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“As You Wish”: The Princess Bride on Service and Basic Goodness
by Frederick Meyer The video below traces a thread in the classic movie The Princess Bride: the phrase “As you wish,” as code for “I love you.” Spoiler alert! The video is the first two minutes and the final minute of arguably one of the best movies of all ... continuePosted September 19, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Interconnected, Embracing Life in Our Global Society: a new book by the 17th Karmapa – HIGHLIGHT
A book review by Christine Heming Interconnected, Embracing Life in Our Global Society is a deep dive into the Buddhist teaching on interdependence. His Holiness The Karmapa speaks with a gentle tone, a sharp clarity, and at times, a poetic elegance. His aim is help us “think ... continuePosted July 23, 2019 by archives-staff
Near to the Heart, Part Two – HIGHLIGHT
In part two of this interview with the founder of Surmang Foundation, Lee Weingrad shares with us some of the keys to his fascination with the Forbidden City. ST: Let’s turn from Surmang for a moment, to focus on the talk you’ll be giving about the Forbidden ... continuePosted August 4, 2016 by CGH
Ordinary Magic – HIGHLIGHT
April 4 is Parinirvana Day, the day when we commemorate the passing of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. This piece by Frank Ryan of Boston shares a personal memory of Trungpa Rinpoche and the Sixteenth Karmapa. The Seventeenth Karma is currently on a tour of North America. by Frank Ryan Among the vast wealth ... continuePosted April 4, 2015 by Dan
Doing Ngondro in Bodhgaya – HIGHLIGHT
Kurt Hofstetter, a member of the Shambhala Centre in Vienna, describes a recent group ngondro retreat in Bodhgaya and shares a gallery of vivid photographs from the experience. During Vajrayana Seminary in 2009, the Sakyong mentioned that doing prostrations in Bodhgaya would be very ... continuePosted February 16, 2011 by Kurt_Hofstetter
Journey to the Kagyu Monlam – HIGHLIGHT
By Corey Kohn Bodhgaya is a dusty little one-horse town, replete with limbless beggars and tattered-looking street children, just as we had been told. And in the middle of this unlikely place is the Mahabodhi temple, commemorating the site where the Buddha attained enlightenment 2,500 years ago. ... continuePosted March 3, 2009 by
The Milarepa Children’s Chorus – HIGHLIGHT
Sometime in the mid-1980’s Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche was brought to the Kalapa Court in Boulder, Colorado for a brief informal meeting with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. When Khenpo Rinpoche left, Trungpa Rinpoche remarked to his kusung, “A scholar and a yogi!” The Kusung asked, “Is that ... continuePosted February 21, 2009 by
All and Everything
Thirty-five years ago at the age of twenty-five, I attended the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa’s Black Hat [or Vajra Crown] ceremony in San Francisco at the invitation of a dear friend. This same friend also gave me a copy of Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, which I still ... continuePosted February 20, 2009 by Larry Barnett