Watch: Nepalese use music to comfort fellow survivors, call out for help As the scale of devastation from last week’s earthquake unfolds, people across Nepal are looking out for each other, with many turning to music to help overcome grief and seek help for survivors. Just outside the main gate of the revered Pashupatinath Temple,… Read More Nepalis Make Music to Cheer the People and Raise Awareness
The seismology of the earthquake in Nepal is terrifying: http://www.wired.com/2015/05/satellite-data-tells-us-nepals-brutal-quake/ Another quake/aftershock was reported today by a seismolologist: “An earthquake with magnitude 5.0 occurred near Pokhara, Nepal at 05:35:46.30 UTC on May 2, 2015.” (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.) “Aftershocks above a 5.0 magnitude are expected to occur for at least another five… Read More The Seismology of the Great Quake: Aftershocks for Another 5 Months.
It’s not about Emptiness anymore, people. The earthquake in Nepal signifies the Return of the Real. The Real as in thousand-ton cement walls collapsing and crushing human limbs, spines and skulls. In Lacanian theory, the Real is “that which is before and beyond language”. That which suddenly appears and shatters the Imaginary trance of the… Read More Nepal: The Shock of the Real
For all you Emptiness/Nondual junkies in Halo-fax: enjoy your direct experience. And to compliment the surreality of David Lynch is the sardonic genius of Chogyam Trungpa: MINDFULNESS IS NOT A TRANSCENDENTAL MICROWAVE OVEN A sudden zap works in your microwave oven. You put your food in, you zap it, and it gets cooked instantly. However,… Read More A Light Refreshment Break: David Lynch’s Surreal Promo for Transcendental Meditation
Dear Friends, Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Nepal and other areas affected by the devastating earthquake on Saturday, April 25. Some of you may know that Nepal is the home to Tergar Ösel Ling Monastery, one of three monastic centers that operates under the guidance of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. We wanted… Read More Pray for Nepal—And Donate for Emergency Relief
in India, the Untouchable castes are also called “the Broken people.” An English-speaker would think that this means they are psychologically or spiritually broken, and in indian culture, that is also one meaning of the term. But “the Broken people” has a more specific historical meaning. The Broken people are descendants of tribes that had… Read More The Broken People
Offering maitri bhavana for Nepal and all those affected. Two major earthquakes hit the centre of Nepal, on April 25, 70 km from Kathmandu, 7.8 and 6.6 Richter scale, half hour apart, and a ‘”seemingly endless series of aftershocks” average 4.5 Richter scale. The death toll from the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on… Read More Nepal earthquake: rescue continues as death toll exceeds 2,500
