The passing of Tibetan Buddhist master Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
The passing of Tibetan Buddhist master Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche |
- The passing of Tibetan Buddhist master Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
- The passing of Tibetan Buddhist master Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
- A Serious Joke — A review of “Kumare: The True Story of a False Prophet” (with video trailer)
- Writing Naturally
- Coming in the Fall 2012 Buddhadharma magazine: Where the Heart Beats
| The passing of Tibetan Buddhist master Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche Posted: 24 Jul 2012 08:00 AM PDT
Family and students were by his side as he passed, apparently of a heart attack. He was 57. . Though such an event was unexpected, Rinpoche's travel and activity had been restricted in recent years due to health concerns. He was expected to arrive in North America soon, for his first visit here in some time. Read More @ Source . Felicity Lodro and Kal Kingi of the E-Vam Institute—of which Rinpoche was director—issued a statement about his death; you can read it here. Shambhala Publications, which publishes Rinpoche's work, issued this statement, along with an excerpt from his book Mind at Ease.. . Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche's work has appeared in the Shambhala Sunmagazine numerous times; here's a selection of his work.
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| The passing of Tibetan Buddhist master Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche Posted: 24 Jul 2012 07:00 AM PDT  The Tibetan Buddhist master and onetime abbot of Thrangu Monastery, Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche, died suddenly this morning in Melbourne, Australia, site of the Kagyu E-vam Buddhist Institute which he founded.. Family and students were by his side as he passed, apparently of a heart attack. He was 57. . Though such an event was unexpected, Rinpoche's travel and activity had been restricted in recent years due to health concerns. He was expected to arrive in North America soon, for his first visit here in some time. . The following statement about Rinpoche's passing has been issued by Felicity Lodro and Kal Kingi of the E-Vam Institute — of which Rinpoche was the Director: "Dear Friends and Members of Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche's centres, "It is with deep regret that we inform the Karma Kagyu tradition, the Nyingma tradition and all other schools of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the wider Buddhist community that our treasured and beloved Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche IX passed into parinirvana at 12.10 am on 24 July 2012, being the Fourth Day of the Sixth Month of the Tibetan calendar in the Year of the Dragon. We are deeply shocked and saddened at the loss of such an extraordinary teacher at such a young age. Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche remained lucid to the end and we were both honoured to be present with Rinpoche at the time of his gentle and dignified passing. "Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche was devoted to maintaining the essence and purity of Buddhism. Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche was not only a remarkable and outstanding scholar of the teachings of Buddhism but his ability to communicate the teachings ensured that the essence of the teachings penetrated the hearts and minds of thousands of students of the Dharma throughout the world. We deeply and earnestly pray for the quick rebirth of Traleg Rinpoche. We feel blessed beyond belief to be a part of Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche's activities throughout the West. "In accordance with the Tibetan tradition evening pujas at E-Vam Buddhist Institute, Carlton North, will commence on Wednesday 25 July from 8pm and all subsequent evenings for 49 days. A tribute ceremony will be held at Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche's Maitripa Centre, Healesville, at a date to be confirmed. "With Profound Sadness,
Visit the E-Vam Institute online at: Visit Traleg Rinpoche's website at: http://tralegrinpoche.typepad.com/ Read More @ Source
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| A Serious Joke — A review of “Kumare: The True Story of a False Prophet” (with video trailer) Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT
Review by Cristina Moon Brooklyn-based filmmaker Vikram Gandhi likens his new genre-bending documentary Kumaré to a Zen koan. Followed by a film crew, Gandhi grows out his hair and beard, dons an accent, and becomes a "fake guru" he calls Kumaré. Vikram then has his character visit suburban Arizona. The aim isn't just to trick people, but to teach people who think they need a guru that all spiritual leaders are actually illusions — and the only real guru is within. "The reason for making the film was in a way propaganda — exposing something that seems real to me and true," Gandhi says now, as the film continues to open in theaters around the U.S. But it's not propaganda without humor. "I didn't want to say it isn't a joke," Gandhi says. "It is a joke. It's just a serious joke. It's not a movie that's just a spiritual quest, it's also a skeptic's quest." Gandhi's skepticism is justified: today, yoga is not just a discipline but also a $ 5 billion-a-year industry. And the gurus Gandhi encounters at the beginning of his film are preoccupied with seducing young women, deriving relevance from a historical tradition from the other side of the world, and "out-guru(ing) one another." But the higher the pedestal these gurus put themselves on, the farther they get from the one anchor of spiritual experience Gandhi knows to be true and authentic — his tiny, unassuming grandmother, who performs Hindu morning rituals on the kitchen floor and to whom the film is dedicated. Kumaré is a deceptively sweet film, executed to elicit genuine sympathy and compassion for its core cast of characters, and to bring the viewer on an entertaining and suspenseful ride. But it does pull the rug out from under gurus and students who believe in supernatural powers or that a guru's supposed closeness to God give him a pass on bad behavior and poor intentions. Kumaré is also at times hilarious, and at other times uncomfortable, to watch. (Thus, the many comparisons to Borat.) Kumaré's "teachings" are so explicit about the inauthenticity of the whole premise of a guru, and his actions are sometimes so outrageous that you expect the whole thing could fall apart at any moment. It doesn't, of course, and the entire Kumaré experiment leads up to a final teaching called "The Great Unveiling." By that point, you actually feel sympathetic towards Kumaré's students — even if they do look ridiculous with a tika in the shape of a penis painted on their foreheads — and anticipate the Great Unveiling with an odd mix of morbid fascination and naive hope. Gandhi says that most of the response to Kumaré has been positive and he's been thrilled by the above-and-beyond kind of support it's gotten in New York's yoga circles — the very community he's critiquing and poking fun at. Plenty of folks showing up to screenings have been hip New Yorkers in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who are yoga-studio regulars. And their feedback has touched mostly on how timely this film is, coming on the heels of negative revelations about John Friend, founder and leader of the Anusara yoga community. But Gandhi says the biggest responses he's gotten at screenings have been from Baby Boomers. "They're the most appreciative, kind of over the top. People say "I lived with this guru for years and this movie speaks to the time in my life that I was really confused."" And that's part of the gift of Kumaré. It allows viewers to ride the rollercoaster of expectation and disappointment in an idealized spiritual leader, except in a way that's kinder, gentler and more removed than how it plays out in real life. With a fun and upbeat soundtrack of tunes from the 70s by Ananda Shankar, Kumaré is delightful, stirring compassion as well as deep questions. Kumaré will continue to play in theaters through the fall, until it's released on DVD and on Netflix in November.
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| Posted: 23 Jul 2012 03:00 PM PDT
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| Coming in the Fall 2012 Buddhadharma magazine: Where the Heart Beats Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:00 PM PDT
The Fall 2012 Buddhadharma magazine—which is mailing to subscribers now—features a lengthy excerpt from Kay Larson's new biography of the avant-garde composer John Cage: Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists. The excerpt focuses on the Cage's 4'33″—the legendary "silent piece," from the furor over its debut performance to its enduring legacy 60 years later. Where the Heart Beats, which focuses on Cage's involvement with Zen Buddhism in the 1950′s and its influence on his compositions, got a great review in Monday's New York Times. Reviewer Ben Ratliff notes that Zen "changed not only the sort of music he composed but, seemingly, everything he did and said." You can read Ratliff's full review here, and look for the book excerpt in the new issue of Buddhadharma. Read More @ Source
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The Tibetan Buddhist master and onetime abbot of Thrangu Monastery, Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche, died suddenly this morning in Melbourne, Australia, site of the Kagyu E-vam Buddhist Institute which he founded.
Outside of The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, and other summer blockbusters, 0ne of the season's most talked about films is Kumare: The True Story of a False Prophet. (In fact, Vikram Gandhi, the film's creator, is scheduled to appear on The Colbert Report tonight.) Watch a trailer for and read a review of this unusual documentary and its unique view of spiritual teachers and students.
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