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• A legend in his own lifetime

  
  On An Overgrown Path — Authority: 121
  During the second half of the twentieth century the harpsichord made the remarkable transition from almost extinct historical curiosity to concert hall staple not just for early music but also for new music from composers including John Cage , Elliott Carter and Maurice Ohana . Wolfgang Zuckermanns $150 ...
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• Book review: The Best Buddhist Writing 2009 (Melvin McLeod et al, editors)

  
  elephant journal — Authority: 486
  The editors of Shambhala Sun have again assembled a collection of essays and book excerpts spanning a wide range within the realm of Buddhist writers.  A collection of book excerpts and reprints of articles/essays from Shambhala Sun, Buddhadharma, and Tricycle magazines, this comprehensive text gathers thoughts ...
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• Khetsün Zangpo Rinpoche (1920-2009)

  
  Rigpa News — Authority: 103
  Khetsun Zangpo Rinpoche with Sogyal Rinpoche, Prapoutel 1990 Sadly, it seems that the great Nyingmapa master and scholar Khetsün Zangpo Rinpoche passed into parinirvana on 6th December. You can read about Rinpoches remarkable life and accomplishments here . As many Rigpa students will remember, ...
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• Top 10…11…okay 15… Books to Give as Gifts This Year

  
  elephant journal — Authority: 486
  elephant journal’s Top Reads of 2009. Last year I created a top 20 list of books to give as gifts, but I realized pretty quickly that a list of 20 was pretty overwhelming for not only me to create, but for my readers as well.  This year I made the promise that this year I would create a list of only ten ...
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• Tucson Shambhala - The Heart of Warriorship—Level One: The Art of Being Human

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 143
  Im going to really try to get to this seminar. Tucson Shambhala - The Heart of Warriorship—Level One: The Art of Being Human There is a basic human wisdom that can help solve the world’s problems. It does not belong to any one culture or ...
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• Samdhong Rinpoche - Buddhist Meditation

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 143
  Interesting interview. Tags: Buddhism , meditation , Samdhong Rinpoche , Buddhist Meditation
  2 weeks ago

• TakThok Monastery, Ladakh: Seeking sacred water in a cave

  
  Kunzum — Authority: 122
  The Takthok (Thagtok) Monastery in Ladakh Why did so many gompas start out as caves? Tak-Thok (also Thag-Thok, literally “rock roof”) gompa has come up around a cave where Padmasambhava, or the Guru Rinpoche, is said to have meditated during his travels to Ladakh in the 8th century. The cave, called Duphug (or ...
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• Buddhadharma in Everyday Life, Lojong XIII: Liberate Yourself By Examining and Analyzing. ~ Linda Lewis

  
  elephant journal — Authority: 486
  What makes the Mahayana maha or great is that it is both profound and vast. Its profundity comes from the prajna or insight, which undermines the tendency to take everything as seriously real—as permanent, solid, and unchanging. By exposing the notions of “I” and “mine” to the light of prajna, we find ...
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• Who said this?

  
  elephant journal — Authority: 486
  QotD: “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, ...
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• Tibet: a Buddhist trilogy

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 143
  This is a 2+ hour film on Buddhism and Tibet. A little something to keep you busy on a cold Sunday morning. Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy takes you on an intimate journey deep into the heart of an ancient Buddhist world. Four years in the making and hailed as a cinematic masterpiece in 1979, writer/director Graham ...
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• New Books Just in Time for the Holidays

  
  North Atlantic Books Blog — Authority: 111
  The holidays are fast approaching and it is time to start thinking about gift giving (and receiving). With every topic covered from the Mayan calendar to metaphysics, Buddhism to health and healing, North Atlantic Books has the perfect book to match your loved ones’ interests, and some you’ll want to add to your ...
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• How would Sid treat the homeless?

  
  One City: A Buddhist Blog for Everyone — Authority: 426
  Its not always this straightforward to tell where your money is going by  Lodro Rinzler BeforeSiddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment at age 35 he was a confusedtwenty and thirty-something looking to learn how to live a spirituallife. He had an overbearing dad, expectations for what he was supposedto  ...
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• Settling in: Wisdom Teachings

  
  Riehlife — Authority: 125
  I’m in Squaw Valley, California, along with 300 other students at the annual Rigpa (my Buddhist group) fall retreat. We’re staying in luxury at the Squaw Creek Resort. It’s a ten day retreat…mostly a teaching retreat intermingled with practice. The first few days we settle in. Finally, we know where ...
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• The Possibilities are Emptiness!

  
  ::the open end:: — Authority: 135
  “Emptiness is described as the basis that makes everything possible” -The Twelfth Tai Situpa Rinpoche, Awakening the Sleeping Buddha “The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.” -Pema Chodron Buddhism makes people uncomfortable when it talks of emptiness. Most Western ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tibetan PM in-exile Rinpoche alleges China of breeding militants

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Dharamshala, Nov.27 (ANI): Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche on Friday blamed China of emerging as a training ground for the militants.Addressing a two-day workshop of the 115th session of Indian Federation of Working Journalists in Dharamsala, Rinpoche said, many Maoists go to China, get training, ...
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• A Parable from Glimpse of the Day

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 143
  Confined in the dark, narrow cage of our own making that we take for the whole universe, very few of us can even begin to imagine another dimension of mind. Patrul Rinpoche tells the story of an old frog who had lived all his life in a dank well. One day a frog from the sea paid him a visit. “Where do you come ...
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• Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche - Interdependence and Freedom

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 143
  A new article from Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Interdependence and Freedom What keeps us from tasting our inherent wisdom? Concept. We are generally chasing one conceptual creation after another. This matrix of concept appears in many variations, but its weak point is always the same: it ...
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• A Joyous Conclusion to the Three Year Retreat at Lerab Ling

  
  Rigpa News — Authority: 103
  Lerab Ling On Saturday, 21 November 2009, the first Rigpa Three Year Retreat concluded joyously with a full day of practice, a long-life ceremony for Sogyal Rinpoche and a party. The retreat, one of the largest long-term Buddhist retreats to take place in the West, was held at Lerab Ling , ...
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