Good morning! The respected Dzogchen master and founder of the Merigar Community, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, has passed away at the … Read More “Dharma Dispatch, 1-12 October 2018: A Great Rinpoche’s Passing, Amazing Calligraphic Sutra, and Karmapa Resolution”
Good morning! Naivasha GK, Kenya’s largest maximum-security prison located just north of the capital Nairobi, is using a mindfulness training program to … Read More “Dharma Dispatch, 17-21 September 2018: Mindfulness in Kenyan Prisons, Vietnamese Reconciliation, and Maharashtra Development”
Of all the caves at the Ajanta complex, I found Cave 26 to be the most intricate, with the unmistakable … Read More “Postcard from Raymond: Preservation at its Finest (Cave 26, Ajanta)”
Good morning! After five years of tests and trials, scientists on Saturday launched a revolutionary new marine waste collection system from … Read More “Dharma Dispatch, 3-14 September 2018: The Great Cleanup, Refuge for Broken Hearts, and Softer Indian Stance on the Karmapa”
Hello! The Khyentse Foundation, founded by the renowned Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and writer Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, has announced the … Read More “Dharma Dispatch, 20-31 August 2018: New 84,000 Initiative, 6th International Buddhist Conclave, and Saving Cambodian Forests”
Of the many caves I visited at the Ajanta Caves complex, I felt myself encountering a particularly acute sense of timeless … Read More “Postcard from Raymond: Prayers in the Darkness (Cave 4, Ajanta)”
As children of the Buddha, we believe that the homeland of this world’s dispensation (sasana) is India. The reason for … Read More “Improving Management at Maha Bodhi Temple”
Guan Yin Temple. From Planet Lantau (see their temple photo gallery here) The first thing a visitor perceptive in Mahayana … Read More “How Huayan Led Me to Pure Land”
It had been about five years since I visited Ajanta, one of the oldest surviving complexes of rock-cut caves carved … Read More “Postcard from Raymond: Entering a Sanctuary of Sanctity (Cave 2, Ajanta)”
“Arise, victorious hero, caravan leader, Debtless one, and wander the world. Let the Blessed One teach the Dharma, There will … Read More “Integrating the Caravan Leader and Junzi in Buddhist Leadership”
