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Human Drala – HIGHLIGHT
“Rowga” COLUMN: Dharma Teachings by Russell Rodgers, Nelson, B.C. Sometimes one encounters people or places that cut through one’s habitual chain of thoughts. The Tibetan word for that is “drala”, which means “above the enemy”. In this case the enemy is our cocoon of gossipy thoughts that keeps us ... continuePosted December 18, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine
The Magic of Lhasang – HIGHLIGHT
Lhasang with the Sakyong, Sakyong Wangmo and His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche. COLUMN: Dharma Teachings by Acharya Daniel Hessey and Walker Blaine “When we do a lhasang to bring down the magic energy of enlightenment and drala, the smoke of the lhasang is said to purify those obstacles that ... continuePosted October 9, 2018 by alexandra_kalinine
I Can Be Clearly Now – HIGHLIGHT
A story about learning to see, and be, with directness and true clarity by Lisa Freedman “I’m going to the Met tomorrow. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. I will be seeing it for the first time.” A tweed-jacketed gentleman winked as he said this, and stepped out ... continuePosted March 28, 2017 by CGH
Celebrating the Indigenous Dralas – HIGHLIGHT
E kore a ngaro he takere waka nui: the keel of a great canoe cannot be lost. by Susie Vincent Just as all of you in the northern hemisphere decide that it’s autumn or fall, the leaves turn red and gold and the year’s cycle starts drawing into ... continuePosted November 6, 2015 by CGH
Water of Life, Darkening Gulf, Part 3 Hwy 23 – HIGHLIGHT
Bill Scheffel recently traveled from Boulder to the Gulf Coast to bear witness to the oil spill and blog about what he encountered. Here is a recent excerpt from his blog, The Drala Principle. By Bill Scheffel On a journey to actually see the oil that had just ... continuePosted June 10, 2010 by
Water of Life, Darkening Gulf, Part 2 Oil Spill – HIGHLIGHT
By Bill Scheffel I am now in the third day of a twenty-day trip and writing from the twenty-eighth floor of a Chicago hotel. I was invited here over a year ago to attend the wedding of a friend and former student. A little over a week ago, ... continuePosted May 28, 2010 by
Water of Life, Darkening Gulf, Part 1 Water – HIGHLIGHT
WATER By Bill Scheffel In 2004 I began a mode of life that is still occurring, one of travel (a mode which occurs even if travel is only to the mailbox) and one in which I felt I was becoming the “experiment of my own art.” Beginning that ... continuePosted May 27, 2010 by