"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… Continue reading 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
Month: February 2026
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… Continue reading 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)