Category Archives: buddhism

A Nice Explanation of Tibetan Medical Diagnosis – The Medicine Buddha

Posted on May 23, 2016 by webmaven

This article on Tibetan medical diagnosis is interesting in many ways, but what I find most striking is how Tibetan is so different than western medicine with it’s inclusion of spiritual realms.

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Good Medicine – Pema Chodron

Posted on January 20, 2016 by webmaven

Good Medicine – The practice of Tonglen – Pema Chodron This is a summary, an outline, of a wonderful talk which I recently heard and which can be found with the above title on Udemy. Presenting a summary is always … Continue reading →

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In honour of the Passing of Stephen Levine

Posted on January 19, 2016 by webmaven

  Who Dies? was and continues to be a life changing book for many people. It served to open my eyes to the conscious death and dying movement with such pioneers as Ram Dass, Joan Halifax, Christine Longaker, EJ Gold, … Continue reading →

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Bhutan’s dark secret to happiness

Posted on July 21, 2015 by webmaven

This is a wonderful  article with, surprisingly, quite a bit of material to contemplate. Why are we so out of touch with death in the west? Well, for a start, because we don’t take a moment to ever even think … Continue reading →

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The Treasure of an Enlightened Woman

Posted on March 17, 2015 by webmaven

Wherever there is space, five elements pervade, Wherever the five elements, the homes of living beings, Wherever living beings, karma and defilements, Wherever is defilement, my compassion also. Wherever is the need of beings, there I am to help them. … Continue reading →

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Evans-Wentz translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead

Posted on December 15, 2014 by webmaven

The Tibetan Book of the Dead – original translation – online and free access. A gem. This text and the instructions about doing the readings of it are the basis of the Labyrinth Readers Society. We have just updated things a … Continue reading →

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