Dharmacārin and Sanskritist Sthīramati (aka Dr Andrew Skilton - translator of the Bodhicary read more

Teaching on Bodhicitta and Vajrasattva Meditation Practice to be…

Four Gates Blog | October 30th 2009 by Christopher May

On Saturday Oct 31st, from 9am – 5pm Lama Gape with be giving teachings on the all important practice of Bodhicitta. Bodhicitta is the foundation for all meditation practice on the spiritual path for the Tibetan and Mahayana Buddhist because i read more

Vajrakilaya Retreat Drubchen, with His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche

Four Gates Blog | October 5th 2009 by Christopher May

Vajrakilaya Drubchen, with His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche, Ven. Traga Rinpoche, and The Garchen Institute Lamas. The Vajrakilaya retreat takes place from November 18-24. Additionally, the Vajrakilaya Empowerment will be offered on November 18, 9am  read more

Ngondro – Purifying Karma through Practice and Vajrasattva

Understanding Buddhism | September 17th 2009 by Peter Wright

Within the schools of Mahayana Buddhism, there is a practice known as Ngondro, literally "proceeding ahead", a means for purifying negativity and accumulating merit. In the formal Sakya tradition it is known as The Excellent Path of Two Accumulations read more

Minam Rinpoche's Xining & Guangzhou Centers

Inner Journey | August 12th 2009

The main seat of Rinpoche is in Yushu but he spends a great part of his time travelling around China as diciples request for his time more and more. Despite his busy schedule Rinpoche makes it a point to come back to Malaysia at least once a year. Hi read more

Visualisation in Vajrayana Tantric Buddhist Practice

Understanding Buddhism | August 12th 2009 by Peter Wright

I have become aware of my tendency to stray from my objective of talking about those things not part of the actual teachings into the realm of teaching. I will try to keep away from actual teachings in this post.This time I will cover the issues that read more

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