2025 Roger Jackson: How to Recognize an Enlightened Being

Events and Courses: 2025 Roger Jackson: How to Recognize an Enlightened Being

Online via Zoom Buddhists the world over repeatedly express the aspiration to attain the ultimate aim of their tradition, a state that, depending on the context, may be designated by such terms as cessation, liberation, release, nirvana, awakening, buddhahood, or enlightenment. Furthermore, if there is a gospel—”good news”—in Buddhism, it lies in the assertion that…
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Digital Dharma: Become More Virtuous With Commitment – Demo Rinpoche Sunday Talk 244

Blog Posts: Respect Words Said for Your Benefit (Demo Rinpoche – Ancient Wisdom. Modern Times. #243 June 1, 2025)

Sometimes when learning to teach, we are told to teach with examples, with stories, and with philosophy. This story is simple with a helpful meaning. At one time a turtle was stuck in a farmer’s small pond. The farmer used the pond for planting and somehow the turtle ended up there. Maybe someone released it there….
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Events and Courses: Demo Rinpoche: International Sangha Reunion 2025

Jewel Heart Ann Arbor The Principle of Wisdom After exploring the principles of renunciation and compassion in the two previous sangha reunions, this talk will focus on the Third Principle, Wisdom. In his text on the Three Principles, Je Tsongkhapa lays out very clearly why the wisdom of ultimate reality is needed to overcome ego…
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Events and Courses: Demo Rinpoche: Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, pt. 9

Digital Dharma: Be A Virtuous Listener – Not Like The Turtle – Demo Rinpoche Sunday Talk 243

Blog Posts: Qualities to Bring Buddha Close – A Vesak Day/Mother’s Day Talk (Demo Rinpoche – Ancient Wisdom. Modern Times. #241 May 11, 2025)

What most mothers care about is their kids being happy, kind, good people. Some mothers are not your biological mother. They are the mother that took care of you and taught you how to be kind, honest, to behave well, and how to find happiness in your life. According to the Mahayana view, when Buddha…
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Blog Posts: A Mother’s Dream – Release from Samsara’s Prison – (Demo Rinpoche Ancient Wisdom. Modern Times. #241 May 11, 2025)

When Buddha was conceived, there were signs that he would become the teacher of everybody, someone who could lead everybody. His mother Mahamaya told her husband the king, “Now we have to release the prisoners.” Releasing prisoners does not mean releasing them all on the street to do crazy things. Many prisoners at that time…
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Digital Dharma: Make Things Perfect With Patience – Demo Rinpoche Sunday Talk 242

Events and Courses: Demo Rinpoche: Sakadawa Day 2025

Onsite at Jewel Heart Ann ArborOnline via ZoomFree and open to all The day on which Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, and passed away (also known as parinirvana) is celebrated as Sakadawa Day by Tibetan Buddhist traditions. The lunar calendar is used to calculate the day of commemoration. This year Sakadawa Day falls on June…
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