This teaching was published in 1999 in edition 6 of the magazine “Buddhism Today”. We reproduce it here as a “taster”, as Lama Ole has chosen to teach on the subject of Death and Rebirth during his forthcoming visit to the UK.
Lama Ole Nydahl
Posts Tagged ‘Buddhism Today Magazine’
Lama Ole Nydahl – The Bardo of Death and Rebirth
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Lama Ole Nydahl on the Meditation on the 16th Karmapa
Monday, April 26th, 2010This interview was conducted by Stefan Watzlawek and Melanie Zaremba on May 24, 2006, in Houston, Texas and appeared in Volume 20 of the Magazine Buddhism Today published in 2007 and is also held on the Buddhachannel.tv online portal. It concerns the main practice taught in Diamond Way Buddhist Centres worldwide, the “Guru Yoga” Meditation on the 16th Karmapa.
16th Karmapa wearing the Black Crown
Diamond Way Quote: Shamar Rinpoche “Dharma is the best”
Friday, March 26th, 2010This is an excerpt from a teaching by Shamar Rinpoche entitled “Enlightenment is Within You”, originally printed in a 1995 edition of Kagyu Life International.
Shamar Rinpoche
The common problem is that people think, “I must achieve the results quickly, I cannot wait more than 5 or 6 years. Otherwise, I don’t like it.” But otherwise, after 6 years what do you have in life? You have nothing else. You cannot achieve the results of the Dharma practice within 6 years. You simply cannot. But still you are doing something meaningful. After 6 years, if you have another goal which you could achieve, then forget the Dharma and chose the other one. But the sentient beings’ life has no other goal besides enlightenment. I am not trying to discourage you from being human, but there is no other thing to do in life. You can try to get rich, but then what? Suppose you can be a successful politician, become a president or something like that, but then what? The problem is (more…)
