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Today, 3 August 2011, is Chökhor Düchen, the ‘Festival of Turning the Wheel of Dharma’ — one of the four major Tibetan Buddhist holidays. It occurs on the fourth day of the sixth Tibetan lunar month.
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Today is Chokhor Düchen, a “Ten Million Multiplier”
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011moreEC campaign & website launch
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011This message just in from the Europe Center:
Dear friends and supporters,
Even before we had it, the Europe Center idea symbolized the rising international spirit of Diamond Way Buddhism. In 2007, this decade-old wish materialized with Gut Hochreute in the foothills of the German Alps. Building on what was already present, we began with the first International Summer Course and then made the most out of the 4 following years. Thanks to that, thousands have already caught the “international EC virus” and our over 600 centers worldwide are today interconnected like never before.
Now it’s time to finish what we started. From the experience gained arose a natural next step, extending the EC with a large new gompa, living space for guests & residents, and various maintenance and working areas. Once finished, the potential of the EC will fully blossom, making all its functions accessible to ever more people: hosting big courses with our Lamas throughout the year, nurturing a lively international exchange, showing a proud, mature face of Diamond Way Buddhism to the world and much more.
Lama – The Source of Blessings by Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Karma Kagyu Meditation Forms
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011The pictures below show some of the most common forms used in the meditation practices of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Buddhism. They are from the website www.thanka.buddhizmusma.hu.
Click on any of the thumbnails to enlarge the image.
Top row, left to right: 16th Karmapa, 2nd Karmapa, Black Coat in union with Radiant Goddess. Middle row left to right: Black Coat, the Karma Kagyu Refuge Tree, Diamond Mind. Bottom row left to right: Loving Eyes, Red Wisdom, Buddha of Highest Bliss in union with Red Wisdom.
Spotlight on the Budapest Diamond Way Buddhist Centre
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
Arial view of the Budapest Diamond Way Buddhist Centre
The Budapest Diamond Way Buddhist centre is the biggest urban centre of the over 600 Diamond Way Buddhist centres founded by Lama Ole Nydahl around the world. Because of its size and location, it also fulfills the role of an international centre for the central European, eastern European, and Balkan region. Here we highlight a little of the Centre’s history, accomplishments and current activities.
Lama Ole Nydahl – Buddhism and Science
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Lama Ole Nydahl teaching in 2009 (Photo: JR Petersen)
This teaching was published in 2005 in Issue 16 of the magazine “Buddhism Today”. The original can be seen at the BuddhaChannel portal.
Buddhism and Science – and interview with Lama Ole Nydahl
Conducted by Artur Przybyslawski at the Diamond Way Buddhist Center Vilnius, Lithuania, on September 25, 2004.
Today is Saga Dawa Düchen
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Buddha statue in the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya
Today, 15 June 2011, is “Saga Dawa Düchen”, the full moon day on which the birth, enlightenment and passing into Parinirvana of the Buddha is celebrated in Tibetan Buddhism.
“Saga Dawa” is the entire fourth lunar month of the Tibetan calendar, which usually begins in May and ends in June. The seventh day of Saga Dawa is the date of the historical Buddha’s birth. However, the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and entry into Parinirvana at his death are observed together on the 15th day of Saga Dawa, called Saga Dawa Düchen. This is the single most important holiday in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Saga means “million”; Dawa means “moon”, so the “million multiplier”’ month is what it denotes. For all our activities, positive or negative, in each and every day of this auspicious month will be multiplied a million times. “Düchen” means “great occasion”, and it is said that on this day the effects of actions – positive or negative – are multiplied 10 million times. We encourage those of you who support the development of Buddhism in the UK to especially make wishes at this time for the success of the New London Buddhist Centre project!
Tilopa on Mahamudra
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Tilopa
Gazing intently into the empty sky, vision ceases;
Likewise, when mind gazes into mind itself,
The train of discursive and conceptual thought ends
And supreme enlightenment is gained.
- Tilopa (988-1069)
From: Tilopa’s Mahamudra Instruction to Naropa in Twenty Eight Verses Translated by Keith Dowman)
