The Return of the Son of Man(Mark 13:24–27; Luke 21:25–28) 26So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes […]

Today is the fifth day of the fifth month in the year 2 + 0 + 2 + 1 = 5 The Vishuddha Chakra is the 5th chakra (counting from the bottom). It is the 1 chakra with 16 petals…. painting by Peter Weltevrede, […]

Na HayagrivAth Param Asthi MangaLamNa HayagrivAth Param Asthi PaavanamNa HayagrivAth Param Asthi DhaivathamNa Hayagrivam Pranipathya Seedhathi! There is no auspiciousness greater than Hayagrivan. Nothing is more sacred than Sri Hayagrivan to destroy our accumulated sins. No other God is superior to Hayagrivan. No one grieves after performing Śaraṇagati at […]

A GREATLY RENOWNED South Indian Buddhist scholar-monk by the a name of Rāhulabhadra was once passing through a town. As he maneuvered through the fair, he became mesmerized by a young woman who was straightening a piece of bamboo with three segments. Noticing her […]

A boar woke me up in my dreams. I was all sprawled out on a tallish lounge chair and this boar comes snorting around my feet, that I pulled in my legs and chuckled and smiled at the fellow! Then I remembered that night […]

Chapter 12 82 texts were mentioned in chapter 12 that were translated by Master Padma (Padmasambhava) and Chokro Lui Gyaltsen during a two year period coinciding with the completion of building of the glorious Samye Temple in Tibet by King Tresong Deutsen from 810 […]

CHAPTER I – SAMADHI PADA CONCENTRATION: ITS SPIRITUAL USES 1 atha yoga anushaasanam 2 yogash chitta vritti nirodhah 3 tadaa drashtuh svaroope avasthaanam 4 vritti saa roopyam itaratra 5 vrittayah pangchatayyah klishta aklishtaah 6 pramaanna viparyaya vikalpa nidraa smritayah7 pratyaksha anumaana agamah pramaanaani 8 […]

To see a world in a grain of sand,And heaven in a wild flower,Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,And eternity in an hour.A robin redbreast in a cagePuts all heaven in a rage.A dove-house fill’d with doves and pigeonsShudders hell thro’ all […]

In the Bhagavad GIta, when in the middle of the battlefield Kurukeshetra, Shri Krishna explaining his omnipresence, says: “Of Nagas, I am Ananta” indicating the importance of Ananta Shesha. Shesha (Sanskrit: Śeṣa), also known as Sheshanaga (Śeṣanāga) or Adishesha (Ādi Śeṣa), is the nagaraja or […]

Today I had the thought that Tibetan Buddhist Dharma practices might be better promulgated if some of the liturgies were presented in Sanskrit, as that language, seems to me in my remaining short lifespan and current mindset, more accessible to wrap my mind around […]