Perhaps it’s cos I challenged myself recently to hire a car for my niece’s wedding, drive it across London, and brave the English countryside, all on the wrong, I mean left, side of the road — a stick shift, no less. Just to see if I could still do it. I haven’t hired a car here before, and I’ve had 30 years to get used to the seamless efficiency of…
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A friend was telling me how she came under relentless criticism earlier this year for things she really hadn’t done – in point of fact, she’d been doing the opposite (good) things instead, for years. I know…
People are just getting back from this year’s International Kadampa Summer Festival, where a bumper crowd of 3,500 received the Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments of Heruka and Vajrayogini from the NKT’s new General Spiritual Director, Gen-la Jampa.…
“Why do I need Tantra when Sutra already seems enough?” Some Buddhist practitioners are happily enjoying stages of the path (Lamrim), Buddhist psychology, and the Bodhisattva path. They wonder “”Why add another layer?” “What’s the point of…
As you may have read in this last article, In case you’re wondering about Highest Yoga Tantra, the general advice is that if we have some foundation in renunciation, bodhichitta, and the wisdom realizing emptiness, and faith…
This Summer, Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments and teachings will be given at the International Kadampa Buddhist Festival – they come around approximately every two years. If you’re mulling over attending these for the first time, and are…
To drill down a bit on emptiness and mere appearance, both of which are invaluable contemplations during mandala offerings and life in general … some months before he passed away, Venerable Geshe Kelsang said: All phenomena their…
These days most people have heard of meditation, which is good in so far as that barrier to entry – not knowing it exists –…
9.5 mins read. Setting some time aside for a relaxing meditation session every day, even 10 or 15 minutes, is likely the quickest and most…
I was very pleased when my last family of foster cats – all five of them, mom and babies – found homes with Buddhist practitioners…
https://www.facebook.com/afluffsquad/videos/1756271331061783/ This video moved me, and has helped me generate positive minds…
A guest article by Jan J, a long-term Kadampa Buddhist practitioner. Here are some experiences that remind me how the hidden truth of karma is…
Several people have told me that they found the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once quite chaotic and hard to keep up with. Some cursory…
Tributes are pouring in for Elizabeth Edwards, who died at 10.15am yesterday. As one cancer survivor says: “It breaks our hearts, because it could be…
Impermanence
I want to explore over a couple of articles what Buddhists think…