Posts Tagged ‘Kagyu Lineage’
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
This quote is from the Third Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche (1954-1992)
Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
“What is free from birth, dwelling and cessation? It is the nature of mind. However, as long as one doesn’t recognise the nature of mind, one experiences samsara; if one does recognise it, one experiences nirvana. In other words, the way phenomena manifest depends on awareness. Nirvana is not obtained by overcoming samsara or putting an end to disturbing emotions in order to develop something else. On the contrary, one should look at the actual nature of the disturbing emotion and thus ‘self-liberate’ it and recognise its true nature. By holding this supreme view, one can understand reality, the suchness of all phenomena. If one achieves this realisation and fully recognises the basic nature of all phenomena, without struggling to give up samsara or attain nirvana, then everything becomes ultimate reality. Conceptual mind dissolves, along with (more…)
Tags: disturbing emotions, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Kagyu Lineage, nirvana, samsara, self-liberation, suchness
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Monday, March 29th, 2010
Outside our Brighton Buddhist Centre
Brighton Buddhist centre: On Saturday 20th March 2010 our new centre opened its doors to the public. A converted shop in Baker Street is now home to the new Buddhist centre. It is located in an up-and-coming area of Brighton. In order to celebrate the move to the new premises the members of our Brighton Buddhist centre organised an open day for the locals to meet their new neighbours.
On the day, many interested local people came along for a chat and a cup of tea. Some also took part in guided (more…)
Tags: 16th Karmapa, Buddha, Buddhist, Kagyu Lineage, Karma, Karol Sleczek, Lama Ole Nydahl, meditate, Meditation, Ngondro, open day, Tibetan
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
8th Karmapa
In this blog entry on Karma Kagyu Buddhist iconography, we present a famous Buddha statue of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyo Dorje. The Eighth Karmapa (1507-1554) is of particular significance in Diamond Way Buddhism. An important Karma Kagyu Lineage master, through his spiritual genius and profound understanding of mind, he composed the particularly powerful meditation practice Guru Yoga in Four Sessions (Tib. tun shi lami naljor). Known simply as the 8th Karmapa Meditation, it is commonly practised by Diamond Way Buddhists who have completed the Four Foundational Practices (Tib. Ngondro) of Tibetan Buddhism.
The picture and text below are taken from the book “Karmapa, the Black Hat Lama of Tibet” by Nik Douglas and (more…)
Tags: 8th Karmapa, Black Crown, Black Hat, iconography, Kagyu Lineage, marble, Meryl White, Mikyo Dorje, Nik Douglas, Rumtek, Statues
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
In our second retrospective post, we would like to share some inspiring impressions of H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje’s second visit to the UK at the invitation of Diamond Way Buddhism UK, in June 2007.
Reports of other visits of the 17th Karmapa to London can be found here (2005) and here (2009).
Poster for 17th Karmapa in London August 2007
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Tags: Black Hat, Bodhisattva Promise, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist Refuge, Chinese, Compassion, Daily Mirror, Dharma, e-blessing, Empowerment, Kagyu Lineage, London, Meditation, Metro, MySpace, non-political, The Times, Trinley Thaye Dorje, White Tara, Wisdom, yidam
Posted in 16th Karmapa, 17th Karmapa, Diamond Way Buddhism, Event Reports, Hannah Nydahl, Lama Ole Nydahl, Mahamudra, Press | No Comments »
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
In this post we recollect Lama Ole Nydahl’s first visit to Edinburgh. Martin Dahms, who comments later in the post, was one of the founders of the original Edinburgh Diamond Way Buddhist Group which was active between 2000 and 2003.
Edinburgh Skyline
On Tuesday 28 March 2000, Lama Ole Nydahl gave a talk at Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Gardens lecture theatre, entitled “Basis, Way and Goal in Diamond Way Buddhism”. The talk was an introduction to Diamond Way Buddhism, in which Lama Ole pointed to the Buddha nature as the basis for our development, gave an overview of the methods the Buddha taught to remove the veils which prevent us from experiencing this potential, and explained how the goal – enlightenment – is the full development of mind’s inherent qualities. The lecture was attended by several friends who travelled from London, elsewhere in the UK and abroad, as well as many locals, including inquisitive members of what Lama Ole wryly described in his lecture as a nearby “Presbyterian Buddhist Centre”!
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Tags: Arthur's Seat, Blessing, Buddha, Edinburgh, Enlightenment, Holyrood Park, Kagyu Lineage, Karma, Martin Dhams, Meditation, presbytarian buddhist centre, skyline
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
17th Karmapa in London, 30 July 2009
In July 2009, H.H. 17th Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dorje made his third visit to the UK to meet his students and give Buddhist teachings and empowerments. The visit started with a wonderful two-day programme in Manchester, hosted by the Dechen community. Details can be found here and here on the Dechen blog. There is also an article on the Dechen website where Lama Jampa Thaye reflects on the visit of the 16th Karmapa to Manchester in 1977. The Manchester Evening News announced the event and The Times also ran a report.
Diamond Way Buddhism UK then had the great honour of hosting Gyalwa Karmapa in Liverpool and London. He was joined by Nendo Rinpoche, Lama Tsultrim Namgyal, Lama Chopon Gyaltsen, and Lama Karma Wangdu, from Rumtek Monastery.
On the way to London from Manchester on 29 July, Gyalwa Karmapa stopped briefly in Liverpool to bless the Diamond Way Buddhist Centre there. Members of the Liverpool Centre and other groups in the north of the UK made a presentation about the activity of the northern Diamond Way Buddhist centres. He gave the oral transmission for the Four Foundational Practices (Tib. Ngondro) and the Third Karmapa’s Great Seal Wishes.
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Tags: Dechen, dorje, Empowerment, Great Seal, Guru Yoga, Kagyu Lineage, Lama Jampa Thaye, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Marpa, Meditation, thaye, trinley
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