Karma Thegsum Chöling

The following quote written by eminent scholar and Buddhist practitioner of note Robert A. F. Thurman is from his introduction to The Way Of The White Clouds by Lama Anagarika Govinda. …as we begin the twenty-first common era century in hopes of not repeating the violence of the world wars and genocides of the previous [...]

Here’s a list of helpful websites collected by our sangha: PBS has a wealth of segments on climate change.Excellent information. The 2007 National Day of Climate Change Action. An amazing grass roots arising. Environmental Working Group: The Power of Information www.carbonfund.org/site/hm-treasury.gov.uk/ www.climatecrisis.org www.fresh-energy.org www.newdream.org www.coopamerica.org www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca/rcbtoa Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This is an international [...]

Let us pray for world peace, social justice, and environmental balance, which begin with our own breathing. I breathe in calmly and breathe out mindfully. Once I have seeds of peace and happiness within me, I try to reduce my selfish desire and reconstitute my consciousness. With less attachment to myself, I try to understand [...]

Buddhism is one of the great world religions. Buddhism is non-theistic. It is not about God. It is about the Tibetan word which points at the ground of all being. We translate that Tibetan word into English as “mind,” but the Tibetan word does not mean what that English word mind means – not even close. [...]

There isn’t a single pregiven world lying around out there waiting for all and sundry to see. Different phenomenological worlds – real worlds – come into being with each new level of consciousness development. – Ken Wilber, Integral Spirituality, p 168. The levels or structures of consciousness bring forth different world views.There isn’t something out [...]

As part of our routine meditation practice, many of us take a bodhisattva vow, a promise to live our lives and pursue our meditative development so as to benefit all sentient beings. It sometimes sounds rather abstract. Such motivation, however, can result in profound changes in the way we live. Here are some thoughts by [...]