Archive for August, 2011

Radiant Goddess and Black Coat

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Black Coat in union with Radiant Goddess

Black Coat in union with Radiant Goddess

This 19th Century thangka from Eastern Tibet is in the collection of the Rubin Museum of Art. Today’s update to the Himalayan Art Resource website states:

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Phenomena – Vajra Song by Lama Gendun Rinpoche

Friday, August 5th, 2011
Gendun Rinpoche wearing the Maitripa Hat

Gendun Rinpoche wearing the Maitripa Hat

This spontaneous vajra song by Lama Gendun Rinpoche is from the recently publishd book “Heart Advice from a Mahamudra Master“.

All phenomena,
the outer world and all its inhabitants,
are appearances of our own mind.

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Today is Chokhor Düchen, a “Ten Million Multiplier”

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Buddha teaching

Buddha teaching

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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