The American Rimpoche – A Tibetan Lama in the 21st Century is a film featuring Gelek Rimpoche, a renowned Lama born in the legendary Shangri-la of old Tibet, who lived an extraordinary life spanning continents, customs, and cultures. Framed by archival photos of old Tibet taken by Rimpoche’s father in the 1930s and ’40s, the…
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There is one story in Buddha’s teachings. I don’t think it is from the Jataka tales. There was a man walking on the path. Suddenly he saw a snake. He was so scared that he tried to run away from the snake. The snake said, “Stop, don’t run. If I wanted to, I could chase…
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“Dharma Gaze” is a personal experiential and literary account of the power and presence of dharma in Anne Waldman’s own life with explication and some readings from her own poetry. There are references to resonances in poetry, in life, in experiences with teachers such as Geshe Wangyal whom she first met in the early 1960’s….
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Among the mental faculties as part of your mind, there are two roots for virtuous minds. These are in Tibetan ngo tsa she pa and trel yö pa. [The first] means your ability to feel embarrassed to do non-virtuous deeds by yourself. You are feeling hesitant to do it, not by the reason of others…
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