What is the Universal Mind?
I once heard Tsoknyi Rinpoche comment that terms for the unconditional – such as “Buddha nature” or “unborn awareness” – need to be updated…
I once heard Tsoknyi Rinpoche comment that terms for the unconditional – such as “Buddha nature” or “unborn awareness” – need to be updated…
As many no doubt know, Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior is not an idea but a book, authored by Chogyam Trungpa. In the past…
This is the second of five periodic articles reviewing some of the “best books on mediation.” Here, we take up an examination of “the…
This is the first of five periodic articles reviewing some of “the best books on mediation.” The I Ching might seem an odd choice…
The Tibetan word bardo has begun to enter common usage in the West. Bardo means “gap,” “in between” or “intermediate state.” In Buddhism, bardo…
In examining the Buddhist view of the unconscious we might first look at our most prevalent contemporary notions of this term. Sigmund Freud is…
The Sanskrit word Karma means action, work, or deed. The word has its roots in the ancient Vedic teachings of India and concepts derived…
Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest…
It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings. – Daisaku…
I recently staffed a four-week meditation retreat, called dathun (which in Tibetan means “moon-month session”). Dathun was designed by Chogyam Trungpa in the early…