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What a Gift! The New Year has already started off with a bang.
What a Gift! The New Year has already started off with a bang. You may remember that there was a ‘Translation and Transmission Conference’ back i...

Alexander Gerst’s Blue Dot Here is an amazing visual
Alexander Gerst’s Blue Dot Here is an amazing visual experience that captures both the relative and the absolute aspect of ‘being’ in Samsara. ...

Graduated or Sudden…. duh? The crux of samsara is that your
Graduated or Sudden…. duh? The crux of samsara is that your mind is not directly present within reality. Reality is present, but not your conscious...

Particle Fever Here is an absolutely stellar film that delves
Particle Fever Here is an absolutely stellar film that delves into the wonders of CERN and the recent discoveries surrounding the Higgs Boson. The f...

Cantique de Jean Racine Now, here is something worth
Cantique de Jean Racine Now, here is something worth celebrating - seven minutes of divine four-part harmony by Gabriel Fauré. A student of Camille ...

Surmang Dutsi Til Rises from the Ashes A couple of days ago, I
Surmang Dutsi Til Rises from the Ashes A couple of days ago, I put up some pictures of the great Vajradhara Thangka that was originally the centerpie...

Vajradhara in the Flesh In the late 1970s, Chögyam Trungpa
Vajradhara in the Flesh In the late 1970s, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche commissioned the Tibetan artist Sherab Palden Beru to paint a Vajradhara thangka...

I was exiled from Vietnam because I was a Buddhist monk who spoke
I was exiled from Vietnam because I was a Buddhist monk who spoke out against a war that was killing my brothers. When I was exiled, I was like a bee ...

Here is a lovely little video of a total eclipse shot by
Here is a lovely little video of a total eclipse shot by Australian James McHugh. I have always felt that the basic education of every single child sh...