Buddhist Statues Destroyed in Maldives

Buddhist Statues Destroyed in Maldives

Buddhist Statues Destroyed in Maldives

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 09:00 AM PST



Reminiscent of the Taliban destroying 1,000 year old Buddhist statues, the Maldive Islands have suffered a similar fate.

"At the Maldives' National Museum, smashed Buddhist statues are testament to the rise of Islamic extremism and Taliban-style intolerance in a country famous as a laid-back holiday destination."

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A rollicking night of music for Tibet House

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:00 AM PST

Photo via Consequence of Sound

Last night at Tibet House's big annual benefit concert, collaboration, improvisation, and good cheer seems to have ruled the evening: Laurie Anderson joined Philip Glass onstage, Philip Glass and Rahzel joined Lou Reed on stage (see photo, left), Rahzel played with a string section…Also performing were Magnetic Fields frontman Stephen Merritt, James Blake, Das Racist, Dechen Shak-Dagsay, and violinist Tim Fain.

The great music site Consequence of Sound has a report, with select video and pictures. Check it out here.

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Learn how to meditate

Beginners video to meditation. Visit mindfulness-stress-reduction.info for more free meditation videos and audio clips.

Video Rating: 4 / 5




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Words of My Perfect Teacher Seminar — Live Streamed

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:00 PM PST

What truly brings happiness and what causes our suffering? Is karma "fate"?

What is the teacher's role on the Buddhist path?

Kongtrul Rinpoche addresses these questions and others through his commentary on the revered Tibetan Buddhist classic The Words of My Perfect Teacher. This guidebook to a spiritual person's life looks at the cornerstones of human experience —impermanence, suffering, and karma—from an honest and deeply
intelligent perspective. At once dryly humorous and admonishing, and always full of heart, this powerful and transformative text has inspired generations of spiritual practitioners.

Kongtrul Rinpoche brings out the full impact of The Words of My Perfect Teacher by weaving together his own experience as a practitioner with traditional Buddhist stories and the teachings themselves. His appreciation of this volume shines through, making this  two-weekend seminar a unique time to discover our misconceptions about spiritual practice and clarify our way forward.

Weekend One (February 17–19)

focuses on the "ordinary preliminary practices"
section of the text, which includes fundamental
reflections on the preciousness of human life,
impermanence, karma, and suffering—and it is
perfectly suited for those new to the spiritual
or Buddhist path.

Weekend Two (March 2–4)
focuses on the "extraordinary preliminary
practices" that are more specifically associated
with the Vajrayana ngondro practice, such as
vajrasattva mantra, mandala practice, and so
on up to Guru Yoga.

The program includes a full reading of the text, commentary, question and answer with Rinpoche, and periods of meditation.

Registration and program information.

IN PERSON
. . . . . . . . . . .
Per talk: $ 25
Full program: $ 250
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Pirith from Kelaniya Temple 1/3

Jaya Piritha from the Kelaniya Temple in Srilanka . This is the 1st part of video intended for the Buddhists living abroad away from our Srilanka

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Hundreds of Tibetan activists stage protest in Washington, D.C.

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:00 AM PST

Photo via Tibet Post International

By Adam Tebbe

While China's next President, Xi Jinping, came to Washington on Monday for a Tuesday visit with President Obama, hundreds of Tibetans and their supporters staged protests in the nation's capital calling for a free Tibet. Protests began when two climbers rappelled over the Arlington Memorial Bridge to unfurl a banner which read "Xi Jinping: Tibet will be Free." The climbers were later arrested along with two others.

According to Tibet Post International, protests included a "rally and march from the Chinese Embassy to the White House, a mass Buddhist prayer offering, life-size puppets, solidarity rallies, and a candlelight vigil."

Xi Jinping is expected to become China's next leader in 2013 after a transitional period that will occur later this year. His visit comes at a time when Tibet finds itself in real turmoil, following the two most recent self-immolation protests carried out by Tibetan teens. More protests are planned for today, when Xi Jinping meets with President Obama.

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Deep Tibetan meditation music

Ambient music for deep contemplation. Images from Google. Artist: Gregor Theelen Song: Shamanic Tree of Worlds Album: Journey to Tibet

Video Rating: 4 / 5




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Just another post about meditating robots and the end of the world — with video!

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:00 AM PST

And now for something completely different: Doomsday Book is a forthcoming Korean sci-fi/thriller film which, among other things, includes the story of a sentient robot who, on the poster asks, "On the last day of Earth, shall I be saved?" According to Beyond Hollywood, the robot "works at a temple, [and] finds enlightenment. A robot repair man named Park Do-Won (Kim Kang-Woo) and a Bodhisattva Hye-Joo (Kim Gyu-Ri) then try to protect the robot from the robot company."

After the jump: the film's loud, action-packed trailer.

Beyond Hollywood says the film will be released next month. I'll probably give it a rental. What about you? (Thanks to my friend Sam DeWitt for the heads-up!)

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Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche 1/5

The Life of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche This film is an authentic portrait of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's great contemporary teachers, considered to be a "Master of Masters" among the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Renowned as a great meditator, guru, poet, scholar and as one of the main teachers of the Dalai Lama, the Nyingma Lama Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche died in 1991. Ten years in the making, this film began in 1989 when translator Matthieu Riacrd and Vivian Kurz began taping extensive footage of their teacher. Shot in rarely filmed Kham, Eastern Tibet, as well as Nepal, Bhutan, India and France, the film shows the rich and intricate tapestry Of Tibetan Buddhism and is a witness to the strength, wisdom and depth of Tibetan culture. Narration by Richard Gere with music by Philip Glass. May all beings be happy

Video Rating: 4 / 5




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