Dilgo Khyentse: Dzogchen Practice in Everyday Life
Dzogchen Practice in Everyday Life by HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche http://www.nyingma.com/dzogchen1.htm The everyday practice of dzogchen is simply to develop a complete carefree acceptance, an openness to all situations without limit. … Continue reading
Alan Watts & Nico
Open Culture sent me a nice little package today of videos from the Zen Beatnik 50s and the Warhol Pop 60s. The first set portrays the Zen consciousness of Alan Watts in … Continue reading
Keepin’ it Real: Awakenings of the Past 24 Hours
Listening to John Peackock, “Buddhism before the Theravada” http://www.audiodharma.org/series/207/talk/2602/ John Peacock is a Buddhologist, linguistic expert in the ancient languages of India and Tibet and expert translator of the early … Continue reading
Remembering Leslie Feinberg, Revolutionary Communist
Her last words were: “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.” By hir wife, Minnie Bruce Pratt. Leslie Feinberg, who identified as an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, … Continue reading
Sangharakshita: Anti-establishment Buddhism
Tricycle: How do you account for Buddhist monasticism, at least as you experienced it, as having evolved in such a uninspiring way? Sangharakshita: Initially, the Buddha’s teachings had to be preserved through … Continue reading
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