Karmapa-1000 Armed Avalokitehshvara -2

Tenga Rinpoche 2005 BPL "The Short Instructions": Consciousness

Peace Comes Only Through Action, Not Prayer. HH The Dalai Lama on Peace and prejudice of Muslims as terrorists

A Special Address from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

4 Directions King Guardians

4 Directions King Guardians
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1) Virudhaka (South)
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2) Dhritarashtra (East)
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3) Vaishravana (North)
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4) Virupaksha (West)
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Lhabab Düchen, one of the four Buddhist festivals commemorating four events in the life of the Buddha

6th November 2012 is Lhabab Düchen, one of the four Buddhist festivals commemorating four events in the life of the Buddha and it occurs on the 22nd day of the ninth month on a Tibetan lunar calendar. Buddha had left for heaven at the age of 41, having ascended to The Heaven of Thirty-Three (Trayastrimsa) in order to give teachings to benefit the gods in the desire realms and to repay the kindness of his mother by liberating her from Samsara. He was exhorted by his follower and representative Maugalyayana to return, and after a long debate managed to return. This is considered to be one of the eight great deeds of the Buddha. He returned to earth by a special triple ladder prepared by Viswakarma, the god of machines. On Lhabab Duchen, the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied ten million times. It is part of Tibetan Buddhist tradition to engage in virtuous activities and prayer on this day.

 

 

Jambhala is considered as an emanation of Avalokiteśvara (Tibetan: Chenrezig)

Jambhala is considered as an emanation of Avalokiteśvara (Tibetan: Chenrezig), the bodhisattva of compassion. Jambhala's blessings are to help others by eliminating poverty both spiritual and material, so that they may practice the Dharma.
In general there are five Jambhalas - Yellow Jambhala (overcomes pride), White Jambhala (overcomes attachment), Black Jambala (overcomes resentment), Green Jambhala (overcomes jealousy) and Red Jambhala (overcomes greed).

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Tuesday Treasures - in this photo Sogyal Rinpoche is with Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche on his left and Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khen Rinpoch on his right. It is 1995 and they are at Maratika Cave in Nepal.

Tuesday Treasures - in this photo Sogyal Rinpoche is with Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche on his left and Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khen Rinpoch on his right. It is 1995 and they are at Maratika Cave in Nepal. Maratika Cave It is a venerated site of pilgrimage associated with Mandarava, Padmasambhava and longevity.
Mandarava and Padmasambhava realised a number of terma that had been elementally encoded as terma in Maratika Cave by Dakini Sangwa Yeshe, terma that number among the longevity teachings of Buddha Amitabha and given at the behest of Bodhisattva Avalokiteswara. At Maratika Cave, Mandarava and Padmasambhava attained the Vidyadhara of longevity or long life. According to current scholarship, the caves of Maratika are referred to in Himalayan literature from the 12th century. Kathang Zanglingma, a biography of Padmasambhava, a terma revealed and transmitted by Nyangrel Nyima Ozer, describes the original events which made the Maratika caves a sacred place for Vajrayana practitioners.
Haleshi Mahadeva or Maratika Cave- The famous natural cave in Khotang District, said to be the abode of Mahadeva while hiding away from the monster Bhasmasur. It is famous pilgrimage centre in east Nepal for both Hindus and Buddhist and is also nicknamed as 'the Pashupatinath of the east'. Huge religious fairs are observed here on Shivaratri and Bala Chaturdashi.

— Thinley Norbu, from “Echoes: The Boudhanath Teachings”

It is a mistake to think that Dharma can only be learned from Easterners. (…) This sort of attitude is irrelevant to the Dharma; one should never discriminate between peoples and countries. We should not feel that a particular country is full of savages and that there is no hope of learning anything from there, and we should not be concerned about the ethnic origin of a Dharma teacher. Any place in which Dharma is taught is an appropriate field of study, and any teacher with the necessary qualities is appropriate, regardless of his ancestry. We should learn Dharma wherever we can, seeking it wherever we can find it, without regard to social circumstances.
— Thinley Norbu, from “Echoes: The Boudhanath Teachings”