Greetings All, The reason for my e-mail was to find out if I should include the Karmapa Khyenno mantras from the Karma Pakshi practice and found that they were...
... It is better to have a Lama connection in Nepal and India look for one for you. There are certain "signs" or marks in the kapala that certain practices...
Dear Alex, I once saw a Kapala for bid on Ebay. The starting bid was $650 American dollars. The auction ended around $800 American dollars. The seller said it...
... One reference point - medical students often buy whole skeletons for anatomical study. So trade in such things is surely legal, but maybe there is some...
... Hi Jim, Alex, Dave and everyone -- As it happens, I'm working on getting a Living Will and a Last Will (wrt to medical treatment, DNR and cremation...
James Hughes
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I am asking for your prayers for a friend and long time Dharma practitioner Karen Russell. Karen has been diagnosed with a disease called LAM, a rare and...
I love this subject and have rattled some people to the core with my own thoughts and opinions. In Tibet, bone was one of the primary materials for craft...
... material ! ... made of ... Actually there are very specific requirements for the "origination" of such objects as real Kapalas and Kanglings. For...
[note: just had to share this happy news: Khyentse Rinpoche is in process of turning the site of his old shedra in Bir into a school/retreat center specifcally...
i do have this doubt since i lived in a very well established buddhist community in uk (samye ling) where a few times i've heard comments mede about nnr as to...
He is absolutely authentic - his way of teaching has raised eyebrows in some places, especially when he first started. Among other things, it was thought that...
... Hello David, I have many conventional problems, I write badly, and when I have written something I often regret it after reading it over again. -That's...
Never Give up No matter what is going on Never Give up develop the heart Too much energy in your country is spent developing the mind Instead of the heart Be...
Found this blurb (and associated photos) at www.kagyu.org, dated 5/22/06. "Karmara" in first line obviously refers to Karmapa, who is pictured on that site: ...
Wow, I love it. Is that really HHDL? Did he write it in English or Tibetan? Or is it a "poetization" of a talk he gave? Skip ... From: kagyu@yahoogroups.com...
This is beautiful. Please give your source. If its one of his books, he has so many out, I'd like to read the book. Or is it from a interview? Thanks, Love and...
Phayul has a short article on meeting over the ordination of nuns. http://tinyurl.com/moxbl VOA has sound files. I imagine they're all in Tibetan, so not much...
There has been a lot of misinformation whispered about Chogyal Namkhai Norbu over the years and it is still perpetuated by people who are not interested in the...
... They come in different forms. So it depends on just how "real" you mean. I paid $40 for a small one that would go for $25 or so on Snowlion. Kirt...
sky, its from a card with his autographed photo on it, published by Namgyal Monastery, i think. have it at home and can bring it tomorrow w/ contact info. ...
hello everybody, i have been meditating on the progressive stages of meditation on emptiness by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche..I am now at the Cittamtra...
Katiemacintire had thrown ashes over herself and said (with regard to the ... It's an idea that hasn't really caught on yet, but I still think it's a good one,...
Is existance depandant on the skandaha's? Is that the nature of the question? Does conciounsess inherently exist to the extent that there is a perciever? Aside...
... the ... Instead of tantalizing us with dark hints of your detailed knowledge of mahamudra and dzogchen upadeshas, why not tell us what you are actually ...
... I would hope and expect that you would get a reply. Be patient (although I know that's hard to do, I'm not very good at it). You might also try: Getting...
David, Your situation sounds rather frightening, and I cannot blame you for wanting to give up Buddhism in the hope that that will solve it. But will that...
Dear David, I have written you in the past and I will write to you now All the posts I read came across to an important practice, maybe the most important...
