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Ausgehend von Koan 99 des Hekiganroku beschäftigt sich Christoph Rei Ho Hatlapa mit unserer Sehnsucht nach etwas Höherem, die uns dazu verleitet, die Welt in Heilig und Unheilig aufzuteilen. In diesem Gefüge steht etwas Göttliches weit über uns und wir bemühen uns, Gutes zu tun. Doch solange wir aus einer Welt der Getrenntheit heraus tätig werden, fehlt es unserem Handeln an Kraft. Meist rufen unsere helfenden Bemühungen die Hungergeister auf den Plan und wir fühlen uns ausgelaugt und missverstanden. Wirklich selbstlos zu handeln, ist eine große Kunst, die den Zugang zum universellen Feld des Mitgefühls erfordert. Avalokiteśvara, der Bodhisattva des universellen Mitgefühls, erkannte, dass es hinter den Erscheinungen eine Welt der Leerheit gibt, die alle Wesen verbindet. Wahres Mitgefühl entspringt dieser Welt des Abwesenden. Um den Zugang dazu zu finden, müssen wir aufhören, uns Heiligenbilder gegenüberzustellen und uns vielmehr selbst auf den Weg machen, unseren Geist zu befreien. Dazu wenden wir uns zunächst liebevoll uns selbst zu und stellen uns den inneren Hungergeistern. Denn wer mit der Übung beginnt, gleicht einem Regenfass mit zahllosen Löchern. Nur wer diese Löcher gestopft hat, kann Wasser speichern, um andere Wesen damit zu nähren. Nur ein solcher Mensch vermag es, allen Wesen absolut bescheiden zu dienen. Um für junge Erwachsene den Aufenthalt im ToGenJi zu ermöglichen, bitten wir um eine Spende: Sie finden die Kontodaten/Paypal auf unserer Website https://choka-sangha.de/spenden/ Herzlichen Dank

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this talk, we explore compassion as a liberating force—one that allows us to stay present with suffering so we can respond with wise action. Drawing on the myth of Avalokiteśvara, the science of empathy, and the felt experience of care, compassion becomes a courageous presence rooted in tenderness and connection. We also reflect on how a deep understanding of dukkha, paired with a direct knowing of freedom, strengthens our compassion and helps us see the wish for liberation as real and available—even in the most difficult places.

In Koan 89 des Hekiganroku möchte Ungan von Dogo wissen: »Was nützen dem großen Bodhisattva der Barmherzigkeit all diese Hände und Augen?« Dogo antwortet: »Es ist, wie wenn ein Mann mitten in der Nacht mit ausgestreckter Hand sein Kopfkissen glättet.« Der große Bodhisattva der Barmherzigkeit ist Avalokiteśvara. Sowohl weiblichen als auch männlichen Geschlechts, bedeutet der Name Wahrnehmende der Töne, die den Klagen der leidenden Wesen zuhört. Mit 1000 Armen und Augen scannt Avalokiteśvara unablässig das Universum und hilft denen, die Unterstützung benötigen. Darüber hinaus hörte sie in das Nichts hinein und erkannte, dass sämtliche Erscheinungen leer sind. Bei allem, was wir sehen, hören, riechen oder schmecken, handelt es sich in Wahrheit um Grenzenlosigkeit, die uns in unterschiedlichen Formen begegnet. Nichts ist voneinander getrennt. Jedes Wesen macht leidvolle Erfahrungen und empfindet Freude. Durch das raumgebende Zuhören ermöglicht Avalokiteśvara es den leidenden Menschen dem Klang ihrer eigenen Stimme zu lauschen, damit sie erkennen können, was ihnen fehlt. Dabei verbindet sie sich mit den Meditierenden und es ist insbesondere dieser Bezug auf das Essentielle, der die wahren Bedürfnisse ans Licht bringt. Um für junge Erwachsene den Aufenthalt im ToGenJi zu ermöglichen, bitten wir um eine Spende: Sie finden die Kontodaten/Paypal auf unserer Website https://choka-sangha.de/spenden/ Herzlichen Dank

Il ven. Olivier Rossi, monaco della Fondazione Sangha in questo nuovo ciclo di podcast ci accompagna alla scoperta del Sutra del Cuore.Puoi scaricare il testo qui >>> Sutra del Cuore Nel ventunesimo episodio, esploriamo l'ultima sezione del Sutra del Cuore, in cui Avalokiteśvara insegna come praticare la perfezione della saggezza nel sentiero del "non più apprendimento", il sentiero che porta all'illuminazione finale. Con la mente libera da oscurazioni e paure, il Bodhisattva trascende ogni errore e realizza il Nirvana. Questo stadio segna la pacificazione di tutte le concezioni errate e la completa eliminazione delle oscurazioni cognitive, preparando la mente all'onniscienza. Il Sutra ci ricorda che questo è il sentiero seguito da tutti i Buddha nei tre tempi per attualizzare la perfetta illuminazione.Buon ascolto, riflessione e meditazione!Ti è piaciuto questo podcast?Lasciaci un'offertahttps://monasterobuddhista.it/dona/Scopri di più sul Monasterohttps://monasterobuddhista.it/il-monastero/ ______________Ven. Olivier Rossi è nato in Francia nel 1969, ha partecipato al Masters Program presso l'Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Italia dal 1998 al 2005 sotto la guida del Ven. Ghesce Jampa Gyatso del Sera Jay Jhadrel Khamtsen e ha preso l'ordinazione nel giugno 1998. Fa parte della Fondazione Sangha di Pomaia.Su consiglio del suo insegnante ha assunto l'incarico di assistente dell'insegnante per il Basic Program residenziale presso l'ILTK dal 2005 al 2007, per il Masters Program dal 2008 al 2013 e ancora per il Masters Program nel 2015-2016.Ha condotto numerosi ritiri e corsi di fine settimana nei centri FPMT in Europa e India.Dal 2020 risiede presso il centro Munì Gyana di Palermo, dove attualmente insegna il Basic Program residenziale e corsi brevi di un fine settimana.

Il ven. Olivier Rossi, monaco della Fondazione Sangha in questo nuovo ciclo di podcast ci accompagna alla scoperta del Sutra del Cuore.Puoi scaricare il testo qui >>> Sutra del Cuore Nel diciottesimo episodio si esplora come praticare la perfezione della saggezza sul sentiero della meditazione. Avalokiteśvara spiega come contemplare la vacuità dei fenomeni in nove livelli di abbandono progressivo delle afflizioni, paragonati al graduale pulire un tessuto da macchie sempre più sottili. La saggezza meditativa diventa un antidoto potente contro le concezioni errate, portando all'eliminazione completa di ogni traccia di apparenze dualistiche.Buon ascolto, riflessione e meditazione!Ti è piaciuto questo podcast?Lasciaci un'offertahttps://monasterobuddhista.it/dona/Scopri di più sul Monasterohttps://monasterobuddhista.it/il-monastero/ ______________Ven. Olivier Rossi è nato in Francia nel 1969, ha partecipato al Masters Program presso l'Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Italia dal 1998 al 2005 sotto la guida del Ven. Ghesce Jampa Gyatso del Sera Jay Jhadrel Khamtsen e ha preso l'ordinazione nel giugno 1998. Fa parte della Fondazione Sangha di Pomaia.Su consiglio del suo insegnante ha assunto l'incarico di assistente dell'insegnante per il Basic Program residenziale presso l'ILTK dal 2005 al 2007, per il Masters Program dal 2008 al 2013 e ancora per il Masters Program nel 2015-2016.Ha condotto numerosi ritiri e corsi di fine settimana nei centri FPMT in Europa e India.Dal 2020 risiede presso il centro Munì Gyana di Palermo, dove attualmente insegna il Basic Program residenziale e corsi brevi di un fine settimana.

The Heart Sutra (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिताहृदय Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya ('The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom') or Chinese: 心經 Xīnjīng or Tibetan: བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ). In the sutra, Avalokiteśvara addresses Śariputra, explaining the fundamental emptiness (śūnyatā) of all phenomena, known through and as the five aggregates of human existence (skandhas): form (rūpa), feeling (vedanā), volitions (saṅkhāra), perceptions (saṃjñā), and consciousness (vijñāna). This first English translation was presented to the Royal Asiatic Society in 1863 by the Rev. Samuel Beal, and published in their journal in 1865. Beal used a Chinese text corresponding to the Xuanzang (Chinese: 玄奘) canonical text (T. 251) and a 9th Century Chan commentary by 大顛寶通 c. 815 CE. 

In this episode I am once again joined by Damo Mitchell author, teacher, and student of the internal arts of Asia including Tai Chi and Daoist Inner Alchemy. Damo draws on his background in the qi arts, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Western psychology to reveal the causes and symptoms of various types of qi and meditation related problems, including dragon sickness, nihilism and depression, scorched nervous system, entity possession, and more. Damo explains the two most common triggers for qi illnesses, expresses warnings about working with spirits and reservations about tantric practices of deity and guru yoga, and differentiates true meditation from mere mental cultivation. Damo shares his own spiritual encounters, considers whether or not it is wise to explain mystical experiences to students, and offers recommendations for those facing energetic or existential upset. … Topics include: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Damo comments on Dr Willoughby Britton's work 03:04 - Is meditation dangerous? 04:31 - Mediation vs qigong illnesses 06:15 - The illness threshold 07:06 - Why qigong illnesses are common 07:38 - Hunting sensation and hyper-stimulation of the nervous system 11:12 - Releasing the nerves 11:45 - Teachers who disclose vs those who withhold 1534 - Making progress or losing ground? 19:19 - Combining Eastern and Western psychological methods 23:00 - Meditation vs mere mental work 26:27 - Fascination with one's own psychology 27:12 - Damo's definition of mental illness 28:07 - Is mental work a preliminary to or distraction from meditation? 30:39 - Chinese terms for meditation vs mental work 32:23 - Comparisons with Patanjali's 8 limbs of yoga 34:10 - Identity attachment 34:55 - Why teaching hurts your training 35:55 - Freedom vs negligence as a teacher 38:01 - Psychiatry vs traditional medical and religious models 41:03 - Two common triggers for qi deviations 42:34 - The dangers of going inside 43:32 - Qi side effects 44:14 - Advice for qigong teachers 45:19 - Scorching the nervous system 46:37 - Dragon sickness 47:43 - A case of dragon sickness that ended in suicide 50:04 - 5 types of qigong illness 51:38 - Entering into fire to encourage demons 52:39 - Nihilism from meditation 53:05 - Poison fire infecting the heart 54:19 - Criticism of sexual practice 58:06 - Contamination of the heart mind 01:00:25 - Love in the spiritual arts 01:01:49 - Demon possession or psychological disorder? 01:03:51 - How entity possession happens 01:06:27 - Lighting up the body 01:07:22 - A story about possession 01:08:58 - Seeking contact with entities through Falun Gong and tantra 01:11:56 - Don't trust spirits 01:15:07 - Evolution away from shamanism 01:17:15 - Tulkus, dead gurus, and terma 01:20:05 - The cult of Avalokiteśvara and the Dalai Lama 01:21:07 - Risks associated with contacting ascended masters 01:23:42 - Reflections on deity yoga 01:25:15 - Quan Yin worship and personification of deities 01:27:52 - Premature ejaculation and sexual imbalances 01:31:36 - Damo's mystical experience in a Bhutanese temple 01:35:19 - Questioning one's own position 01:36:39 - Kundalini syndrome vs qi sickness 01:38:40 - What is kundalini syndrome? 01:39:55 - Commenting on Gopi Krishna's kundalini account 01:41:26 - Karmic illnesses 01:43:39 - Pilgrimage and confession 01:44:30 - How to fix qi deviations 01:46:28 - Complicated cases and overpowering the incorrect patterns 01:47:22 - How extreme cases develop 01:48:43 - Scaremongering and the value of lineage 01:52:02 - Combining psychedelics with qigong practices 01:55:24 - Potency and risk … Previous episode with Damo Mitchell: - https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep174-daoist-inner-alchemy-damo-mitchell To find out more about Damo Mitchell, visit: - https://damomitchell.com/ For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - www.guruviking.com Music ‘Deva Dasi' by Steve James

Let's consider the fascinating figure of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, also known as Guanyin, in Mahayana Buddhism. We delve into the story of how Avalokiteshvara made a vow to save all sentient beings from suffering, and how he was granted a thousand arms by Buddha Amitabha to better assist those in need.  Avalokiteshvara has become one of the most popular Buddhist bodhisattvas. The “Basket Display” sutra is credited for bringing us the secret six syllable mantra, "Om Mani Padme Hum.” This text also is key in introducing Avalokiteshvara and positioning him as a powerful and compassionate being. One who transcends the realms, one who the Buddha turns to for wisdom.  We examine the complex narratives within the sutra, detailing Avalokiteshvara's activities in various realms and his interactions with other Buddhist figures. You will gain a deeper understanding of Avalokiteshvara's immense merit and powers, as well as the significance of his secret mantra. Overall, this episode provides a comprehensive overview of the Avalokiteshvara figure, his legendary origins, and the profound spiritual significance attributed to him in certain Buddhist traditions.

The most popular Bodhisattva is Avalokiteśvara (Guan Yin, Kannon, etc.). Because they are known as the Bodhisattva of Compassion and can be called upon, you see Avalokiteśvara as the one Bodhisattva that most Buddhists know and love. Get an introduction to this Bodhisattva in my latest episode! Read the article: https://alanpeto.com/buddhism/bodhisattva-path/ Contact Alan: alanpeto.com/contact Podcast Homepage: alanpeto.com/podcast Podcast Disclaimer: alanpeto.com/legal/podcast-disclaimer --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alanpeto/message

Jundo attempts to explain the Heart Sutra in 25 minutes. Treeleaf (https://www.treeleaf.org/) Jundo Cohen: The Zen Master's Dance (https://amzn.to/3H2vNKp) The Heart Sutra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Sutra) Avalokiteśvara (Kannon) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalokiteśvara) Buddha Basics 02: Dukkha Sucks (https://www.zen-of-everything.com/80) If you want to get in touch, send an email to podcast@zen-of-everything.com (mailto:podcast@zen-of-everything.com). If you like the podcast, please follow in Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

Chú Đại Bi là gì? Chú Đại Bi, hay Đại Bi Tâm Đà La Ni (Maha Karunika citta Dharani), là bài chú căn bản minh họa công đức nội chứng của Đức Quán Tự Tại Bồ Tát (Avalokiteśvara Bodhisatva). Bài chú này còn có các tên gọi là: Thiên Thủ Thiên Nhãn Quán Thế Âm Đại Bi Tâm Đà La Ni, Quảng Đại Viên Mãn Vô Ngại Đại Bi Tâm Đà La Ni, Thiên Thủ Thiên Nhãn Quán Tự Tại Bồ Tát Quảng Đại Viên Mãn Vô Ngại Đại Bi Tâm Đà La Ni, Thanh Cảnh Đà La Ni… Chân ngôn này được trích từ Thiên Thủ Thiên Nhãn Quán Thế Âm Bồ Tát Quảng Ðại Viên Mãn Vô Ngại Ðại Bi Tâm Ðà La Ni Kinh. Theo đó, bài chú này được Bồ Tát Quán Thế Âm đọc trước một cuộc tập họp của các Phật, Bồ Tát, các thần và vương. Chú Đại Bi là chân ngôn phổ biến cùng với Phật Quán Thế Âm ở Đông Á, thường được dùng để bảo vệ hoặc để làm thanh tịnh. Chú Đại Bi thường dùng chính là Tâm Chú của Đức Thanh Cảnh Quán Tự Tại Bồ Tát (Nìlakantha Avalokite'svara Bodhisatva) chủ yếu do hai ngài Bất Không Kim Cương và Kim Cương Trí dịch vào khoảng giữa thế kỷ thứ 6. Các bản này được lưu truyền dưới 2 dạng là bản dài với bản ngắn. Ý nghĩa và tác dụng của kinh Chú Đại Bi Bồ Tát Quán Thế Âm vì tâm đại bi đối với chúng sinh, muốn cho chúng sinh được thành tựu tất cả các thiện căn, được tiêu tan tất cả sự sợ hãi, được mau đầy đủ tất cả những chỗ mong cầu mà nói ra Thần Chú này. Trong kinh ngài Quán Thế Âm Bồ Tát bạch Phật rằng: “Bạch đức Thế Tôn, tôi có Chú Đại Bi tâm đà ra ni, nay xin nói ra, vì muốn cho chúng sanh được an vui, được trừ tất cả bệnh, được sống lâu, được giàu có, được diệt tất cả nghiệp ác tội nặng, được xa lìa chướng nạn, được thành tựu tất cả thiện căn, được tiêu tan tất cả sự sợ hãi, được mau đầy đủ tất cả những chỗ mong cầu. Cúi xin Thế Tôn từ bi doãn hứa.”, rồi sau đó đọc Chú Đại Bi. Theo kinh Thiên Thủ Thiên Nhãn Quán Thế Âm Bồ Tát Quảng Đại Viên Mãn Vô Ngại Đại Bi Tâm Đà La Ni, người trì tụng Chú Đại Bi sẽ được 15 điều lành, không bị 15 thứ hoạnh tử bức hại. 15 điều lành bao gồm: Sinh ra thường được gặp vua hiền. Thường sinh vào nước an ổn. Thường gặp vận may. Thường gặp được bạn tốt. Sáu căn đầy đủ. Tâm đạo thuần thục. Không phạm giới cấm. Bà con hòa thuận thương yêu. Của cải thức ăn thường được sung túc. Thường được người khác cung kính, giúp đỡ. Có của báu không bị cướp đoạt. Cầu gì đều được toại ý. Long, Thiên, thiện thần thường theo hộ vệ. Được gặp Phật nghe pháp. Nghe Chánh pháp ngộ được nghĩa thâm sâu. 15 thứ hoạnh tử gồm: Chết vì đói khát khốn khổ. Chết vì bị gông cùm, giam cầm đánh đập. Chết vì oan gia báo thù. Chết vì chiến trận. Chết vì bị ác thú hổ, lang sói làm hại. Chết vì rắn độc, bò cạp. Chết trôi, chết cháy. Chết vì bị thuốc độc. Chết vì trùng độc làm hại. Chết vì điên loạn mất trí. Chết vì té từ cây cao hoặc rớt xuống vực thẳm. Chết vì người ác trù ếm. Chết vì tà thần, ác quỷ làm hại. Chết vì bệnh nặng bức bách. Chết vì tự tử. Để đạt được những công năng hành giả phải: Giữ gìn giới hạnh, đặc biệt là sát, đạo, dâm, vọng. Phải kiêng cữ rượu thịt, các thứ hành, hẹ, tỏi, cùng các thức ăn hôi hám. Tốt nhất là nên ăn chay. Phải giữ vệ sinh thân thể, thường xuyên tắm gội, thay đổi y phục sạch sẽ, không nên để cho trong người có mùi hôi. Trước khi trì chú cũng phải đánh răng, súc miệng sạch sẽ, nếu trước đó có đi đại tiện, tiểu tiện thì phải rửa tay sạch sẽ trước khi trì tụng.

Reinier Langelaar's talk on early Tibetan treasure literature's influences, inspirations, and narrative themes Early Tibetan treasure literature was pivotal in the development of a distinctly Buddhist vision of Tibetan history. In formulating such narratives, two influential early works, the Ma-ṇi-bka'-‘bum and the Bka'-chems-ka-khol-ma, appear to have relied quite heavily on inspiration from Buddhist scriptures, as they refer to, and sometimes explicitly cite from, a raft of sūtra, dhāraṇī, and tantra. These sources include a somewhat enigmatic set of 21 scriptures that were taught to the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. This talk will explore to what degree Buddhist scripture in fact informed the composition of these two authoritative treasure texts. Were references and citations from Buddhist scripture chiefly window dressing, or did they provide genuine inspiration for the narratives formulated in these works? What narrative themes were adopted from Buddhist scripture? Did some sūtras play a particularly large role? By delving into such questions, this talk opens a window on the gestation of early Buddhist treasure texts, as well as the role that the Buddha's Word (buddhavacana) played in Tibetan Buddhism during the phyi dar period.

Bright on Buddhism Episode 48 - What are dharani? What is their doctrinal significance? What are some famous dharani and their usages? Resources: Walshe, Maurice (1995). The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya. Wisdom Publications. pp. 471–478.; "Atanatiya Sutta: Discourse on Atanatiya". Buddhist Publication Society. 1999.; Roberts, Peter Alan (2012). Translating Translation: An Encounter with the Ninth-Century Tibetan Version of the Kārandavyūha-sūtra, Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies 3, 224-242; 84000 Reading Room (2013). "Kāraṇḍavyūha Sutra, The Basket's Display Sutra, (Translated by Peter Alan Roberts with Tulku Yeshi)".; The Mahāvaṃsa XXXII. 43, translation by George Turnour (1837); Bhikkhu Ānandajoti (trans.). The Discourse on the Blessings (Khp 5).; Bhikkhu Brahmali (trans.) (2015). The Greatest Good Fortune (Sn 2.4).; Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1994). Mangala Sutta: Protection (Khp 5). Retrieved from "Access to Insight" on 08-15-2008 at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/khp/khp.1-9.than.html#khp-5.; Life's Highest Blessings: The Maha-Mangala Sutta: Translation and Commentary by Dr R.L.Soni; Chandra, Lokesh (1988). The Thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. ISBN 81-7017-247-0.; Chandra, Lokesh (1984). "The Origin of Avalokiteśvara" (PDF). Indologica Taurinensia. International Association of Sanskrit Studies. XIII (1985-1986): 189–190. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.; Chandra, Lokesh (1979). "Origin of the Avalokiteśvara of Potala" (PDF). Kailash: A Journal of Himalayan Studies. Ratna Pustak Bhandar. 7 (1): 6–25.; Hiroyasu, Kyōjū (広安恭寿) (1908). 三陀羅尼經和解 (San Darani-kyō Wage) (in Japanese). Fujii Bunseidō.; Kobayashi, Shōsei (小林正盛), ed. (1926). 真言宗聖典 (Shingon-shū Seiten) (in Japanese). Morie Shoten.; Kubo, Tsugunari; Yuyama, Akira (2007). The Lotus Sutra (Taishō Volume 9, Number 262). Translated from the Chinese of Kumārajiva (PDF). Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research.; Roberts, Peter Alan; Tulku Yeshi (trans.) (2013). The Basket's Display (Kāraṇḍavyūha) (PDF). 84000.; Studholme, Alexander (2012). The Origins of Om Manipadme Hum: A Study of the Karandavyuha Sutra. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0791488485.; Anandajoti Bhikkhu (ed., trans.) (2004). Safeguard Recitals. Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 955-24-0255-7.; Bodhi, Bhikkhu (2004). "Sn 2.1 Ratana Sutta — Jewels [part 1]" (lecture). Retrieved as an mp3 from "Bodhi Monastery".; Piyadassi Thera (ed., trans.) (1999). The Book of Protection: Paritta. Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society. Retrieved 08-14-2008 from "Access to Insight". Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by finding us on email or social media! https://linktr.ee/brightonbuddhism Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brightonbuddhism/message

Even listening can be an act of great compassion. Thank you. Called the Buddha of Compassion, the Goddess of Mercy, the One Who Hears the Suffering of the World, and many other names, Avalokiteśvara is one of the most widely revered Buddhist figures. Mythos & Logos are two ancient words that can be roughly translated as “Story & Meaning.” Support the channel by subscribing, liking, and commenting to join the conversation! Patreon: https://patreon.com/mythosandlogos The purpose of this channel is to share the important stories at the foundation of human cultures throughout history. These include mythology, legends, folktales, religious stories, and parables from the dawn of history to the modern day. This channel provides interpretations and insight into these stories, to find and apply their meaning to contemporary life. All stories covered are treated academically. This channel makes no claims regarding the historical, scientific, or religious truth of these tales. Rather, its goal is to find the meanings understood by their authors and apply them to the modern world. Ambiment - The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Today we welcome LIXIN - THE MYSTIC VOICE Lixin, known as Mystic Voice is a world renown sacred chanting master whose mission is to heal and transform humanity — restoring harmony through the vibrating influence of her inspiring voice. Traveling around the world as a messenger of love, Mystic Voice has held meditation concerts in conflict zones, headlined healing music festivals, and is sought after as a speaker and governmental and business advisor to share her wisdom. The soothing and meditative chanting of Mystic Voice stems from a deep spiritual connection to the ancient teachings that inspire her music, such as the Tao Te Ching, the Buddhist Sutras, the Sanskrit Vedas, Persian Sufi poetry, and the Psalms of the Bible.   Her emphasis on bringing about unity and oneness across the world is reflected in the seven languages she chants: Sanskrit, Persian, Chinese, English, Hebrew, Arabic, and Korean. Her concerts are spontaneous co-creations with over 300 professional musicians from many cultural and musical backgrounds, fusing her improvisational style of chanting with new world music. Mystic Voice is the founder of Journey of Harmony – The Heart Silk Road. Its mission is to inspire a culture of harmony across the planet through Meditation Concerts, Wisdom Circles and Healing Ceremonies at Sacred Sites. Ordained by the Chief Abbot Moktak of International Zen Buddhism in Korea as an honorary bhikkhuni, and given the title “One Lotus,” Mystic Voice embodies the spirit of Avalokiteśvara and Sarasvati, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and Divine Melody.   The B.I.STANDER Podcast is a conversational podcast unique to Bainbridge Island and Seattle Washington, that covers Society &  Human Interest stories, music and arts. The intent is to introduce interesting people, ideas, and conversations. We are not perfect and that's OK! Thank you for your support! The B.I.Stander Podcast is a listener supported show, please consider subscribing.  Thank you & tell them you heard it on: The BISTANDER Podcast! Blue Canary Auto NOW ALSO in Bremerton! Sound Reprographics Tideland Magazine Additional sound effects by: https://www.zapsplat.com/ Support the Show on PATREON

The Heart Sutra is one of the most profound and widely studied texts in the Buddhist canon which is recited at the start of teachings, events & as a blessing. In this podcast Robert A.F. Thurman leads a recitation of The Heart Sutra and gives a teaching on it's connections to the Four Noble Truths and the Buddha's Eight Folk Path of liberation for all audiences. Professor Thurman begins this podcast with an explanation of the Heart Sutra focusing on the the dialog between Shāriputra and Avalokiteśvara in the Buddha's samadhi field, and it's connection to Clear Light, Bliss, Relativity and how one can avoid absolutism when thinking about emptiness. Podcast concludes with Professor Thurman explaining how the practice of reciting The Heart Sutra is the key to understanding it's teaching as a tool for mind transformation and a reading of the the third chapter of "The Flower Ornament Sutra" as translated by Thomas Cleary. “The Transcendent Wisdom Heart Sutra, known as The Heart Sutra in all Mahayana Buddhist countries, and The Heart of Wisdom in Tibet, is a concise expression of the profound vision of reality that is the root of liberation from suffering. Tibetan religious all know this by heart and chant is solemnly at the beginning of every ceremony. In addition to a prescription for enlightenment, they consider it the most powerful exorcism, purifier, and developer of merit as well of wisdom.” Robert A.F. Thurman from Essential Tibetan Buddhism Professor Thurman's translation of the Heart Sutra can be found in his book, Essential Tibetan Buddhism, on page 171, under the chapter heading, “Practicing the Liberating Wisdom.”

21 Praises to Tara Chanted by Lama Tenzin Sangpo and Ani Choying Drolma Tara (སྒྲོལ་མ, Dölma), also known as Jetsun Dölma appears as a female bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, and as a female Buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism. She is known as the “mother of liberation”, and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements. Tārā is a meditation deity revered by practitioners of the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism to develop certain inner qualities and to understand outer, inner and secret teachings such as karuṇā (compassion), mettā (loving-kindness), and shunyata (emptiness). Tārā may more properly be understood as different aspects of the same quality, as bodhisattvas are often considered personifications of Buddhist methods. Within Tibetan Buddhism Tārā is regarded as a bodhisattva of compassion and action. She is the female aspect of Avalokiteśvara and in some origin stories she comes from his tears: “Then at last Avalokiteshvara arrived at the summit of Marpori, the ‘Red Hill', in Lhasa. Gazing out, he perceived that the lake on Otang, the ‘Plain of Milk', resembled the Hell of Ceaseless Torment. Myriad beings were undergoing the agonies of boiling, burning, hunger, thirst, yet they never perished, sending forth hideous cries of anguish all the while. When Avalokiteshvara saw this, tears sprang to his eyes. A teardrop from his right eye fell to the plain and became the reverend Bhrikuti, who declared: ‘Child of your lineage! As you are striving for the sake of sentient beings in the Land of Snows, intercede in their suffering, and I shall be your companion in this endeavour!' Bhrikuti was then reabsorbed into Avalokiteshvara's right eye, and was reborn in a later life as the Nepalese princess Tritsun. A teardrop from his left eye fell upon the plain and became the reverend Tara. She also declared, ‘Child of your lineage! As you are striving for the sake of sentient beings in the Land of Snows, intercede in their suffering, and I shall be your companion in this endeavor!' Tārā was then reabsorbed into Avalokiteshvara's left eye.” Tārā manifests in many different forms. In Tibet, these forms included Green Tārā's manifestation as the Nepalese Princess (Bhrikuti), and White Tārā's manifestation as the Chinese princess Kongjo (Princess Wencheng). Tārā is also known as a saviouress, as a heavenly deity who hears the cries of beings experiencing misery in saṃsāra. https://thongdrol.org/praises-to-the-21-tara-benefits-of-its-recitation/

Hi Dharma-friends! In this episode, we conclude the section of the Shōzōmatsu Wasan called "Hymns in Praise of Prince Shōtoku" with six more verses. As you know, Prince Shōtoku (574-622 CE) promoted Buddhism in Japan throughout his life and was greatly revered because of this. Shinran was personally very devoted to him. Shinran associates Prince Shōtoku with Avalokiteśvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, and believed that he appeared in Japan providentially as the world was entering the last dharma-age. In the last dharma-age, as you already know, only the teachings remain. The various Buddhist practices have become futile because beings lack the capacity to bring them to fruition using self-power. The Great Vow of Amida Buddha is directed precisely toward beings in this last dharma-age. Beings calling the Name-of-the-Buddha, Namo-Amida-Butsu, can attain liberation through Amida's directing of virtues in its two aspects. Please check out the home page of the American Buddhist Study Center ambuddhist.org for more Dharma content. Please be well and stay safe! Palms together, Gary

Hi Dharma-friends! Today you can listen to five more verses by Shinran in the collection Pure Land Hymns of the Right, Semblance, and Last Dharma Ages. Shinran reinforces his understanding of Power-Beyond-Self as Amida's directing of virtue for going forth and return. How fortunate for us to hear this teaching! Amida, though great love of sentient beings, directs virtue for our going forth. We attain great compassion thereby which, Shinran explains, is Amida's directing of virtue for our return. We are told that Amida (Light and Life), Mahāsthāmaprāpta (Wisdom), and Avalokiteśvara (Compassion) sail together on the ship of the Great Vow on the ocean of birth-and-death. They call out to beings like us and bring us on board. Next time we'll finish this first section of the Shōzōmatsu Wasan. Please be well. For more Dharma content, be sure to check out the home page of the American Buddhist Study Center, ambuddhist.org With palms together, Gary

Welcome to episode 24 of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives. In this episode, the presenters, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and journalist Jo Confino, talk about how to find peace in ourselves and to encourage peace in the world during times of war. They remember Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who himself lived through a conflict – the Vietnam War – yet found a way to peace, and to become an activist for transformation. They also discuss inherited war traumas; the importance of maintaining compassion and balance during these times; the limits of compassion; going beyond our ‘roles' and ‘labels'; chanelling anger; practicing when we feel ‘on the edge'; racism and discrimination; coming back to our humanity; cultivating love, peace, and nonviolence, every day. And: can we bear arms without hatred? Brother Phap Huu shares his own family's experience of the war in Vietnam and, subsequently, as refugees; Thay's creation of a nonviolent movement in wartime; and surprising insights from a retreat for Palestinians and Israelis in Plum Village.He also delves into recognizing the thoughts that manifest during wartime; taking refuge in the energy and wisdom of the practice; coming back to our human nature during hard times; nonviolence as a way, not a tool; grounding and moderation; becoming a refuge for those who are suffering; teaching the awareness of interbeing; and how to not drown in our own despair. Jo considers the difficulty of transforming our feelings about the war through practice (such as not becoming consumed by the news, not taking sides, being equanimous); inherited war trauma; the transformational power of vulnerability; and the perils of hierarchies. The episode ends with a chant on peace recited by Brother Phap Huu. Co-produced by the Plum Village App:https://plumvillage.app/ And Global Optimism:https://globaloptimism.com/ With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation:https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ List of resources ‘The Five Earth Touchings'https://plumvillage.org/key-practice-texts/the-five-earth-touchings/Thich Nhat Hanh On…: ‘Peace between Palestinians and Israelis'https://plumvillage.org/articles/peace-between-palestinians-and-israelis/Sister Chan Khonghttps://plumvillage.org/about/sister-chan-khong/ Avalokiteśvarahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalokite%C5%9Bvara Martin Luther King Jr.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr. Countdown Summithttps://countdown.ted.com/events Sutras: ‘Discourse on the 5 Ways of Putting an End to Anger'https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/discourse-on-the-five-ways-of-putting-an-end-to-anger/ Quotes “When there’s war, we have to face the beast of war, and that is violence, that is hatred, discrimination, greed, and death.” “Wherever there is darkness, light is also there. And this is the deep teaching in Buddhism: nonduality. It’s very easy to get caught in the right and the left, the above and the below, the good and the bad, the dark and the light. It doesn’t mean that we ignore it, but we know that if there is the right, there is also the left. If there is war, there is peace somewhere.” “Man is not our enemy. It is ignorance, it is fear, it is destruction.” “Nonviolence is not a tool. Nonviolence is a way.” “We believe in using deep listening and compassionate speech for reconciliation, as a way forward instead of using the army; the army, the guns, the bombs, it doesn’t bring peace.” “You have to have the peace inside of you in order for the peace outside to manifest.” “Grounding is very important at this time. You can be a refuge for the ones who are suffering. The people who are suffering are also seeking stability. So, if we as humans, if we as practitioners have that stability, that is also an offering to the chaos that is happening right now.” “Compassion needs to be nourished. We can be depleted of this understanding and this energy, this source of acceptance, and this source of embracing. One of the teachings that was given to us is to still find the simple joy in daily life. And I think this was Thay’s antidote in the war: to still see the wonders of life, still have time to sing a song. And Thay wrote a lot of peace poems during that time, to channel in the miracle of life.” “Thay’s community would establish days of mindfulness, and this is why we have a tradition of Thursdays and Sundays as days of mindfulness, because social workers during the Vietnam War needed a day where they didn't talk about the war. They talked about their deepest aspiration, they talked about their dreams; it’s a way to balance the destruction and the suffering that is there.” “When you have real love and compassion, it is limitless. And that can be a source of teaching, a source of refuge, a source of inspiration, a source of hope for many people.” “May I be peaceful, light, and happy, in body and in mind. May I be free and safe from accidents. May I be free from anger, unwholesome states of mind, and worries. May I know how to look at myself with the eyes of understanding and love. May I be able to recognize and touch the seeds of joy and happiness in myself. May I not be caught in a state of indifference or be caught in the extremes of attachment or aversion. May you be peaceful, light, and happy, in body and in mind. May you be free and safe from accidents. May you be free from anger, unwholesome states of mind, and worries. May you know how to look at yourself with the eyes of understanding and love. May you not be caught in a state of indifference or be caught in the extremes.” “Compassion gives you a source of energy that gives you no fear, and sometimes that compassion can become your barrier, your protector.” “War does not lead to peace; peace is the way.” “Buddhism is really teaching us to be human again, to see each other without a label, without a hierarchy of, ‘Yyou are the boss, I am the servant, you are a soldier.’ Because if we remove all of that and we ask everyone to remove all of that we can ask each other, ‘What is it that we deeply want?'” “The thing about humanity is that we always repeat the same mistakes, even from the Buddha’s time. The Buddha left his responsibility and his inheritance to be a king because his deepest desire was, ‘That doesn’t bring me true happiness, ruling a nation. What brings me true happiness is the cessation of suffering, is the nourishment of understanding, is the insight of love and compassion, that all blood is red, all of our tears are salty.' And the Buddha came from the caste system in his country, which discriminated a lot, and he wanted to break free from that. So we may say we live in a free country, but I think there are many barriers.” “All of us are responsible for either creating a sense of suffering, or pain, or abuse. In every one of our thoughts and actions, we can either be sowing the seeds of hope, love, compassion, and deep listening, or we can be judging, belittling, and taking advantage of people. We are all individually responsible for the collective consciousness that leads to wars.” “Be the peace you want to see.”

Welcome to episode 24 of The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living, a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives. In this episode, the presenters, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and journalist Jo Confino, talk about how to find peace in ourselves and to encourage peace in the world during times of war. They remember Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who himself lived through a conflict – the Vietnam War – yet found a way to peace, and to become an activist for transformation. They also discuss inherited war traumas; the importance of maintaining compassion and balance during these times; the limits of compassion; going beyond our ‘roles' and ‘labels'; chanelling anger; practicing when we feel ‘on the edge'; racism and discrimination; coming back to our humanity; cultivating love, peace, and nonviolence, every day. And: can we bear arms without hatred? Brother Phap Huu shares his own family's experience of the war in Vietnam and, subsequently, as refugees; Thay's creation of a nonviolent movement in wartime; and surprising insights from a retreat for Palestinians and Israelis in Plum Village.He also delves into recognizing the thoughts that manifest during wartime; taking refuge in the energy and wisdom of the practice; coming back to our human nature during hard times; nonviolence as a way, not a tool; grounding and moderation; becoming a refuge for those who are suffering; teaching the awareness of interbeing; and how to not drown in our own despair. Jo considers the difficulty of transforming our feelings about the war through practice (such as not becoming consumed by the news, not taking sides, being equanimous); inherited war trauma; the transformational power of vulnerability; and the perils of hierarchies. The episode ends with a chant on peace recited by Brother Phap Huu. Co-produced by the Plum Village App:https://plumvillage.app/ And Global Optimism:https://globaloptimism.com/ With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation:https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/ List of resources ‘The Five Earth Touchings'https://plumvillage.org/key-practice-texts/the-five-earth-touchings/Thich Nhat Hanh On…: ‘Peace between Palestinians and Israelis'https://plumvillage.org/articles/peace-between-palestinians-and-israelis/Sister Chan Khonghttps://plumvillage.org/about/sister-chan-khong/ Avalokiteśvarahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalokite%C5%9Bvara Martin Luther King Jr.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr. Countdown Summithttps://countdown.ted.com/events Sutras: ‘Discourse on the 5 Ways of Putting an End to Anger'https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/discourse-on-the-five-ways-of-putting-an-end-to-anger/ Quotes “When there’s war, we have to face the beast of war, and that is violence, that is hatred, discrimination, greed, and death.” “Wherever there is darkness, light is also there. And this is the deep teaching in Buddhism: nonduality. It’s very easy to get caught in the right and the left, the above and the below, the good and the bad, the dark and the light. It doesn’t mean that we ignore it, but we know that if there is the right, there is also the left. If there is war, there is peace somewhere.” “Man is not our enemy. It is ignorance, it is fear, it is destruction.” “Nonviolence is not a tool. Nonviolence is a way.” “We believe in using deep listening and compassionate speech for reconciliation, as a way forward instead of using the army; the army, the guns, the bombs, it doesn’t bring peace.” “You have to have the peace inside of you in order for the peace outside to manifest.” “Grounding is very important at this time. You can be a refuge for the ones who are suffering. The people who are suffering are also seeking stability. So, if we as humans, if we as practitioners have that stability, that is also an offering to the chaos that is happening right now.” “Compassion needs to be nourished. We can be depleted of this understanding and this energy, this source of acceptance, and this source of embracing. One of the teachings that was given to us is to still find the simple joy in daily life. And I think this was Thay’s antidote in the war: to still see the wonders of life, still have time to sing a song. And Thay wrote a lot of peace poems during that time, to channel in the miracle of life.” “Thay’s community would establish days of mindfulness, and this is why we have a tradition of Thursdays and Sundays as days of mindfulness, because social workers during the Vietnam War needed a day where they didn't talk about the war. They talked about their deepest aspiration, they talked about their dreams; it’s a way to balance the destruction and the suffering that is there.” “When you have real love and compassion, it is limitless. And that can be a source of teaching, a source of refuge, a source of inspiration, a source of hope for many people.” “May I be peaceful, light, and happy, in body and in mind. May I be free and safe from accidents. May I be free from anger, unwholesome states of mind, and worries. May I know how to look at myself with the eyes of understanding and love. May I be able to recognize and touch the seeds of joy and happiness in myself. May I not be caught in a state of indifference or be caught in the extremes of attachment or aversion. May you be peaceful, light, and happy, in body and in mind. May you be free and safe from accidents. May you be free from anger, unwholesome states of mind, and worries. May you know how to look at yourself with the eyes of understanding and love. May you not be caught in a state of indifference or be caught in the extremes.” “Compassion gives you a source of energy that gives you no fear, and sometimes that compassion can become your barrier, your protector.” “War does not lead to peace; peace is the way.” “Buddhism is really teaching us to be human again, to see each other without a label, without a hierarchy of, ‘Yyou are the boss, I am the servant, you are a soldier.’ Because if we remove all of that and we ask everyone to remove all of that we can ask each other, ‘What is it that we deeply want?'” “The thing about humanity is that we always repeat the same mistakes, even from the Buddha’s time. The Buddha left his responsibility and his inheritance to be a king because his deepest desire was, ‘That doesn’t bring me true happiness, ruling a nation. What brings me true happiness is the cessation of suffering, is the nourishment of understanding, is the insight of love and compassion, that all blood is red, all of our tears are salty.' And the Buddha came from the caste system in his country, which discriminated a lot, and he wanted to break free from that. So we may say we live in a free country, but I think there are many barriers.” “All of us are responsible for either creating a sense of suffering, or pain, or abuse. In every one of our thoughts and actions, we can either be sowing the seeds of hope, love, compassion, and deep listening, or we can be judging, belittling, and taking advantage of people. We are all individually responsible for the collective consciousness that leads to wars.” “Be the peace you want to see.”

Bright on Buddhism Episode 17 - Who is Avalokitesvara/Guanyin/Kannon? What are some stories about Avalokitesvara/Guanyin/Kannon? What sort of devotional texts/rituals are there for Avalokitesvara/Guanyin/Kannon? Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Nagarjuna: Verses of The Middle Way (The Madhyamakarika); Conze, Edward, trans. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines and Its Verse Summary. Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973.; The Bodhisattva Vow: A Practical Guide to Helping Others, page 1, Tharpa Publications (2nd. ed., 1995) ISBN 978-0-948006-50-0; Flanagan, Owen (2011-08-12). The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-262-29723-3.; Williams, Paul, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 2008, pp. 195–196.; https://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/kannon.shtml; Lotus Sutra Chapter 25 Burton Watson trans.; Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression ― An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism - Taigen Dan Leighton; The Heart Sutra; Buswell, Robert; Lopez, Donald S. (2013). The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-15786-3.: Avalokitesvara; Guanyin; Kannon; Yü, Chün-fang (2001). Kuan-Yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-12029-6.; Lele, Huang. “Ambiguity of the Gender of Avalokiteśvara in the Sui-Tang Period: A Comparative Study of India & China.” Art and Archaeology, n.d., 12. Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by tweeting to us @BrightBuddhism, emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com, or joining us on our discord server, Hidden Sangha https://discord.gg/tEwcVpu! Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

Sherab Nyingpo Teaching by Geshe Lobsang Dawa Ep 1 The Heart Sūtra or Sherab Nyingpo (ཤེས་རབ་སྙིང་པོ་) is perhaps the most popular Buddhist sūtra and certainly the sūtra most widely used and chanted in Tibet. Its full title in Sanskrit is Bhagavatīprajñāpāramitāhṛdaya and in Tibetan བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་ which translates as 'The Heart of the Blessed Perfection of Wisdom.' The followers of Mahāyāna Buddhism consider it as a sacred literature which falls within the category of the words of the Buddha. Thus, it is placed within the Perfection of Wisdom (ཤེར་ཕྱྱིན་) section of the kangyur (བཀའ་འགྱུར་) canon. According to the sūtra itself, the Heart Sūtra was taught by the Buddha while he was on Vulture Peak, Rajagṛha with his monastic and Bodhisattva followers. The Buddha entered a meditation state called Profound Illumination and through his power made Śāriputra query Avalokiteśvara about how a person engages in the practice of Perfection of Wisdom. The main sūtra is the response Avalokiteśvara gives Śāriputra instructing how a son or daughter of a noble family should view as empty (སྟོང་པར་རྣམ་པར་བལྟ་བར་བྱ་) everything including form, sensation, feelings, volitions, consciousness, the six sense faculties, the six sense fields, the six consciousnesses, the twelve links of dependent origination and the four nobles. He puts this in the formulaic phrase: form is emptiness, emptiness is form, emptiness is no other than form and form is no other than emptiness.

Sherab Nyingpo Teaching by Geshe Lobsang Dawa The Heart Sūtra or Sherab Nyingpo (ཤེས་རབ་སྙིང་པོ་) is perhaps the most popular Buddhist sūtra and certainly the sūtra most widely used and chanted in Tibet. Its full title in Sanskrit is Bhagavatīprajñāpāramitāhṛdaya and in Tibetan བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་ which translates as 'The Heart of the Blessed Perfection of Wisdom.' The followers of Mahāyāna Buddhism consider it as a sacred literature which falls within the category of the words of the Buddha. Thus, it is placed within the Perfection of Wisdom (ཤེར་ཕྱྱིན་) section of the kangyur (བཀའ་འགྱུར་) canon. According to the sūtra itself, the Heart Sūtra was taught by the Buddha while he was on Vulture Peak, Rajagṛha with his monastic and Bodhisattva followers. The Buddha entered a meditation state called Profound Illumination and through his power made Śāriputra query Avalokiteśvara about how a person engages in the practice of Perfection of Wisdom. The main sūtra is the response Avalokiteśvara gives Śāriputra instructing how a son or daughter of a noble family should view as empty (སྟོང་པར་རྣམ་པར་བལྟ་བར་བྱ་) everything including form, sensation, feelings, volitions, consciousness, the six sense faculties, the six sense fields, the six consciousnesses, the twelve links of dependent origination and the four nobles. He puts this in the formulaic phrase: form is emptiness, emptiness is form, emptiness is no other than form and form is no other than emptiness. .. #thongdrol #sherabnyingpo #buddha #teachings #buddhism #meditation #perfectionofwisdom #emptiness ... Thongdrol is a Tibetan word that means liberation through seeing. On a basic level, it can be anything that turns the person to look towards the spiritual path. Thongdrol strives to be a bridge connecting interested people to the precious teachings of the Buddha, on training our mind towards the ultimate realisation of the true existence of life. Of the impermanence and empty nature of the things and moments that surround us. The precious teachers are an inspiration and their teachings are an aspiration worth seeking.

Sherab Nyingpo Teaching by Geshe Lobsang Dawa The Heart Sūtra or Sherab Nyingpo (ཤེས་རབ་སྙིང་པོ་) is perhaps the most popular Buddhist sūtra and certainly the sūtra most widely used and chanted in Tibet. Its full title in Sanskrit is Bhagavatīprajñāpāramitāhṛdaya and in Tibetan བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་ which translates as 'The Heart of the Blessed Perfection of Wisdom.' The followers of Mahāyāna Buddhism consider it as a sacred literature which falls within the category of the words of the Buddha. Thus, it is placed within the Perfection of Wisdom (ཤེར་ཕྱྱིན་) section of the kangyur (བཀའ་འགྱུར་) canon. According to the sūtra itself, the Heart Sūtra was taught by the Buddha while he was on Vulture Peak, Rajagṛha with his monastic and Bodhisattva followers. The Buddha entered a meditation state called Profound Illumination and through his power made Śāriputra query Avalokiteśvara about how a person engages in the practice of Perfection of Wisdom. The main sūtra is the response Avalokiteśvara gives Śāriputra instructing how a son or daughter of a noble family should view as empty (སྟོང་པར་རྣམ་པར་བལྟ་བར་བྱ་) everything including form, sensation, feelings, volitions, consciousness, the six sense faculties, the six sense fields, the six consciousnesses, the twelve links of dependent origination and the four nobles. He puts this in the formulaic phrase: form is emptiness, emptiness is form, emptiness is no other than form and form is no other than emptiness. .. #thongdrol #sherabnyingpo #buddha #teachings #buddhism #meditation #perfectionofwisdom #emptiness ... Thongdrol is a Tibetan word that means liberation through seeing. On a basic level, it can be anything that turns the person to look towards the spiritual path. Thongdrol strives to be a bridge connecting interested people to the precious teachings of the Buddha, on training our mind towards the ultimate realisation of the true existence of life. Of the impermanence and empty nature of the things and moments that surround us. The precious teachers are an inspiration and their teachings are an aspiration worth seeking.

Sherab Nyingpo Teaching by Geshe Lobsang Dawa The Heart Sūtra or Sherab Nyingpo (ཤེས་རབ་སྙིང་པོ་) is perhaps the most popular Buddhist sūtra and certainly the sūtra most widely used and chanted in Tibet. Its full title in Sanskrit is Bhagavatīprajñāpāramitāhṛdaya and in Tibetan བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་ which translates as 'The Heart of the Blessed Perfection of Wisdom.' The followers of Mahāyāna Buddhism consider it as a sacred literature which falls within the category of the words of the Buddha. Thus, it is placed within the Perfection of Wisdom (ཤེར་ཕྱྱིན་) section of the kangyur (བཀའ་འགྱུར་) canon. According to the sūtra itself, the Heart Sūtra was taught by the Buddha while he was on Vulture Peak, Rajagṛha with his monastic and Bodhisattva followers. The Buddha entered a meditation state called Profound Illumination and through his power made Śāriputra query Avalokiteśvara about how a person engages in the practice of Perfection of Wisdom. The main sūtra is the response Avalokiteśvara gives Śāriputra instructing how a son or daughter of a noble family should view as empty (སྟོང་པར་རྣམ་པར་བལྟ་བར་བྱ་) everything including form, sensation, feelings, volitions, consciousness, the six sense faculties, the six sense fields, the six consciousnesses, the twelve links of dependent origination and the four nobles. He puts this in the formulaic phrase: form is emptiness, emptiness is form, emptiness is no other than form and form is no other than emptiness. .. #thongdrol #sherabnyingpo #buddha #teachings #buddhism #meditation #perfectionofwisdom #emptiness ... Thongdrol is a Tibetan word that means liberation through seeing. On a basic level, it can be anything that turns the person to look towards the spiritual path. Thongdrol strives to be a bridge connecting interested people to the precious teachings of the Buddha, on training our mind towards the ultimate realisation of the true existence of life. Of the impermanence and empty nature of the things and moments that surround us. The precious teachers are an inspiration and their teachings are an aspiration worth seeking.

Sherab Nyingpo Teaching by Geshe Lobsang Dawa The Heart Sūtra or Sherab Nyingpo (ཤེས་རབ་སྙིང་པོ་) is perhaps the most popular Buddhist sūtra and certainly the sūtra most widely used and chanted in Tibet. Its full title in Sanskrit is Bhagavatīprajñāpāramitāhṛdaya and in Tibetan བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་ which translates as 'The Heart of the Blessed Perfection of Wisdom.' The followers of Mahāyāna Buddhism consider it as a sacred literature which falls within the category of the words of the Buddha. Thus, it is placed within the Perfection of Wisdom (ཤེར་ཕྱྱིན་) section of the kangyur (བཀའ་འགྱུར་) canon. According to the sūtra itself, the Heart Sūtra was taught by the Buddha while he was on Vulture Peak, Rajagṛha with his monastic and Bodhisattva followers. The Buddha entered a meditation state called Profound Illumination and through his power made Śāriputra query Avalokiteśvara about how a person engages in the practice of Perfection of Wisdom. The main sūtra is the response Avalokiteśvara gives Śāriputra instructing how a son or daughter of a noble family should view as empty (སྟོང་པར་རྣམ་པར་བལྟ་བར་བྱ་) everything including form, sensation, feelings, volitions, consciousness, the six sense faculties, the six sense fields, the six consciousnesses, the twelve links of dependent origination and the four nobles. He puts this in the formulaic phrase: form is emptiness, emptiness is form, emptiness is no other than form and form is no other than emptiness. .. #thongdrol #sherabnyingpo #buddha #teachings #buddhism #meditation #perfectionofwisdom #emptiness ... Thongdrol is a Tibetan word that means liberation through seeing. On a basic level, it can be anything that turns the person to look towards the spiritual path. Thongdrol strives to be a bridge connecting interested people to the precious teachings of the Buddha, on training our mind towards the ultimate realisation of the true existence of life. Of the impermanence and empty nature of the things and moments that surround us. The precious teachers are an inspiration and their teachings are an aspiration worth seeking.

Sherab Nyingpo Teaching by Geshe Lobsang Dawa The Heart Sūtra or Sherab Nyingpo (ཤེས་རབ་སྙིང་པོ་) is perhaps the most popular Buddhist sūtra and certainly the sūtra most widely used and chanted in Tibet. Its full title in Sanskrit is Bhagavatīprajñāpāramitāhṛdaya and in Tibetan བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་ which translates as 'The Heart of the Blessed Perfection of Wisdom.' The followers of Mahāyāna Buddhism consider it as a sacred literature which falls within the category of the words of the Buddha. Thus, it is placed within the Perfection of Wisdom (ཤེར་ཕྱྱིན་) section of the kangyur (བཀའ་འགྱུར་) canon. According to the sūtra itself, the Heart Sūtra was taught by the Buddha while he was on Vulture Peak, Rajagṛha with his monastic and Bodhisattva followers. The Buddha entered a meditation state called Profound Illumination and through his power made Śāriputra query Avalokiteśvara about how a person engages in the practice of Perfection of Wisdom. The main sūtra is the response Avalokiteśvara gives Śāriputra instructing how a son or daughter of a noble family should view as empty (སྟོང་པར་རྣམ་པར་བལྟ་བར་བྱ་) everything including form, sensation, feelings, volitions, consciousness, the six sense faculties, the six sense fields, the six consciousnesses, the twelve links of dependent origination and the four nobles. He puts this in the formulaic phrase: form is emptiness, emptiness is form, emptiness is no other than form and form is no other than emptiness. .. #thongdrol #sherabnyingpo #buddha #teachings #buddhism #meditation #perfectionofwisdom #emptiness ... Thongdrol is a Tibetan word that means liberation through seeing. On a basic level, it can be anything that turns the person to look towards the spiritual path. Thongdrol strives to be a bridge connecting interested people to the precious teachings of the Buddha, on training our mind towards the ultimate realisation of the true existence of life. Of the impermanence and empty nature of the things and moments that surround us. The precious teachers are an inspiration and their teachings are an aspiration worth seeking.

Sherab Nyingpo Teaching by Geshe Lobsang Dawa Ep 1 The Heart Sūtra or Sherab Nyingpo (ཤེས་རབ་སྙིང་པོ་) is perhaps the most popular Buddhist sūtra and certainly the sūtra most widely used and chanted in Tibet. Its full title in Sanskrit is Bhagavatīprajñāpāramitāhṛdaya and in Tibetan བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་ which translates as 'The Heart of the Blessed Perfection of Wisdom.' The followers of Mahāyāna Buddhism consider it as a sacred literature which falls within the category of the words of the Buddha. Thus, it is placed within the Perfection of Wisdom (ཤེར་ཕྱྱིན་) section of the kangyur (བཀའ་འགྱུར་) canon. According to the sūtra itself, the Heart Sūtra was taught by the Buddha while he was on Vulture Peak, Rajagṛha with his monastic and Bodhisattva followers. The Buddha entered a meditation state called Profound Illumination and through his power made Śāriputra query Avalokiteśvara about how a person engages in the practice of Perfection of Wisdom. The main sūtra is the response Avalokiteśvara gives Śāriputra instructing how a son or daughter of a noble family should view as empty (སྟོང་པར་རྣམ་པར་བལྟ་བར་བྱ་) everything including form, sensation, feelings, volitions, consciousness, the six sense faculties, the six sense fields, the six consciousnesses, the twelve links of dependent origination and the four nobles. He puts this in the formulaic phrase: form is emptiness, emptiness is form, emptiness is no other than form and form is no other than emptiness. #thongdrol #sherabnyingpo #buddha #teachings #buddhism #meditation #perfectionofwisdom #emptiness

Avalokiteśvara is a symbol of compassion throughout Tibet and elsewhere throughout the world. He or she has thousands of arms, each one has an eye in the palm of the hand. Each hand represents a different way of seeing Truth. Awakening to this is a step toward compassion for ourself and for others. I hope you will enjoy this rich talk, where I dive deep into the practices and challenges of Self-Compassion. If you find these videos helpful please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/suchsweetthunder May All Benefit

I am currently focusing on the problem of the Dalai Lama's mortality that is, the question of how to come to terms with his suffering and death, in light of the association between Tibetan kingship and the deity Avalokiteśvara. In this talk, I'll share some of my work in progress on the divine kingship of the 5th Dalai Lama. In particular, I am currently focusing on the problem of the Dalai Lama's mortality that is, the question of how to come to terms with his suffering and death, in light of the association between Tibetan kingship and the deity Avalokiteśvara. My sources are late 17th century texts written by the Desi Sangyé Gyatso, who wrote extensively on the 5th Dalai Lama's joint divinity and mortality. In addition to their value for Tibetan intellectual and political history, my larger aim is to think about the Desi as a theorist of Buddhist kingship, one whose efforts to clarify a basic theological political dilemma may also speak to larger conversations about the dual constitution of royal authority.

I am currently focusing on the problem of the Dalai Lama's mortality that is, the question of how to come to terms with his suffering and death, in light of the association between Tibetan kingship and the deity Avalokiteśvara. In this talk, I'll share some of my work in progress on the divine kingship of the 5th Dalai Lama. In particular, I am currently focusing on the problem of the Dalai Lama's mortality that is, the question of how to come to terms with his suffering and death, in light of the association between Tibetan kingship and the deity Avalokiteśvara. My sources are late 17th century texts written by the Desi Sangyé Gyatso, who wrote extensively on the 5th Dalai Lama's joint divinity and mortality. In addition to their value for Tibetan intellectual and political history, my larger aim is to think about the Desi as a theorist of Buddhist kingship, one whose efforts to clarify a basic theological political dilemma may also speak to larger conversations about the dual constitution of royal authority.

Is the Present Moment ENOUGH?  | “Every Breath is peace. Mindfulness and Buddhism.”| Apodcast.com #52 with Carl HarmanWhat is Buddhism? Who is Buddha? Learn about the origins of Buddhism and how Buddhist mindful thinking practices ease suffering, pain, loss, and fear.Buddha reached enlightenment by realizing his jailer was ignorance. He ministered for 40 years teaching others the four noble truths and eightfold path. Meditation and prayer go together. Prayer is talking to God. Meditation is listening to God.Mindfulness is being comfortable with the present moment and finding peace there. Experience the pain or happiness. Anything done in mindfulness is meditation, even normal daily activities like walking, seeing, and listening to the present moment. Most look at happiness in the future. I'll be happy when I ... own a house, finish school, find the perfect job, or retire. Happiness is in the here and now. Happiness is available in looking into the present moment and experiencing it as it is, not as we'd like it to be.Eating meditation at the Deer Park Monastery. Bow to the plate and food. Look deeply into the food. Make food with love.  Food isn't yours. It contains sunlight, rain, or an animal. Experience the miracle of it. Some monks close their eyes as they chew each morsel up to 30 times and feel the vibration of food becoming them.Practice mindful shopping at the grocery store. Will this food really nourish my body? Understand where food comes from. Local farms and ranches are usually the best food sources.If you ingest food into your body that's been suffering, you feed yourself that suffering. Wild game, pasture raised, or kosher animals are healthier because the animal lived a free life.The five remembrances push away anything that's scary. All experience illness, aging, death, and loss. How to overcome the fear of death? Look it directly in the face. I could die today, but I have this breath to take in peace. The death meditation involves meditating over corpses, watching them die and decompose. My actions are my own true belongings. Actions create reality. Only invite harmonious things, then other good things come. Practice perfection in this moment.  The ego is what we think we are. It's a reflection in the mirror that thinks it's real. It's empty and made up of false narratives. Talk to it in meditation. Recognize you're not your thoughts. You are so much more, so pure.Are you sure? I'm not sure of anything.When the wave realizes it's the ocean, that's enlightenment. Let go of everything and ask what is the truth? Thank you brain, but I'm trying to listen from a deeper place. Am I separate from everybody?Are you an individual cookie or a piece of the larger cookie dough?  Buddhist view of the afterlife is Nirvana, Enlightenment, & Reincarnation. Dali Lama is the reincarnation of Avalokiteśvara, the  bodhisattva of compassion.Christ teaches love. Love God and love your neighbor. Thich Nhat Hanh loves Jesus and Buddha. If your favorite flower is roses does that mean you don't like lilies? Learn from all faiths. Talk kindly to your suffering.Recognize suffering like a doctor identifying an illness. Wounds in heart become the object of meditation. Embrace your fear, hatred, anguish, and anger. Pull it in instead of pushing it away. Showing it to doc is mindfulness. Treat it with kindness and non-violence. "I know you are there. I am here for you and I will take care of you. What are you trying to teach me." Emotions are meant to be felt and point one to peace. Find peace with yourself. Bring down the wall. It's the ego trying to protect itself.First noble truth. 1. Admit there's suffering. Can't live without suffering. It's more suffering to pretend you don't have suffering. 2. reason to suffering. 3. end to suffering. 4. Eight fold path is end of suffering. Right view = wholesome viewHow to practice right speech? Start with yourself. There's no right speech with others if don't have it first with yourself. Practice saying things true but good. "I am worthy of love." Start with ourselves and then it's easy to say to others.How to become a better compassionate listener? Practice listening to understand, not reply. Listen to someone who rubs you the wrong way. Find the compassion in people you disagree with. Top Buddhist practice - stop fighting with yourself. Breathing in I know emotion is in me. Be kind to it. Rule of 3 - Accept the moment as if you chose it. Do something to make the moment better. Or leave the moment. Practice accepting hard things. I'm choosing to be here in this moment. 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A guide to this poem (with a little help from Wiki): Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. This bodhisattva is variably depicted, described and portrayed in different cultures as either male or female.In Tibet, he is known as Chenrezig, and in Cambodia as Avloketesvar. In Chinese Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara has evolved into the somewhat different female figure Guanyin, also known in Japan as Kanzeon. The Master the poem speaks about is Ramakrishna, the Bengali teacher who died in 1886. In many ways, he united the dual, theistic path with the avaitic or nondual path. The weeds and the little Rockaway river are all found around my home in New Jersey. -Jason Shulman

Today we will be meditating with the most popular mantra in the world, the great Mani mantra: oṃ maṇipadme hūṃ. It is an Avalokiteśvara (a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas) mantra, and can be chanted for the benefit of all humanity. "The jewel of consciousness is in the heart's lotus." To continue meditating with this mantra, listen to Mantrapoly's recordings on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Play, etc. Follow the Daily Mantra playlist on Spotify.

Using the Buddha’s teaching of “The Four Noble Truths” Robert A.F. Thurman introduces Buddhism as a therapy and education system created to help individuals discover the path to happiness. Episode concludes with a reading of the work of Juan Felipe Herrera by Gary Gach. Four Noble Truths : Buddhism as Therapy – Ep. 218 of the Bob Thurman Podcast Image of Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other deities via Wellcome Collection. Gary Gregory Gach is an author, translator, and editor living in San Francisco. A dynamic speaker and teacher in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism his works include the anthology “What Book!? Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop” and the forthcoming “Pause Breathe Smile – Awakening Mindfulness When Meditation is Not Enough”. This week’s episode’s of the Bob Thurman Podcast was brought to you in part through the monthly support of the Tibet House US Membership Community and Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York. Buddhism as Therapy : Four Noble Truths – Ep. 218 of the Bob Thurman Podcast is excerpted from a series of talks given at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Listen to more archive recordings from from past Robert A.F. Thurman teachings + public events please consider becoming a Tibet House US member. To learn about the benefits of Tibet House US Membership please visit: www.tibethouse.us. The songs “Trance Tibet” & ‘Dancing Ling’ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album ‘Heart Sutra‘ (2004) by Ethno Super Lounge is used on the Bob Thurman Podcast with artist’s permission, all rights reserved.

Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 7 - “Escape From Side One" (サイド1の脱出), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on chemical weapons, sudden enlightenment, and the bosun's/boatswain's call. - Article about Marvel Movies in Japan, and the prevalence of child and teen protagonists in popular Japanese media (even media targeted at adults).- Wikipedia pages on chemical warfare, nerve agents, and sulfur mustard.- Britannica page on nerve agents.- The Arms Control Association's FAQ page on chemical weapons.- Wikipedia pages on the Aum Shinrikyo subway sarin attack, and the Aim Shinrikyo leader - Shoko Asahara.- Article about Aum Shinrikyo as a New New Religion:SHIMAZONO Susumu, In the Wake of Aum, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1995 22/3–4 http://enlight.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MAG/mag52022.pdf- The Red Army's use of chemical weapons to suppress a populist peasant revolt.- Wikipedia pages on Iraq's use of chemical weapons, their chemical weapons program, and their chemical attacks against Iran.- Japanese use of chemical weapons in China, and specifically in the Battle of Changde. - International press reports about chemical weapons in the 1980s:U.S. AIDES SAY IRAQIS MADE USE OF A NERVE GAS By SEYMOUR M. HERSH and SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES MARCH 30, 1984, https://nyti.ms/2LXNHnoTHE WORLD; Evidence Mounts on Iraqi Use Of Gas Weapons By HENRY GINIGER and MILT FREUDENHEIM APRIL 1, 1984, https://nyti.ms/2M0fMKPChemical Weapons Out Of the Bottle Once Again By A.O. SULZBERGER JR. SEPT. 21, 1980, https://nyti.ms/2M2IpHx- Wikipedia pages on subitism and the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.- The English translation of Bhagavan recounting his death-experience and sudden self-realization, and his Wikipedia page. And, the Wiki for moksha.- English-translated text of the portion of the Lotus Sutra in which Longnü/Dragon Girl appears, as well as an explanation of Bodhisattva to whom Longnü was acolyte. - Wikipedia pages for Longnü and for Avalokiteśvara/Guanyin/Kannon.- PDF with history of the the boatswain’s call, and instructions of how to play (with common calls notated). - Wikipedia page on the boatswain’s call (with list of common calls and their meanings, and links to audio).- Sources for the story of Atalanta: Greek-Gods.org, Theoi Greek Mythology, Britannica, and Wikipedia.- The song in the Lila tribute is "The Vendetta" by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/58628 Ft: Apoxode. You can subscribe to the Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, follow us on twitter @gundampodcast, check us out at gundampodcast.com, email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com.Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photo and video, MSB gear, and much more!The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. Both have been edited for length. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, Sotsu Agency, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu, or any of their subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.comFind out more at http://gundampodcast.com

Prayer Wheels / 11:44 / 16.08.27 / Temple of Boddhisattva Avalokiteśvara / Gandantegchinlen Monastery / These large metal prayer wheels are found in a large square around the copper and gold leaf statue of Avalokiteśvara at Gandan Monastery: the largest indoor statue in the world / It is of great significance to the Mongolian people, being rebuilt with their donations in 1996 after being dismantled in the Soviet era / This was my first opportunity to both spin and record Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels, designed to accumulate good karma and purify negative karma / The image was taken at Choijin Lama Monastery, a museum since 1938, nestled up to more modern office blocks / Before 1778, Ulaanbaatar had changed location 28 times since its founding as a nomadic monastery town in 1639 / As the city grew, it moved less and less / The population in 2016 approaches 1.4 million: half of all people in Mongolia / It has been given many names in its history, the official name before 1911 being Ikh Khüree ("Great Settlement”) // All recordings and Photos by Vortichez See the PDF: https://issuu.com/bivouacrecording/docs/60_minute_cities-_ulaanbaataar-_vor All proceeds from 60 Minute Cities - Ulaanbaatar will be donated to Lotus Children's Centre. // http://www.lotuschild.org/ To know more about purchasing an album from us please see: https://bivouacrecording.postach.io/post/i-just-bought-an-album-when-will-i-receive-it

Dr. Mark Epstein M.D. and Robert A.F. Thurman, in this two part podcast discuss the Buddhist & Alcoholics Anonymous perspectives on addiction, depression, and recovery using the teachings of Shantideva and Winnicott to highlight common strategies and illustrate how the two can help one change one’s relationship to any source of suffering, internal or external. Professor Thurman begins this podcast with a rare explanation of the Heart Sutra focusing on the the dialog between Shāriputra and Avalokiteśvara in the Buddha’s samadhi field, and it’s connection to Clear Light, Bliss, Relativity and how one can avoid absolutism when thinking about emptiness. Second half of the podcast concludes with a special teaching to the retreat participants on how to take the lessons of the annual program at Menla Retreat + Dewa Spa into their everyday lives. “Managing Misery : A.A., Shantideva + The Heart Sutra – Ep. 173″ of the Bob Thurman Podcast” is apart of the Buddhism 101 series using classic teachings from the archives of Robert A.F. Thurman to elucidate basic concepts of the tradition. This week’s episode’s of the Bob Thurman Podcast was thanks to Omega Institute & brought to you in part through the support of the Tibet House US Membership Community and Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York. This podcast is a continuation of the teachings from Alcoholics Anonymous, Buddhism + Powerlessness – Episode 161 of the Bob Thurman Podcast and are excerpted from the archive recordings from the Tibet House US retreat “Addiction, Depression & Recovery: Buddhist Psychological Insights for Mental & Spiritual Health in the Modern World Retreat” with Robert A.F. Thurman & Mark Epstein M.D., recorded at Menla’s Nalanda Conference Center in Phoenicia, New York, Summer 2017. Managing Misery : A.A., Shantideva + The Heart Sutra Photo by Ryan McGuire, All Rights Reserved.

Dr. Mark Epstein M.D. and Robert A.F. Thurman, in this two part podcast discuss the Buddhist & Alcoholics Anonymous perspectives on addiction, depression, and recovery using the teachings of Shantideva and Winnicott to highlight common strategies and illustrate how the two can help one change one's relationship to any source of suffering, internal or external. Professor Thurman begins this podcast with a rare explanation of the Heart Sutra's focusing on the symbolism of the dialog between Sāriputta and Buddha in the form of Avalokiteśvara and it's connection to Clear Light, Bliss, Relativity and how one can avoid absolutism when thinking about emptiness. Second half of the podcast concludes with a special teaching to the retreat participants on how to take the lessons of the annual program at Menla Retreat + Dewa Spa into their everyday lives. This week’s episode’s of the Bob Thurman Podcast was thanks to Omega Institute & brought to you in part through the support of the Tibet House US Membership Community and Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York.   Managing Misery : A.A., Shantideva + The Heart Sutra Photo by Ryan McGuire, All Rights Reserved. “Managing Misery : A.A., Shantideva + The Heart Sutra” is an excerpt from the archive recordings from the Tibet House US retreat “Addiction, Depression & Recovery: Buddhist Psychological Insights for Mental & Spiritual Health in the Modern World Retreat” with Robert AF Thurman & Mark Epstein M.D., recorded at Menla’s Nalanda Conference Center in Phoenicia, New York, Summer 2017. To listen to more archive recordings from from past Robert AF Thurman teachings + public events please consider becoming a Tibet House US member. To Learn about the benefits of Tibet House US Membership please visit: www.tibethouse.us. Previews are available on the Tibet House US YouTube Channel + Full Archive Recordings from the 2016 + 2017 Annual Retreat at Menla in the THUS Member Archives.  Tibet House US Member Access starts at $2 a Month. The song ‘Dancing Ling’ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album ‘Heart Sutra‘ (2004) by Ethno Super Lounge is used on the Bob Thurman Podcast with artist’s permission, all rights reserved. “Managing Misery : A.A., Shantideva + The Heart Sutra – Ep. 173″ of the Bob Thurman Podcast” is apart of the Buddhism 101 series using classic teachings from the archives of Robert AF Thurman to elucidate basic concepts of the tradition. To learn more about upcoming programs in the heart of the Catskills with Bob Thurman & Mark Epstein M.D. please visit: www.menla.us.

Traditional Tibetan Medicine as preserved in Tibet with it’s practical synthesis of Ayurvedic, Chinese & Greek diagnosis systems is widely regarded as one of the greatest gems of Tibetan Culture. Opening this special podcast with recitation of the mantras of Avalokiteśvara, Tara & The Medicine Buddha Professor Thurman provides a detailed history of Traditional Tibetan Medicine and his own Buddhist studies with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Geshe Wangyal, Yeshi Dhonden & Dr Nida Chenagtsang. Image © Gaby Altenberger via www.flickr.com. To listen to more recordings from past programs with Robert AF Thurman at Tibet House US in New York City + Menla in Phoenicia, New York in the Catskills please consider becoming a Tibet House US Member. The song ‘Dancing Ling’ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album ‘Heart Sutra‘ (2004) by Ethno Super Lounge is used on the Bob Thurman Podcast with artist’s permission, all rights reserved.

Traditional Tibetan Medicine as preserved in Tibet with it's practical synthesis of Ayurvedic, Chinese & Greek diagnosis systems is widely regarded as one of the greatest gems of Tibetan Culture. Opening this special podcast with recitation of the mantras of Avalokiteśvara, Tara & The Medicine Buddha Professor Thurman provides a detailed history of Traditional Tibetan Medicine.  

The sangha has just completed the French Retreat and we return here to a regular day of mindfulness in Plum Village. This talk is from the New Hamlet and is dated Thursday, April 17, 2014. The talk is in English. 0:00 Chanting 9:22 Hearing the Call of Mother Earth 23:25 The Sound of Silence 35:48 Types of Sound in Lotus Sutra 50:00 Impermanence of Sound 1:02:56 Establishing Silence 1:15:43 Consumption of Sound The beauty of Mother Earth is a bell of mindfulness. It's spring now and we can easily see how beautiful the earth is. If we can see this then happiness will available right away. Is anything blocking you from seeing this? Is your mind full of things? Can you hear the call of Mother Earth? Are you being pulled away by the past or anxious, fearful about the future? Even in the present moment we can be distracted. But if we look, we can see that life is full of wonders. We can pay attention to our breathing to help stop the thinking of the past, the future, and the projects of the present. I am here. I am free. In Plum Village we have the practice of noble silence. Thay shares about the recent French Retreat where the community sat together in silence for a meal and after the sound of the bell. What is the benefits of silence? What is the sound of silence? In the 25th chapter of the Lotus Sutra there is the bodhisattva Avalokite?vara - the one who listens to the sound of the world. Five kinds of sound are mentioned in this chapter. Thay teaches on these sounds. Sound of wonder. The one observes the sound of the world. The brahma sound. Sound of the rising tide. The one that transcends all worldly sounds. In Buddhism we speak of two kinds of phenomenon. Conditioned and unconditioned. Sound is considered impermanent. It's nature is to be created; to be made. And anything that is created is impermanent. Another early Mahayana Sutra is mentioned (chapter 40) speaks about the voice of the Buddha. The word of the Buddha is something easy to understand. The sound of the Buddha is not to loud. Silent thunder. We can hear the voice of the Buddha anytime and anywhere. When we have been able to establish silence the we can hear what is inside ourselves. What our heart is saying. We are often concerned with our daily concerns. We worry about material comforts and affective concerns. But there is also the ultimate concern. Do we have the time to answer the ultimate concern? Hear the deepest call of your life. And that we are a continuation of our ancestors. Meditation can help cultivate the silence. Four Kinds of Nutriments and consumption. Consuming the sound. The sound of wonders. We don't have to run anymore. Note from the Editor Thay has offered us a vision of building an online monastery, or online temple, where practitioners may come not just to receive information, but to practice online: to follow their breathing, experience guided meditation, interact with monastics and lay practitioners, etc. This archive of Thay’s talks is a component of this vision. We are using a new service (Patreon) that allows for you to become an ongoing patron for this archive. Each patron can make a donation, as little as $1 per talk, to be donated automatically on a monthly basis. Payments are made by credit card or PayPal and patrons can be anywhere in the world. When you visit the site, you identify the amount you want to give for each talk, identify a maximum amount per month, and provide your mailing address. If you are in the United States you can have a tax deduction through the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation. Please visit our Patreon page: Thich Nhat Hanh is Creating Happiness.

For the next few "sit-a-longs", I'm going to revive a series from awhile back on WHATSA BODHISATTVA, looking a some of the greats ... Avalokiteśvara (Kannon), Samantabhadra and others. Before, we looked at each of the traditional Virtues, the 'Perfections' of a Bodhisattva ... http://www.treeleaf.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?search=whattsa+who'sa+bodhisattva&IncludeBlogs=2&limit=20 Today, though, let's talk about the Devil, Satan, Mara, Evil ... Oh, I believe in the Devil! Bodhisattvas too. Today’s Sit-A-Long video follows at this link. Remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells; a sitting time of 20 to 35 minutes is recommended. Visit the forum thread here!

Today we had a very deep practice on Compassion. The introduction contains great examples as always in order to turn our minds towards the cultivation of compassion, to make real the suffering of others and to unveil our innate compassion, with the boldness, courage, and vision to realize what is happening, attend to the world of possibility, and aspire "may there be freedom." This will leave us poised for action and ready to come out of meditation and do some good in the world.The outro talks about the peril of classifying ourselves as "not a loving person" or "not a compassionate person." Being more reserved does not mean being less compassionate. Alan talks about the obscurations that these feelings bring, and how to peel off the crusts and reveal the compassion that we do not get from anyone, not even from the meditation, because it's already there. The meditation just blows the dust of our eyes.You may notice that this podcast is quite short. Unfortunately my poor laptop was expecting to be on retreat as well, little did it know what awaited it! Today it had an electrical affliction and the hard drive refused to continue recording. I have fixed it, but unfortunately this podcast was cut short. Not to worry, the themes covered will probably come up again very soon, and if you are still longing (I won't say craving) for more then:Alan is happy to announce that the videos are now available from the “Science and Buddhism” colloquium at the University of Oxford, sponsored by the Physiology Department and the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford, the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies, and the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, March, 2010. The videos are accessible here: http://www.voicesfromoxford.org/B-S-Introduction.htmlThe videos are on a menu to the right and they can be downloaded!The picture used is that of Avalokiteśvara so that all sentient beings (and my laptop!) may be free of suffering!