Reflections on how to live a meaningful life inspired by "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche and teachings from other Buddhist masters
Posted in Contemplation, Freedom, Karma, Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on Jul 22nd, 2011
My brother’s Au pair had a cold when I visited a few days ago. A day later I had one, too! Sigh! A vivid reminder, how we human beings share our happiness and suffering in this life with each other. Granted, having ice cream and hot chocolate for desert surely didn’t strengthen my immune system. [...]
Posted in Buddhism, Karma, zz HH Dalai Lama on Jun 3rd, 2010
Yesterday friend of mine sent me an email with a a brief dialogue between the Brazilian theologist Leonardo Boff and the Dalai Lama, which deeply touched me. Here is what Leonardo, one of the renovators of the Theology of Freedom, recounts of this remarkable encounter: In a round table discussion about religion and freedom in [...]
Posted in Karma, zz Patrul Rinpoche on Mar 19th, 2010
Over the last week and a half we have moved to a new house. It was a busy and stressful time and I didn’t manage to practice much or post on my blog. We are settling into our new home now and I am trying to get back to my previous routine which included a [...]
Posted in Karma on Mar 11th, 2010
The first step in working with mind is to develop mindfulness and awareness so I can become more aware of what is going on in my mind. This makes sense to me, because if I am not able to see how my mind is operating, how could there be any hope of changing how it [...]
Posted in Karma, zz Sogyal Rinpoche on Mar 8th, 2010
Reflecting on karma over the last few days I came across three old friends, to be precise, actually enemies that are disguising as friends. I am sure you are already guessing who they are. Here is how they popped up again: In The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Sogyal Rinpoche explains the meaning of [...]
Over the past few days I have looked for teachings on karma in my favorite Dharma books to help me start reflecting on my new topic. I always find stories about the Buddha very inspiring and was delighted when I found some anecdotes on how Buddha realized the truth of karma in The Tibetan Book [...]
Posted in Buddhism, Karma, zz Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, zz Maudgalyayana, zz Shariputra on Mar 3rd, 2010
If you are reading this post chances are that you are a Buddhist practitioner. Imagine someone comes up to you and asks: “What is the teaching of Buddha really about?” Reflect for a moment. What would you say? There are many ways to answer the question. One way to answer it would be to respond [...]
We had a Tsunami warning today because of the disastrous earth quake in Chile. I heard some sirens go off briefly around 5 am but didn’t find out about the warning till about 7 am when our land lady called and told us we needed to evacuate by 10:30 am. Hearing of the possibility of [...]
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