Month: January 2023

FULL MOON TĀRĀ AND SAKYA BLESSINGS: Noble Tārā’s ‘pure vision’ pith teaching to the Great Sakya Paṇḍita: Commemoration of Paranirvana of Sakya Paṇḍita by Avikrita Vajra Rinpoche

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If whatever happens is OK, one will be happy whatever one does. If the mind rests where it is, it's OK wherever one goes. If the mind goes by the Dharma, it's OK even if one dies. If the mind is realised to be unborn, there is no death. --four-line verse spoken by Tārā in… Continue reading FULL MOON TĀRĀ AND SAKYA BLESSINGS: Noble Tārā’s ‘pure vision’ pith teaching to the Great Sakya Paṇḍita: Commemoration of Paranirvana of Sakya Paṇḍita by Avikrita Vajra Rinpoche

SAVED BY A WOMAN’S KIND COMPASSION, SEEING THROUGH ‘DIRTY’ APPEARANCES: BODH GAYA PILGRIMAGE (I). Sujātā’s food offering to Gautama Buddha after he came down from the Dungeshwari Hill (Mahakala) Caves nearby

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For my fifth visit to Bodh Gaya this lifetime, and the first in a series of short photo articles on pilgrimage sites in, and around, the sacred Buddhist place of Bodh Gaya (where the Buddha attained full awakening), I offer this about three places I visited recently: 1) the village place, Uruvela, where Buddha moved… Continue reading SAVED BY A WOMAN’S KIND COMPASSION, SEEING THROUGH ‘DIRTY’ APPEARANCES: BODH GAYA PILGRIMAGE (I). Sujātā’s food offering to Gautama Buddha after he came down from the Dungeshwari Hill (Mahakala) Caves nearby