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Tibetan Buddhism
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Enlightenment is possible – for everyone. However, I don‘t think we will all awaken spontaneously in the way contemporary spiritual teachers Krishnamurti or Eckhart Tolle did. Most of us will never experience a voice from on high, a flash of life-altering insight, stigmata, or a transcendent miracle. Anything is possible, but the odds are not in our favor. What these teachers experienced is like winning the lottery. Yet, from the Buddhist perspective, most of us have already won the lottery: aga
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― Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human
― Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human
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Timely Rain
In the jungles of flaming ego,
May there be cool iceberg of bodhicitta.
On the racetrack of bureaucracy,
May there be the walk of the elephant.
May the sumptuous castle of arrogance
Be destroyed by vajra confidence.
In the garden of gentle sanity,
May you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness.
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― Timely Rain: Selected Poetry
― Timely Rain: Selected Poetry
A group that meets in person about once a month in the Brighton area to discuss a selected Buddh…more
6 members,
last active 11 years ago
A book club for Universal Compassion Foundation members, Eastern Washington University student's…more
10 members,
last active 12 years ago
Books, events, and discussions related to Sakya
33 members,
last active 12 years ago
Books and discussion of the Gelug tradition
17 members,
last active 12 years ago
