November 7th, 2007 · No Comments · Filed under: Events
Tibetan Buddhist Teachings
In Austin, Texas
with:
Tulku Orgyen Zangpo Rinpoche
Friday, November 30th, 7PM – 9PM (registration at 6PM)
Saturday & Sunday, December 1st and 2nd – 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
“From My Heart”
A Hymn on Discovering the Sacredness of Life
In this lyrical work, His Holiness Jigmed Puntsok offers a complete vision of the innate sanctity of life. His poem describes every detail of how one can live in the true heart of purity each moment, with each breath, with every thought. “From My Heart” is His Holiness’ melody of exaltation, celebrating the wonder of eternal liberation. Tulku Orgyen Zangpo Rinpoche will explain the underlying significance of His Holiness’ poem and how it applies to each of us as we remember our true essence as awakened beings.
Here’s a quote from a Mary Oliver poem: And who will care, who will chide you if you wander away from wherever you are, to look for your soul?
August 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Filed under: Dharmic
“The Buddha said, ‘Understand suffering.’ That is the first Noble Truth. Many of us mistake pain for pleasure – the pleasure we now have is actually the very cause of the pain that we are going to get sooner or later. Another Buddhist way of explaining this is to say that when a big pain becomes smaller, we call it pleasure. That’s what we call happiness.”
August 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Filed under: Dharmic
This is the beginning of a page about Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, a most remarkable being. The more I read his teachings, the more he takes hold. I like this man, and recommend his teachings to you.
August 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments · Filed under: Events
Well, the retreat is over. As with all retreats, you only know afterwards how it was, as you see the ways you seem to have changed. I feel changed, very much.
Anam Thubten Rinpoche is a maverick: despite his robes he discourages much ceremony, and goes straight to the teachings of Lord Buddha. He is relentless. He doesn’t stop expounding the teachings, gently hammering home the key point of the Dharma, which is to drop attachment.
Anam Thubten Rinpoche is coming to Austin in eight days from now, and this to me is a very big deal, even on a path made up of no big deals. He’ll be here for the retreat weekend of July 28th and 29th, plus the Friday evening on the 27th.
If you’ve never experienced Anam Thubten Rinpoche, well, maybe you should. You can’t help but love the man, his spirit is so warm, and he’s so positive. His particular thing is wakefulness, he wants us to wake up now. He makes it seem possible.
Venerable Khenpo Namdrol Rinpoche will be in Austin, Texas July 22 – July 26.
He will be at Padma World Peace Park to hold a ceremony and a puja on Tuesday July 24th, which is Guru Rinpoche day
This appears to be followed by a teaching on July 25th – more details to follow as they become clear.
In 2002 Venerable Khenpo Namdrol Rinpoche founded the Padmasambhava Global Project for World Peace. His biography appears here.
July 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Filed under: Events
Anam Thubten Rinpoche is coming to Austin this month to hold a weekend retreat, on the weekend of July 28-29. This will occur at Clear Spring Studio – 605 Copeland St., Austin, Texas 78704. The weekend costs $125, and the talk on Friday evening, July 27th, is by donation.
If you’ve never experienced Anam Thubten Rinpoche you should at least come for the talk on Friday, and if your experience is like mine and others you’ll take away an enduring gift of power. Anam Thubten Rinpoche is a gift giver, and his focus is on awakening now.
June 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Filed under: Kasung
It took a few times coming to the Center to begin to grasp how much of what was happening was intentional, and dependent on the efforts of several people […] The Dorje Kasung are the true warriors, their slogan is Victory Over War. They are always awake and mindful, that’s their practice.
Level I weekend was amazing. The people who came were a varied bunch, some sitting for the first time, but many with their own histories and practices, not necessarily Buddhist. There were around twenty participants.
The participants themselves were the best part of the program. I expected them to be squirming and rebellious after a time, but we all remarked how seasoned they seemed. They sat very still, all weekend, and practiced what they were being taught.
I’ll be volunteering to staff the Level I intensive this weekend. No, I won’t be blogging live from the shrine room 😉
Level I is particularly my constituency – the relative newcomers. These are the people I want to write this blog for. People who’ve been around the Center or the Dharma for a year or two can find their own way to the programs and the teachers. The newcomers could use some signposts – or so I believe.
