Tag Archives: tibetan buddhism

How Can You Go Back to Normal?

Posted on April 13, 2020 by webmaven

The YouTube talk below featuring the brilliant scholar and translator Robert Thurman is about The Teaching of Vimalakirti, text also available as a free ebook. Toward the beginning of this very extensive sutra, the Buddha has shared an experience of … Continue reading →

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Glenn Mullin: Bardo – The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Posted on February 6, 2020 by webmaven

The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol) is traditionally believed to be the work of the legendary Padma Sambhava in the 8th century A.D. The Bardo Thodol teaches that once awareness is freed from the body, it creates its … Continue reading →

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What the Living Can Learn by Looking Death Straight in the Eye

Posted on July 9, 2018 by webmaven

A good review by Parul Sehgal of a new must read book by Sallie Tisdale: Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying “Consciousness is no longer grounded in the body; perception … Continue reading →

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A Remarkable Reading

Posted on May 7, 2018 by webmaven

The other day I was doing a reading for a friend who is having some difficulties and I came across this passage: “No matter what I think is happening or what I think I see, I am only the Clear … Continue reading →

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A Practical Exercise to Bring Compassion into Meditation

Posted on August 5, 2017 by webmaven

In the book The Heart of Meditation, the Dalai Lama describes a method for developing empathy into one’s meditation practice. A meditation exercise is given below.  The thesis of this book is that the thing that brings meditation truly alive is … Continue reading →

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