The Great Stupa at Shambhala Mountain Center in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 30, 2009

A family visit to...The Great Stupa Which Liberates Upon Seeing A Buddhist monument dedicated to Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (and all sentient beings, too). via Leah Barasch Fox It has long been the tradition that…

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The Twitter Dilemma: To Follow or Not To Follow by Nadia Ballas-Ruta.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 29, 2009

When I first joined Twitter, I was overwhelmed.  I remember after creating my account, I just looked at the screen and felt like Robert Redford’s character at the end of the movie The Candidate. …

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Andrew Cohen: A Modern Day Trungpa?

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 29, 2009

article via Duff McDuffee Is this Crazy Wisdom, or..? Andrew Cohen is a controversial American guru. He has a tight-knit spiritual community, a cool pop spirituality magazine (EnlightenNext) with excellent graphic design written by and…

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A Wake-Up Call For Mankind, Religion and Politics ~via Lawrence King.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 23, 2009

Excerpt from Lawrence King's new Book "What The Hell Were You Thinking:" Politics and religion should go hand in hand, if the agenda is about addressing the issue of saving our planet.  Buddha, Great…

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Everyday Buddhadharma with Linda Lewis: Buddhist Lojong Slogan #8: Always Maintain a Joyful Mind.

By elephantjournal.com on May 30, 2009

Obviously, it’s easy to be happy when things are going well—when we have “reasons” to be happy.  This is known as conditional happiness—happiness due to positive conditions.  But in any given life, mishaps and…

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Targeting the profound: Who do you listen to?

By Yesica on May 22, 2009

Targeting the profound: Who do you listen to?   Mercury has been retrograde for a while now; therefore time to reflect is the best way to integrate to our natural planetary design. A pause into…

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Everyday Buddhadharma with Linda Lewis: Lojong Slogan “Of the two witnesses, hold the principal one.”

By elephantjournal.com on May 15, 2009

Atisha's Buddhist Lojong Slogan #7 “Of the two witnesses, hold the principal one.” It is said in all the Buddhadharma texts that Prajnaparamita is the mother of all the Buddhas. What does this mean?  It…

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Everyday Buddhadharma ~ Buddhist Lojong Slogan: “All Dharma Agrees at One Point.” ~ Linda Lewis

By elephantjournal.com on May 8, 2009

Everyday Buddhadharma with Linda V. Lewis. Atisha's Lojong Mind-Training Slogans: All Dharma Agrees at One Point As we meditate each day, it is important to pause now and then to reflect on our progress. Is ego-clinging…

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The Dalai Lama: On Dying.

By elephantjournal.com on May 6, 2009

Via our friends at the Upaya Zen Center, who have the best, loveliest, most useful newsletter this side of nirvana.   ON DYING: DALAI LAMA First of all, we should realize that death is truly…

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Chogyam Trungpa: where Emotions come from.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009

Chogyam Trungpa: Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week. RELATING WITH THE SUBTLETIES OF THOUGHTS The connection between small ideas and large ideas is very important. For instance, sudden dramas, such as murdering somebody or creating immense chaos,…

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Was Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche an alcoholic? Dispelling myths with openness.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009

Was Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche an alcoholic? Did he sleep with some of his students? Was he chauffeured around in a Mercedes? And, do bears shit in the woods? The other day I was talking…

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Another from the Glass Half Full Department.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 20, 2009

Joanna Macy, Ms. Optimism 2009. World going to hell in a handbasket? Global emissions increasing year-by-year, no matter how much we talk about "green-this," "green-that," "green-green-green-with a whiffle ball bat?" Climate Change-related disasters present and…

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Ewam: a Garden of One Thousand Buddhas, via Jim Sacamano.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 17, 2009

Some of the most profound Buddhist teachings are given through gestures and signs, rather than words. Buddha Shakyamuni empowered Mahakashyapa, the founder of the Zen tradition, merely by showing him a flower. Perhaps for Mahakashyapa…

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Econo-Buddha Part I: Recession = Potential

By Henry Schliff on Mar 26, 2009

The legend of the Shakyamuni Buddha tells the story of his “great going forth,” or his renunciation of worldly life. And the steps leading to the renunciation are especially pertinent to contemporary America. If…

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Econo-Buddha Part II: The Diamond Heart of Shakyamuni

By Henry Schliff on Mar 25, 2009

A familiar scene. My wife and I are walking Pearl Street in Boulder and someone asks for change. I ignore the request or give a diffident refusal. She thinks for a second and pulls…

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Blue Dot ~ a poem by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.

By elephantjournal.com on Mar 24, 2009

Within my mind I live on a small blue planet. Everyone seems far away, No one seems close. Everywhere is blackness, Yet abundant life consumes each moment. I wish and hope Everyone could see…

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Everyday Buddhadharma ~ Buddhist Lojong Slogan: “Three objects, three poisons, and three virtuous seeds.” ~ Linda Lewis

By elephantjournal.com on Mar 20, 2009

Everyday Buddhadharma with Linda V. Lewis   Atisha's Lojong Mind-Training Slogans: “Three objects, three poisons, and three virtuous seeds.” The first two slogans previously discussed, “Regard all dharmas as dreams” and “In the post-meditation experience…

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Sacred Fire Community ~ via Bill Sutton

By elephantjournal.com on Mar 18, 2009

The Community of Spiritual Traditions by Bill Sutton Spiritual traditions provide the ground that fosters genuine human community. They bond us deeply in a common view of the world and our relationship to it.…

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Everyday Buddhadharma ~ Buddhist Lojong Slogan: “Practice giving and taking alternately on the medium of the breath.” [tonglen meditation instruction] ~ Linda Lewis

By elephantjournal.com on Mar 17, 2009

Everyday Buddhadharma Tonglen Practice By Linda V. Lewis Atisha understood what the Buddha meant by the mind being "the wish-fulfilling jewel," for within our own mind we already have what we need to be…

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Everyday Buddhadharma ~ Buddhist Lojong Slogan: “When the world is filled with evil, all mishaps should be transformed into the path of bodhi.” ~ Linda Lewis

By elephantjournal.com on Mar 17, 2009

Everyday Buddhadharma   Working with  Slogans. > By Linda V. Lewis Atisha, like Buddha, knew that patience is a powerful way to transform difficult circumstances into the path of Enlightenment. Ordinary patience implies the bearing of…

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