Showing posts with label Tibet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tibet. Show all posts

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Crystal Lotus Cave

A special thanks to Michael and Helen for sharing these photos of their pilgrimage to Pema Shelpuk.

Tangton Gyalpo Iron bridge

on the way to Pema Shelpuk (Crystal Lotus Cave)




view of terma site


entrance to the cave where the Dzogchen Desum was revealed

caretakers of the cave

altar inside the cave

statue of Padmasambhava

retreat huts offered  free to those doing retreat or kora

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Hell on Earth

The Dalai Lama delivered a blistering speech about conditions in Tibet and Chinese suppression. You can read the speech or watch or listen to it. There is a NYTimes article as well.

And there is also a very good slideshow of the past 50 years of protests in Tibet.

Monday, March 09, 2009

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Brilliant Moon now available

Through lively anecdotes and stories this highly revered Buddhist meditation master and scholar tells about his life of study, retreat, and teaching. The formative events of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s life, and those insights and experiences that caused him to mature into the warm, brilliant, and highly realized meditation master and teacher he was, are deeply inspiring. The details of his early life and spiritual training reveal an authentic and human view of Tibetan culture, as well as the hardships endured by the Tibetans who fled their country and reestablished their tradition in exile.

The first part of this volume includes Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s early life story, told in his own words. The second half of the book comprises recollections by Khyentse Rinpoche’s wife; his grandson and spiritual heir, Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche; Tenga Rinpoche; Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche; Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche; Kenpo Pema Sherab; the Queen Mother of Bhutan; Trulshik Rinpche; and Pewar Tulku.

Available now at your local independent bookstore! (Trust me--it's a great read.)

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Journey to Nangchen


For those of you with a good internet connection here is a marvelous video of a visit Tsoknyi Rinpoche made to his nunnery in Nangchen: Journey to Nanchen. Enjoy!