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IS THIS THE BUDDHIST BODHISATTVA ATTITUDE?: Defensive (and accusatory) public responses, resignations by Lama Yeshe Losal and Samye Ling/Dzong staff in response to calls for an investigation into abuse and misconduct at Samye Ling, concerns also raised about finance and donations expenditure
“May those who insult me to my face, Or cause me harm in any other way, Even those who disparage me in secret, Have the good fortune to awaken.”–Shantideva in Bodhisattva Way of Life “DARVO refers to a reaction perpetrators of wrong doing, particularly sexual offenders, may display in response to being held accountable for…
NOBLE MAITREYA’S “HEAVY BLESSINGS” AND HIS KING OF ASPIRATIONS: 12th Khenting Tai Situpa’s empowerment in Borobudur, Indonesia, new translation of “Maitreya’s Aspiration” and full oral commentary transcript of 12th Tai Situpa’s commentary on the Aspiration Prayer at the Kagyu Monlam, Bodh Gaya (2024)
“ཕྱོགས་བཅུ་དག་གི་ཞིང་ཁམས་སུ། ། Throughout the pure realms of the ten directions, སངས་རྒྱས་མཆོད་པ་གང་བྱུང་བ། ། Whatever offerings are made to the awakened ones/Buddhas, སངས་རྒྱས་མཁྱེན་པས་ཡི་རང་བ། ། The buddhas know and rejoice. དེ་ལ་བདག་ནི་ཡི་རང་ངོ༌། ། In that, I also rejoice.” –Verse from Noble Maitreya’s Aspiration “Buddhas do not vilify sentient beings who are suffering, who have afflictions. They do not despise…
The golden sun and silver-conch moon union “one mind” of 17th Gyalwang Karmapa and 12th Khenting Tai Situpa and the “liberation on seeing” statue (January 2026)
“The golden sun rises above,The silver-conch moon waxes from the side,When sun and moon come together,The murky fog of the four continents is cleared afar. Recently, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, and the Jamgon Dorje Chang,12th Khenting Tai Situ Rinpoche, were reunited. During this joyous reunion, they took a photograph together with the precious…
KNOWING WHAT IS MEANINGFUL AND BEING ABLE TO “DIE SMILING”: The four “destitutions”, the four misconceptions, “dancing shrimps” and enjoying others’ suffering, and full transcript of “Wisdom for a Meaningful Life” Day TWO by 12th Khenting Tai Situpa (Indonesia 2026: Part IV)
“The present is always an interdependent manifestation of everything else. The future cannot manifest the present. It is not so easy unless you are enlightened. But the past always manifests in the present. “ “So when you get bored, you just do meditation okay? Just sit. Boredom is very good. Get boredom, loneliness, it is…
THE PRIMORDIAL WISDOM THAT NATURALLY (RE)SOLVES ALL “PROBLEMS”: Report summary and full transcript of 12th Khentin Tai Situpa’s “Wisdom for a Meaningful Life” Day ONE (Indonesia 2026 Part III)
“If you are happy. I am happy. Right? I make you unhappy because I am not happy with you. Then you have your relatives, friends everywhere and they are all unhappy with me. So, that is a very ignorant way of doing things, because they do not know and recognize and believe in the ultimate…
VISITING THE ANCIENT ‘INDRA JEWEL’ JAVANESE MENDUT AND PAWON TEMPLES. The Śailēndra dynasty in Java, three original 9th Century Buddhist statues⁸ representing awakening, compassion and power, ,the stellar constellation straight line and new photos and visit to Pawon temple (Indonesia 2026: Part II)
“Candi Mendut is a reflection of the sublime and stupendous “Indrajal” of the Javanese people when they attained unprecedented heights of power, when literary genius blossomed in their language of Javanese, when they enriched their lovely island with monumental structures that evoke wonder after twelve centuries, even in their ruined state.” “Even now it…
BOROBUDUR AND GURU PADMASAMBHAVA WISDOM BLESSINGS: Report of Khenting 12th Tai Situpa’s opening ceremony of Palpung Graha Maha Padmasambhava centre, Borobudur pilgrimage visit and full transcript of Tai Situpa’s talk (Indonesia 2026: Part I)
“Indonesia is like a treasure, and like a garden in which all the great faiths and great religions of human being flourish and shine. Today is so special for all of us I think because of that great treasure of all the precious gems of knowledge, wisdom and faith, one more jewel is added today…
LIVING A DHARMA DREAM! YEAR IN REVIEW 2025: Translations, research, transcripts, travel, videos, music, talks and more
“Life is a journey, not the destination.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson Introduction/Summary Looking back on the year 2025, as New Year 2026 quickly approaches, it has been a “jam-packed” 365 days full of Dharma creativity, research, translations, solo female travel pilgrimage, musical and video reels, political and historical observations, attending international Buddhist events in Vietnam and…
New E-Book: Noble Tārā available for free download
Happy to announce new e-book available for free download: Noble Tara E-book . It is a compilation of all the research and translations done on Noble Tārā (as listed in this section of the website) so far in one .pdf file. With sections on General Tārā, White Tārā, Green Tārā, Red Tārā and new translations…
SEASON’S GOOD WILL TO ANIMALS: Update and action request to email the Bodhi Temple management committee
To all those who signed this petition, a big thank you and Season’s Greetings today! Christmas is a time of year when people show love, kindness and generosity to each other and spend time with their families. However, not for animals bred and cooped up for long hours without movement to slaughter with no love…
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