18 Thursday Aug 2011
Posted in Other, Uncategorized, Videos
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auxillary bodhisattva vows, bodhisattva vows, buddhism, refuge vows, root bodhisattva vows, thubten chodron, tibetan buddhism, tsem tulku
After one has taken the refuge vows, someone can proceed to take the bodhisattva vows. The bodhisattva vows differ accordingly to traditions, so I’ll explain what I know and my experience from within the Tibetan buddhist tradition. Continue reading »
05 Tuesday Jul 2011
Posted in HH Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama’s Birthday is tomorrow, July 6, 2011. In his typical style, he’ll be busy at work in Washington DC giving the Kalachakra initiation for world peace, instead of having his own birthday bash. With the events of the past couple months involving Bin Ladin’s death, hopefuly the Kalachakra event will help calm down the energy of the world in general. Continue reading »
31 Monday Jan 2011
Posted in Vegetarianism
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animal cruelty, animal farm, animal sacrifice, animal slaughtering, animal survivor, buddhism, buddhisms take on vegetarianism, buddhist perspective vegetarianism, bull sacrifice, cat and dogs massacre in china, cruelty at new york's largest dairy farm, dairy cow the most overworked, david lai, dog fighting, dog fights, dog meat trade, force-fed to death, hidden from pro-veg commercial, i am scared and don't want to die, kindness and compassion by evolve compaigns, kosher slaughter, meet your meat, peta goriest video, pork industry exposed, pork protest, practicing buddhism, reason to quit eating meat, seal massacre canada, slaughter house, teenager throws puppies into a river, tibetan buddhism, tsem tulku
Why am I writing about buddhism and vegetarianism?
A while ago I started this blog on buddhism, so I’ve been going through the internet, seeing what other people are doing. I ran into a blog post by David Lai, a senior student of Tsem Tulku Rinpoche. He did a blog post on something Tsem Tulku is encouraging people to do, which is to watch a series of 19 videos regarding vegetarianism and then do a commentary on the videos. Naturally most replying are practicing Buddhists. I don’t think this means that Buddhists have to be vegetarian, but more that its a personal choice that happens to be in line with Buddhist ideals.
17 Monday Jan 2011
Posted in Lama Tsong Khapa, Tibetan Buddhism, Tsem Tulku, Videos
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buddhism, buddhist practice, deity, gelug, guru yoga, je rinpoche, kechara house, lama tsong kapha, lama tsongkhapa day, meditation, tibetan buddhism, tsem tulku, tsem tulku rinpoche, yidam
Lama Tsongkapha was a Buddhist saint and scholar, known for starting the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Every year, according to the lunar calendar, Buddhists that practice within the Gelug tradition celebrate Lama Tsongkhapa’s birthday. This usually involves doing pujas and other practices, and then dedicating the merit created by these practices for the benefit of others. Continue reading »
