Early Karma Kagyu Refuge Tree
This beautiful image, from the superb Himalayan Art Resource, is apparently of the earliest known Karma Kagyu Refuge Tree paintings. Read the rest of this entry »
Early Karma Kagyu Refuge Tree
June 27th, 2010Testing gold – Buddha Shakyamuni
June 25th, 2010
“Just as gold is tested by being burnt, cut and rubbed, the learned should accept my words only after examining them, not simply out of faith or other such reasons.”
-Buddha Shakyamuni (Śrīmahābālatantrarāja)
Lama Ole Nydahl invited to London to attend Kalachakra Initiation by H.H. Sakya Trizin
June 21st, 2010
Kalachakra Initiation London June 2010
From 14-15 June 2010 Lama Ole Nydahl and several members of the Diamond Way Buddhism sangha attended the initiation of Kalachakra given in London by H.H. Sakya Trizin, the supreme head of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. This event was organised by Lama Jampa Thaye and the Dechen Community, and Lama Ole Nydahl was invited as a special guest. A full report of H.H. Sakya Trizin’s visit to London, including pictures, can be found on the Dechen blog.
Buddhism in Manchester – new premises for our Diamond Way Group
June 19th, 2010
On 5 June 2010 the new premises for our Manchester Buddhist meditation group was inaugurated with a lecture by Wojtek Tracewski on Buddhism in the West. An office on the third floor of an old warehouse became our new home.
Diamond Mind in Union – the first initiation given in London by Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche
June 18th, 2010Today, 18 June 2010, is the tenth anniversary of an historic event – the first initiation given in London by Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche.
Diamond Mind in Union (Tib. Dorje Sempa yab yum)
Space for Mind event in London, 4-13 June 2010
June 14th, 2010
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We’d like to share some impressions from an enormously successful ten-day long series of events held by Diamond Way Buddhism UK from 4-13 June 2010 at the Novas Contemporary Urban Centre on Bankside, London.
The programme included a series of talks, movies, exhibits and guided meditations aimed at introducing Tibetan Buddhism’s profound methods for understanding the mind and discovering lasting happiness. The theme “Space for Mind” was borrowed from the working title of the project to purchase a new London Buddhist Centre. In particular, the programme was geared towards offering Diamond Way Buddhism to the London Borough of Southwark and the people who live and work there.
Throughout the ten days there was an exhibition of Tibetan Buddhist art entitled “Expressions of Enlightenment”. A number of beautifully crafted examples of Tibetan Buddhist statues and scroll paintings (thangkas) were displayed together with explanations of their deep symbolism and use as aids for meditation. Tours of the exhibition were offered each weekday from noon to 7pm, together with the opportunity for visitors to take part in short guided meditations.
Thousand-Armed Loving Eyes and Nyungne
June 12th, 2010
One Thousand Armed form of Loving Eyes
We’re very excited about this picture! It is the Thousand-Armed Loving Eyes (Skt. Avalokiteshvara; Tib. Chenrezig), the embodiment of the compassion of all Buddhas. Read the rest of this entry »
Today is the 7th anniversary of the death of Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche
June 10th, 2010
Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche
Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche was born in Bhutan in 1918 and was one of the greatest masters of Tibetan Buddhism. As a boy he was ordained as a monk in Bhutan’s largest monastery in Phunaka Dzong. He trained with important teachers from all of the main Tibetan Buddhist schools, especially the Drukpa Kagyu and Karma Kagyu lineages. After meeting H.H. the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa in Bhutan in 1944, Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche became his close student and received from him the transmission of the Karma Kagyu Lineage. Their relationship was such that the 16th Karmapa once said “If I am Buddha, Lopön Tsechu is my Ananda”
