maandag 19 maart 2018

Trekking and pilgrimage from Kathmandu to Helambu (Yolmo)

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Helambu is considered a 'beyul' or hidden valley, a pure place conducive for the practice of Dharma. In the past, the great yogi ...
zondag 4 februari 2018

The great Chinese translator Faxian

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Faxian ( 337 – c. 422)  became a monk at a young age and studied Buddhism all his life. Yet he realized that the Buddhist texts in China we...
vrijdag 28 juli 2017

An Introduction to the Guhyagarbha Tantra by Gyurme Dorje

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Many years ago Gyurme Dorje, a pioneer in the world of translation, did his PhD on the  Guhyagarbha Tantra , the flagship tantra of the Nyi...
dinsdag 18 juli 2017

The man behind Gene Smith and scanning the Tibetan canon: Mangaram

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Last year a group of selected ritual specialists, Lerab Ling's umdzes, chopon and a translator -myself- went to Dodrupchen Rinpoche...
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dinsdag 2 mei 2017

Studying the Abhisamayalankara at the Rigpa Shedra 2017

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Many khenpos, whether Nyingma or Sakya, consider two subjects very important: abhidharma and prajnaparamita . And besides being important, ...
dinsdag 22 november 2016

A new khenpo

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The Karmapa and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche awarding Tsewang Rigdzin the degree of Khenpo Recently my teacher and friend Tsewang Rigd...
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zondag 13 november 2016

From the archives: an interview with Erik Pema Kunsang

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It feels like a lifetime ago, when a bunch of young dharma enthusiasts had the opportunity to interview the 'translating phenomena'...