Many Flakes, One Bowl

Butter lamps on Chokhor Duchen

Gordon — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:10:32 +0000

On the morning of Chokhor Duchen these were some of the butter lamps at Palyul Retreat Center in upstate New York. These inspire me!

Retreat in Montana

Gordon — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:04:37 +0000

Sorry for the long delay in posts, working on some life stuff. Funny how life seems to always get in the way. Anyway a couple weeks ago I had the wonderful opportunity of attending teachings by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche in Bozeman Montana. And it was one of the best experiences of my life.

First, I [...]

A wonderful picture

Gordon — Tue, 11 May 2010 02:06:33 +0000

Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche and myself at Namdroling Montana, May 3, 2010. Photo by Konchog Norbu

Inspirational Saying #4-Sublime Treasure King Sutra

Gordon — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:25:56 +0000

This sutra was emailed to me from Jim who is a fellow Palyul student. This comes from the Karandavyuha Sutra (Sublime Treasure King Sutra) and is considered a Mahayana Sutra. This is an amazing sutra and I have added an additional section from this sutra at the end which I think is very important. Thanks [...]

Inspirational saying #3

Gordon — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:09:23 +0000

This one comes from my Rigpa Sangha friend. Julie. I met Julie in San Francisco during the Rigpa City Retreat in 2001, and she has been a great friend since. Thank you Julie for sharing this…

With your compassion inspire us with your blessings With your love guide us and others along the path With your [...]

The Buddha

Jigme — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:24:20 +0000

I hope everyone will tune into PBS tonight to see the “The Buddha”. A film about his life, narrated by Richard Gere. For more information and the trailer click here.

Muni Sutta: The Sage

Danger is born from intimacy,1 society gives birth to dust.2 Free from intimacy, free from society: such is the vision of the sage. [...]

Buddha for sale, hmm. But the Buddha as the devil? Come on, that is too much

Jigme — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:46:33 +0000

The recent article in the Winnipeg Free Press, It’s Wrong to Cheapen Great Eastern Religions, talking about using eastern religious iconography for monetary gains got under my skin. Some things should not be used to make a dollar. First, they give a great shout out to Dharma Burgers, then they give the example of Victoria [...]

Inspirational saying #2, Gampopa

Gordon — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:40:46 +0000

Grant your blessing so that my mind may turn towards the Dharma. Grant your blessing so that Dharma may progress along the path. Grant your blessing so that the path may clarify confusion. Grant your blessing so that confusion may dawn as wisdom.

The Four Dharmas of Gampopa

Inspiration can be long or short and this one from the [...]

Happy Guru Rinpoche Day

Jigme — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:43:37 +0000

This is my favorite picture of Padmasambhava. From the Rigpawiki “this is an image of Padmasambhava which was made from life and blessed by him in the eighth century in Tibet. It is believed that on seeing this statue at Samyé, he remarked, “It looks like me,” and then blessed it, saying, [...]

H.H. Penor Rinpoche

Gordon — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:44:00 +0000

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