Buddha was a regular human, born as Siddhartha, who had an experience of encountering suffering and asked, “Is it possible to live a meaningful life without fear and anxiety”?
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche sends his greetings to friends and sangha members worldwide, with wishes for a Happy Lunar New Year of the Fire Rooster – 2017.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche teaches on what to do in a crisis. As Buddhist practitioners, how can we help in situations of mass shootings and other tragedies?
Are we in touch with our rebel spirit, always questioning and testing? Can we take our “no fear” approach too far? Or by rigidly holding to the “right” rules and rituals, are we actually losing spiritual ground and just shoring up the ego? — by Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl
Our hearts are filled with great joy and tremendous blessings at the successful completion of our first Nalandabodhi Tara Drupchen!
It seems that Western Buddhists today are pretty much aware that we need to get rid of the Asian backpack we are carrying around—with its heavy load of cultural forms and all the stuff we use to dress up the dharma. If we want to discover “what works” for us today, we have to look into this backpack, and see what’s essential and what’s for show. — by Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl
