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Buddhism 123 – Mind and It’s Potential Week One Homework Videos

Posted on Wed 11 Nov by robm

Hello All, A handpicked playlist of videos to watch – all entertaining and related to what we talked about tonight. Use the player’s controls to skip ahead/back between the videos. Have a great week! Video 1: Robert Thurman talks about … Continue reading →

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Video from Phuntsok Rinpoche’s visit to HBC

Posted on Thu 13 Aug by robm

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Verses from Nagarjuna to help understand dependent origination

Posted on Wed 12 Aug by robm

Here are the four verses Geshe Sonam quoted from Arya Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland (Ratnavali) – on Sunday August 9. These verses are recommended for us to better understand dependant origination – because motivated by compassion the degree to which we … Continue reading →

Quote by Venerable Robina from last night’s “What is Meditation”

Posted on Tue 4 Aug by robm

Click here for audio of last night’s (3 August 7.30pm) teaching.

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Pilgrimage Nepal

Posted on Fri 17 Apr by robm

Come join us on a dharma journey in Nepal. With our base camp at Kopan Monastery, we’ll go on an expedition to the holy sites of Lumbini and the Kathmandu valley. Our guide will be Geshe Sonam whose local knowledge … Continue reading →

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The Eight Wordly Dharmas

Posted on Thu 20 Nov by robm

Hello to all of you in blog land. It’s been a while but it’s equally taken me ages to go over my notes from Geshelas teaching on the eight worldly dharmas a few weeks ago. Have a read – there … Continue reading →

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The teaching of the buddha, in four lines

Posted on Sat 21 Jun by robm

Here are my notes from an excerpt from Geshe-la's teaching on Wed June 11, a four line summary of the buddha's teaching – through this you can glimpse the depth of Geshe-la's understanding that enables him to unpack the entire … Continue reading →

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The foundation of all practice

Posted on Sat 24 May by robm

A timely reminder by Geshe-la last Sunday May 19, that the foundation to all buddhist practice is the commitment to follow a code of behaviour. This may be in the form of vows or in a secular form whereby one … Continue reading →

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Wonderful Khadro-la – some pics

Posted on Sun 30 Mar by robm

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Day of Miracles Puja

Posted on Mon 17 Mar by robm

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Honored to be with Khadrola and four fully ordained sangha on this holy day. Here are some pics from last night's puja!

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