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Now that the Autumn equinox has passed, we are experiencing the darker afternoons and the late rising of the sun in the northern hemisphere.  Ianthe Pickles has brought us her recent memories of summer with her personal take on Summer Days on the Allotment: a mindful and relaxing observation of the animals, plants and the drama of nature in the raw.

Chico Dall’igna’s latest film, More Than One Life is being released.  Here, the trailer contains cameos of participants in the final film and the beginnings of the search for the rebirth of Akong Tulku Rinpoche.

Maeve O’Sullivan’s latest edition of haiku and senryu, Wasp on a Prayer Flag, takes into account her vivid and most importantly her humane take on the varied aspects of life both in Ireland and abroad.

Lastly, Ron Hirch’s new series of videos, The Practical Buddhist: Coming Home, is available on line.

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Wishing everyone peace and happiness over the coming month
Albert Harris, Ed. manyroads@bodhicharya.org

Photo: Yeshe Dorje

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Like as the waves make towards the pebbl’d shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Sonnet 60

I am pleased to publish an extensive review by Vin Harris of Mindful Heroes-stories of journeys that changed lives. Vin states:  The book … makes the connection between the Hero’s Journey and the inner journeys of people who study and practice mindfulness. 

I’ve no wish to supercede Vin’s evaluation in my praise for this book, but rather let the readers enjoy an appreciation of his account of this unique edition.  The four stages of the hero’s journey are:

  1. DEPARTURE: leaving the normal world and entering strange new territory.
  2. DESCENT: encountering obstacles and receiving help.
  3. INITIATION: facing challenges and finding freedom.
  4. RETURN: coming home and being able to help others
    (cf A Conversation with David Brazier published in Many Roads in 2014.)

Also included in this month’s Many Roads is a short contemplative film by Sitar Rose, No Lockdown on the River Garry.  Sitar is an accomplished documentary fimmaker with a wide range of titles.  She says of herself:  I specialise in health education work and the arts and frequently work with sensitive and difficult issues.

Lastly, there is a series of photographs taken in and around Edinburgh from the u3a group.

Albert Harris, editor

 

 

 

Yeshe Dorje: River Braan, Hermitage Wood, Dunkeld, Scotland.

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Welcome to the Spring edition of Many Roads.

Having completed one year of pandemic lockdown and with the regeneration of nature outside the door, the atmosphere seems to have become more positive with more people on the streets and children playing in the parks.  Let’s hope that this augurs a recurrence of life as we knew it before the restrictions brought about by the spread of the virus.  

In the magazine there is a wide range of interesting articles.  A young man from Toronto, Gabriel Evans,  has examined the present situation regarding bullying and penned an incisive analysis of the current state of affairs  in Bullying:  A New Approach.

Monica Wilde, in her observations regarding the tragedy of losing someone, has pondered just what sort of world is now appearing post-pandemic in her article The Birth of a New World.

David Russell has looked back on his life and the life of his father in Byken Matsukawa.  He relates the circumstances surrounding the internment of his Japanese father on the Isle of Man during the Second World War.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, artist and activist, died aged 101 and lived according to his conviction that “small is beautiful”:  the last of the beat generation, his poem The World is a Beautiful Place takes into account the good and the  bad that we are destined to experience in life.

Please read and enjoy the many other articles in this edition.

If you would like to contribute your articles to the magazine, please email to:
manyroads@bodhicharya.org

Wishing everyone a long and healthy life in the coming year.

FEATURES
THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA:  Sutta
BULLYING: A NEW APPROACH:  Gabriel Evans
POSITIVE NEWS:  Gavin Haines
THE BIRTH OF A NEW WORLD:  Monica Wilde
NEVER GIVE UP:  Living and Dying in Peace

PERSONAL STORY
BYKEN MATSUKAWA:  David Russell

BOOK REVIEWS
NIRVANA:  THE WATERFALL:  Shunryu Suzuki
THE DALAI LAMA’S CAT:  Pat Little
ON LINE BOOKSHOP:  Bodhicharya Bookshop.

RECIPES
CREAMY CARROT SOUP:   Charmaine Solomon

POETRY
THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN:  Ron Hirsch
THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE:  Ferlinghetti
CHINESE POEMS: Po Chü-i
ST DAVID’S DAY:  Ianthe Pickles

VIDEO
THE LIGHT ON THE SHORE:  Karine Polwort
LATIN FINGER STYLE:  Stephanie Jones

PHOTOGRAPHY
u3a PHOTOGRAPHS:  Various Photographers
WHY I LOVE GLASGOW/LONDON:  Hilary and Robbie

 

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“You are what you eat.” 

In this issue there are several articles about food including two recipes from Joys of Nepalese Cooking by Indra Majapuria.  The recipes in her book are authentic, Nepalese fare:  there are sections on soups, rice, pulses, noodles and vegetables.  Multifarious meat and fish dishes are also covered.

Monica Wilde
has a Masters degree in herbal medicine from the University of Central Lancashire.  She also runs foraging courses as well as creating recipes published on her site, including Nettle Cheese, Cooking with Seaweed, Clover Crispbreads and other unusual delicacies.  In this issue we feature Monica’s  Gratitude for Plants, sharing her interest in the spontaneous occurrence of plants … “just when you need them,” following the Cherokee creation belief that “each tree, shrub and herb, down to the grasses… shall appear to help man when he calls upon me in his need.”

Gavin Haines‘ article on the efficacy of honey in the relief of colds and coughs as an alternative to over-the-counter drugs makes for interesting reading.  Many of his articles can be sourced in Positive News, “A magazine for good journalism about the things that are happening.”

Take care and wishing everyone a safe journey through the current times.

If anyone is interested in helping to edit Many Roads, please let me know.  Some tasks may include page layout, checking sources and permissions, and contents input.  You can email at:

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Albert Harris, Editor.


FEATURES
IN SEARCH OF MEDICINE.  BEYOND THE CLOUDS:  Kate Roddick
THE UNIVERSAL WAY OF AVALOKITESVAR:  Brian Chung
HONEY MORE EFFECTIVE … :  Gavin Haines.
HOW CAN WE HELP A DYING ANIMAL?  Rinpoches
GRATITUDE FOR THE PLANTS:  Monica Wilde

RECIPES
SPINACH PAKODA:  Indra Majapuria
MUSHROOMS:  Indra Majapuria

POETRY
CONTEMPLATIONS:  Thich Nhat Hanh
THE WAY OF THESE TIMES:  Helen Brown
TIMES OF TRIBULATION:  Ianthe Pickles
MULTIPLE MORBIDITIES:  Angus Ogilvie

VIDEO
WHERE THAT THUNDER RINGS:  Bernie Hartley
THE GOAL OF BUDDHISM:  Ron Hirsch

PHOTOGRAPHY
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS:  Yeshe Dorje

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Life holds but one commonplace mystery … time.  Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem an eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.
(From Momo, Michael Ende, Puffin Books, later made into the film … The Never Ending Story

♥

Now that the world is in lockdown, we have the opportunity to look at ourselves in relation to how we spend our time.

In this edition of Many Roads for Bodhicharya, we have some ideas expressed in personal reactions to our lives in isolation expressed in poetry, prose and media.

Dr Miriam Maisel has produced a  well-researched article, Are We Listening on the response of a world in disorder ; a world in which capital gains take precedence over  responsible  action to ameliorate the adverse results of climate change and the subsequent problems which arise.

In Maeve O’Sullivan’s Coronahaiku Sequence she has skilfully woven the theme of the virus into commonplace activities and images which evoke our sense of separation from each other and nature.

Then there is Fear:  this is expressed in Jaiya John’s haunting rendition of his poem; and in contrast to Mia’s two takes on greed and fear written when she was 11 and 14 years old respectively.

For a long read, there is Yummamudra’s Crazy Wisdom with ideas on time and dance in relation to her determination to overcome the mundane aspects of life on our planet.

And there’s more…

I’m sure you will find something in this edition to help you through this new episode in our lives.

♥

Take care of yourself and others and this time will pass.

Albert Harris, editor. manyroads@bodhicharya.org

 

FEATURES
ARE WE LISTENING:  Miriam Maisel
THE HEART SUTRA AND THE ATOM: Louis De Montera
DESPATCHES FROM THE HILL:  Mary Heneghan
SPINACH PAKODA: Indra Majapuria

POETRY
THREE POEMS:  Ianthe Pickles
CORONAHAIKU SEQUENCE :  Maeve O’Sullivan
CAMERA MACHETE: RWANDA 2006:  Helen Brown
FEAR:  Mia Evans
A PRAYER POEM FOR YOU:  Jaiya John

PERSONAL STORIES
BLACK FRIDAY:  Mia Evans
CRAZY WISDOM:  Yummamudra
NEW DAY:  Norman Evans
THE BUDDHA AND THE SCIENTIST:  William Hart

VIDEO
HERE’S THE THING ABOUT FEAR:  Jaiya John
A MESSAGE FROM TSERING PALDRON: From Living and Dying in Peace

PHOTOGRAPHY
PAST PHOTOGRAPHS:  Yeshe Dorje
THE CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY:  Photographs of Clouds

WINTER EDITORIAL

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A guid New Year tae yin an aw, an monie may ye see.

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Albert Harris, manyroads@bodhicharya.org

FEATURES
DESIDERATA:  Living and Dying in Peace
PANEER WITH PEAS:  Mridsu Shailaj Thanki
LAMENT FOR WILD FOOD:  Monica Wilde
R.T.R ARCHIVE MEMBERSHIP:  Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

POETRY
BETWEEN TWO UNKNOWNS:  Ianthe Pickles
MORNING PRACTICE:  Maeve O’Sullivan 

FICTION
THE TWO RINGS:  William Hart

PERSONAL STORIES
REMEMBERING LAMA TSERING PALJOR:  Albert Harris
TASHI DELEG HOUSE:  Yeshe Dorje
THESE FOUR WORDS:  Jaiya John

MUSIC
MORNING SONG:  Bernie Hartley
CLARE de LUNE:  Stevan Pesaro

VIDEO
INDIA TODAY:  Yuval Noah Harari

PHOTOGRAPHY
U3A PHOTOS:  Members
PAULA PROENCA:  Yeshe Dorje

 

SUMMER EDITORIAL

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Making positive choices about the environment is the theme in some magazine articles this summer.  Monica Wilde, who I consider to be an eco-warrier,  brings our attention to the reality that we can make life style choices which can have an effect on the environment and ultimately on ourselves.  The disconnect in life, she suggests, occurs when there is no personal and positive action about our immediate environment.

In her article, Now is the Time for Action, Monica brings to the fore the importance of individual involvement in the face of an increasing crisis in climate changes which is already inimical to the quality of life on earth, to all life.  She ends the article with the lucid reality that action is in your every waking moment as well as your dreams.

I am reminded of the shopkeepers and household residents in Indian towns and cities attentively sweeping the pavement outside their shops and houses and cleansing the air inside their rooms with smouldering pine leaves every morning before the start of their day.

Being mindful of our immediate environs is the beginning of a larger understanding of the state of our planet.

Concerning plastic in our lives, this recent article in The Guardian brings home the fact that “humans have made 8.3 billion tons of plastic since 1950” presented in a captivating illustrated format. (The Unted States of Plastic.)

In terms of the personal well-being of individuals-the internal environment of the body-Dr Miriam Maisel, a certified lifestyle physician and family practitioner, states in her webpage:

The main message of lifestyle medicine is that healthy eating along with physical activity can bring about dramatic improvements in many medical conditions, and reduce the need for long medications and even surgery.

In her article, Health Independence, Miriam looks at alternative ways of living that are not dependent on conventional medicines and treatments.

(Also see The Cancer of Climate Change.)
Albert Harris (Ed)

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FEATURES
RINGU TULKU RINPOCHE’S VISIT TO IRELAND:  Andy
NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION:  Monica Wilde
HEALTH INDEPENDENCE:  Dr Miriam Maisel
INSTALLATIONS OF OUTER SPACE:   Padolski and  Basandowskaby
STORIES OF REINCARNATION:  Professor Erlendur Haraldsson
BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME:  Lama Jampa Thaye
MEDITATION:  Yeshe Dorje
HOW TO FIND INNER PEACE:  Ronald Hirsch
POHA POTATOES:  Madhur Jaffrey
POETRY
MEMORIES:  W. D. Cocker
DRINK YOUR TEA:  Thich Nhat Hahn
COMPASSION: Li Po
MORNING PRACTICE:  Maeve O’Sullivan
PERSONAL STORIES
KARMA SONAM RINCHEN:  KSR
LIVING AND DYING IN PEACE:  Margaret Richardson

FICTIONAL STORIES
WAR AND PEACE:  Ianthe Pickles
TRUANCY:  KSR
VIDEO
RINGU TULKU RINPOCHE’S FAVOURITE STORY
FRISBEE GIANT:  Malcolm Sutherland

BOOKS REVIEW
EBOOKS

 

JANUARY EDITORIAL

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The mind that is learning is an innocent mind, whereas the mind that is merely acquiring knowledge is old, stagnant, corrupted by the past. An innocent mind perceives instantly, it is learning all the time without accumulating, and such a mind alone is mature.
 J. Krishnamurti
Welcome to 2019 and the year of the earth pig.
Apparently, this will be a year of good fortune and luck.  Personally, I am a pig Chinese zodiac native and I’m advised to make a great deal of money by investing.  Lucky colours are those representing fire:  red, orange and pink.
Well, if that information inspires you to be positive in the coming year, then thanks to the curiously named website Karma Weather.
In this edition, I have pulled a few articles from the past which I think are worth another read:
The Enjoyment of Sound
Ode to Manchester
Ernie Buck: an Interview
Keep Swimming
Hello from Goa
All the best for the coming year.  Albert Harris
FEATURES
A LOVE CALCULUS:  Jaiya John
THE FINAL WORDS OF PADMASAMBHAVA: Erik Pema Kunsang
THE ENJOYMENT OF SOUND:  Dirk de Klerk
THE DANGERS OF DILUTED BUDDHISM:  Lama Jampa Thaye
LET’S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT:  Elizabeth Mattis Namgyal
BULGAR WHEAT WITH SPRING ONIONS AND MUSHROOMS:  Madhur Jaffrey

 

POETRY
ODE TO MANCHESTER:  Ani Rinchen Khandro
ELSEWHERE:  Maeve O’Sullivan
TO A POET A THOUSAND YEARS HENCE:  James Elroy Flecker
PERSONAL STORIES
ERNIE BUCK: AN INTERVIEW:  Yeshe Dorje
KEEP SWIMMING:  Vicki Mckenzie
HELLO FROM GOA:  DM
FICTIONAL STORIES
FAIRYLAND:  Ianthe Pickles
MUST HAVE SEA VIEW:  Kate Durie
BOOKS
ONLINE BOOKSHOP
VIDEO
LAZY LAMA FILM:  Niko von Glasow
WINTER WALK:  Yeshe Dorje

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Autumn Editorial

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
                                                                From The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Welcome all to this edition of Many Roads for Bodhicharya.

As I write, hurricane Florence is slowly moving across the Carolinas causing flooding and endangering lives in  unprecedented weather conditions.  The Mangkhut typhoon has reached Hong Kong with winds of 177 kph and with the death toll from landslides and floods still being assessed in the Philippines.

Of course, there are varied reactions to the change in climate.  That it is changing is accepted by most people:  Although the changes are beneficial for the English wine growers, the vintners in France are worried about wildfires and the effect on their vineyards.

Drought in Australia is affecting the farmers.  One sheep and cattle farmer has said, “We need to stick to the Paris agreement, we need to stop burning coal and we need to commit to more renewable energy,”  Meanwhile, in the USA, the revival of the coal industry is taking place.

NASA has published an uncompromising account of the evidence that global climate is changing for the worse.  An interesting publication takes us to solutions, Mitigation and Adaptation.

Individually, it is up to everyone to be aware of climate change and think how we can help in our proactive and small ways.

Below is an index of the recent articles sumbitted and procured.  All the best over the Autumn season and remember to send articles to manyroads@bodhicharya.org

PERSONAL STORIES
JEWS GRAVITATE TOWARDS BUDDHISM……ELLEN FRANKEL
BARDOS…….JAY RAO
EACH MORNING YOU AWAKE……JAIYA jOHN

FEATURES
PREPARING FOR DEATH…….RINGU TULKU RINPOCHE
GENERATING WATER FROM A BACKPACK…….GOOD NEWS
THE HEART SUTRA…….RONALD HIRSCH
AUTHENTIC GENDER EQUALITY…….KIM ROBERTS
TOFU SUSHI BOWL…….BBC RECIPE

POETRY
MORNING SILENCE…….MAEVE O’SULLIVAN
REMEMBER…….CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

BOOK REVIEW
A JOURNEY WITH BUDDHA’S DAUGHTERS….GWEN ENSTAM

HUMOUR
BUDDHIST HUMOUR…….VARIOUS CARTOONISTS

SHORT STORY
YOUR POLICY…….YESHE DORJE

VIDEO
TIGHT CONNECTION TO MY HEART…….SHIELA ANTIM
AUTUMN LEAVES…….YENNE LEE

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War doesn’t determine who’s right – only who’s left.
                                                              Bertrand Russell

Finding peace of mind is  most important ; and in difficult times, when we pay attention, we are enveloped in a tidal wave of media and opinions that are almost certain to influence our way of thinking.  To what extent we allow this to happen depends on our own skill in differentiating between what is true and what is not;  what is relevant to our lives and others and what is not relevant.

Analysing commentary and discerning the truth of our world situation under these circumstances becomes difficult.  Yet above all, we can promote and maintain a moral obligation to give succour to the afflicted in time of war.  This is a paradox for the pacifist:  how to protect the vulnerable against aggression.

Personally, on an individual level, we can be activists for peace by doing  anything that is within our capacity to disseminate our views.  In this context, Many Roads plays a small part in allowing readers with an interest in inner as well as world peace to have an opinion about how we can move forward with a compassionate view to finding a solution to evolving events both locally and universally.

With this in mind, readers are invited to offer opinions on events from an apolitical perspective.  How would you act as an individual to bring about a more peaceful world?
Albert Harris

Opinions matter.  Let yours be heard in the next issue of Many Roads.

 

PERSONAL STORIES
FAITH AND REASON……….RONALD HIRSCH
CONVERSATION WITH ERNIE BUCK……….YESHE DORJE

 FEATURES
PACKAGING WITH PRINCIPLES……….KEVIN KAMALA
THREE REASONS……….KATHLEEN PRASAD
RINGU TULKU’S ARCHIVE……….BODHICHARYA
HONORING THE CHILD’S UNIQUE SONG……….JAIYA JOHN
RADISH ACHAR……….INDRA MAJAPURIA

EVENTS
RINGU TULKU’S TRAVEL SCHEDULE

POETRY
ZEN POETRY……….VARIOUS POETS
EXISTENCE……….THICH NHAT HANH
REASONS TO MEDITATE……….LIZ CULLEN
POEM………ALEN GINSBERG
PRAISE TO TARA……….HEIDI TRONDSEN
THE BUDDHIST MASTER PLAN..……..BRIAN CHUNG

BOOK REVIEW
LET GIRLS BE BOYS……….HM

 

 

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Autumn leaves, Toronto, Yeshe Dorje

We can use metaphors to help envision interconnectedness. . . . thinking of reality as a net.  We can also see it as a fabric that has been woven through causal relationships.  Like threads that run through a piece of fabric, the actions of one person serve as causes whose effects others must experience.  In other words, the consequences of our actions can harm or benefit others.  Responsibility is thus part of the fabric of reality.  It is not an optional accessory,  (Interconnectedness.  Embracing Life in our Global Society, The Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje.  Translated by Damchö Diana Finnegan)

Dear Readers, there are so many negative issues being discussed in the media nowadays.  Foremost, from a global perspective, is the importance given to President Trump’s latest tweets, the seemingly never-ending controversial issues coming out of the Middle East, and the unstable fluidity of the  relationships amongst the leaders of North Korea, Russia, China and the United States.  At home in the UK, there is also an almost  breathless schadenfreude around the woes concerning the Brexit negotiations.  But let’s not go there.

To paraphrase a comment by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, “I used to read the news every morning and discovered that by not reading the news it made no difference.”

There are many positive issues discussed on the internet.  As an alternative to “bad news” often discussed in the media, I would like to recommend The GoodNewsNetwork.  

Take care over the festive season, and…

Wishing all the best for 2018

Albert Harris:  editor

FEATURES
CHOJE AKONG TULKU RINPOCHE:  Vin Harris
THE BENEFITS OF SAVING LIVES:  Chatral Rinpoche
CHILLI HOT KETCHUP:  Monica Wilde

POETRY
REMEMBER:  Christina Rossetti
HAIKU:  Chögyam Trungpa

FILM
THE PRACTICE OF COMPASSION:  Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

PERSONAL STORIES
THE EMPTINESS OF CURTAINS:  Annie Dibble
THROUGH THE GATEWAY OF THE SENSES:  Francesca Fremantle
WHEN NO PLACE FEELS LIKE HOME:  Cristina Luhmann
HARRIET TUBMAN:  Jaiya John

FICTIONAL STORIES
AN INDIAN PIECE:  Yeshe

REVIEWS
THE MAIN OF LIGHT:  Pat Little

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An appreciation of the unity and sacredness of all life is integral to awakening to our own awareness.  (Lyse Lauren)

Welcome to the late summer edition of Many Roads for Bodhicharya.  

Wishing all well and hoping to hear from you soon.

Albert Harris

FEATURES
LIVING AND DYING IN PEACE:  Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
REACHING OUT TO ANIMALS & ALL CONSCIOUS LIFE:  Lyse Lauren
THE RINGU TULKU ARCHIVE:  Paul O’Conner
SUMMER CAMP PORTUGAL 2017:  Annie Dibble
PEAS AND PANIR CURRY:  Indra Mahapuria
MINT CHUTNEY:  Indra Mahapuria

POETRY
FLAGS:  Albert Harris
SIKKIM HAIKU SEQUENCE PART 2:  Maeve O’Sullivan
WHEN SNOW MOUNTAINS WEAR BLACK HATS:   J. Stanley D. R. Loy
ODE TO MANCHESTER:  Ani Rinchen Khandro
THE BRIG:  Angus Ogilvy

FILM
MINDFUL JUGGLING:  Andi Puddicombe
SOWING THE SEED:  Sitar Rose

PERSONAL STORIES
HELLO FROM GOA:  Dave MacDonald
SATURDAY MORNING:  Wendy Nash
JOURNEY TO ASSAM PART 1:  Yeshe
JOURNEY TO ASSAM.  GUWAHATI: PART 2:  Yeshe 
LIFE AND DEATH:  Wendy Nash
A RABBI ON HOLY ISLE:  Adam Klegfeld

REVIEWS
THE POWER OF AN OPEN QUESTION:  Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
NEW LAZY LAMA BOOK – LOVING KINDNESS:  Wangdu

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 Welcome to 2017 edition of Many Roads for Bodhicharya.  

In this edition there are entries from new sources and writing from regulars .  I want to thank all the readers who have contributed with an array of different subjects and styles of writing.

As the name of the magazine implies, there are as many different paths of thought as there are people and opinions.

I have taken the opportunity to re-publish Graham Smetham’s engaging article Quantum Emptiness originally appearing in an earlier edition of Many Roads.  Graham explores “the interconnections between Western science and Eastern philosophical perspectives.”  Brian Chung from Taiwan has submitted a poem translated from the Chinese Mahayana Pure Land Buddhist Sutras. In Visiting Borobudor, Mark Laidlaw gives his account of a visit to the 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple Boobudor in Magelang, Indonesia with striking photos depicting the gompa and surrounds.  Thanks to Bruno Nua for sending in his poem along with some haiku written after a retreat in India with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche.

And a final thanks to all other unmentioned contributors for sharing your thoughts.

PERSONAL STORIES
HERMIT……….DAVID BRAZIER
VISITING BOROBUDOR……….MARK LAIDLAW
THE PHOENIX……….KATE RODDICK
GLESCA……….FELISE WHITE
GAME CHANGING……….WENDY NASH
TECHNOLITERACY………YESHE

FICTIONAL STORIES
HARRIET TUBMAN……….JAIYA JOHN

FEATURES
RINGU TULKU RINPOCHE’S……….TRAVEL SCHEDULE
HAPPY NEW YEAR……….RINGU TULKU RINPOCHE
QUANTUM EMPTINESS……….GRAHAM SMETHAM
SWEET CORN PUDDING……….INDRA MAJAPURIA
NEPALESE CULTURAL BELIEFS – FLORA……….KESAR LALL
THE POWER OF AN OPEN QUESTION……….ELISABETH MATTIS NAMGYEL

HUMOUR
VARIOUS

POETRY
MAKARA……….BRIAN CHUNG
THE BUDDHA’S MASTER PLAN……….BRIAN CHUNG
SIKKIM (HAIKU) SEQUENCE……….MAEVE O’SULLIVAN
POETRY AND PROSE.………BRUNO NUA
POETRY……….BALACH “THUTOB” KHOJAR
THE MIDDLE WAY..……..TIMOTHY BARROW

VIDEO
CUMMUNITY GARDENING……….MONICA WILDE
HOW TO LET ALTRUISM BE YOUR GUIDE……….MATTHIEU RICARD

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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. Carl Sagan

 bee

Pesticides and disease-bearing parasites are decimating the bee population in the US.  10 million beehives have been wiped out.  In reality, these pesticides and fungicides being poured into the earth by farmers in order to increase their crop yield for profit contaminate the pollen which, when examined and fed to healthy bees, was found to have a significant effect on their ability to resist infection from parasites.

The increased use of agricultural chemicals are destroying the pollen on which the bees feed.

This is happening, not only in America, but in Europe.  In France, the death rate was more than 60 percent.  In the UK, honeybees my become extinct within a decade.

In Britain, a government minister warned that honey bees could be extinct within a decade. A third of what we eat and much of what we wear is dependent on pollination by honeybees.

Brian MacCallum, who I knew from my younger days, has taken an interest in bee-keeping. He now has several books published.  Among them is A World Without Bees, written along with his partner, Alison Benjamin.  

It’s thanks to these authors amongst others that they are helping to make plain the impending disaster of losing our bee population.  The ecology of the world can be both resilient and fragile.  The profit-driven motives of farmers in using harmful pesticides has to be curbed.  Of course, the earth will eventually heal itself, but we can help by increasing awareness within our own lifetimes.

The British Government has given permission to sow bee-endangering seeds across the country.  Take action now by signing the petition:

[Bayer is suing *Europe* for saving the bees]

https://actions.sumofus.org/a/neonics-uk

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PERSONAL STORIES
ARE THERE ANY BODHISATTVAS IN THE ROOM?…KARMA CHANGCHUB
THE TREK TO MOUNT KAILASH IN TIBET…ANDY LOWE
WILD WHITE HORSES…LAURIE ANDERSEN

FEATURES
FAITH AND DOUBT…ELIZABETH MATTIS NAMGYEL
CALM ABIDING INSTRUCTIONS…YESHE DORJE
WHAT THE BUDDHA SAID ABOUT EATING MEAT…AJAHN BRAHMAVAMSO
MEDITATION…EDITOR

RECIPES
GREEN SWEET CICELY SEED SWEETS…MONICA WILDE
MIXED VEGETABLE PULAO…INDRA MAHAPURIA

POETRY
WHEN YOU ARE OLD…WB YEATS

BOOK REVIEWS
BEYOND MINDFULNESS…MAEVE O’SULLIVAN
BODHICHARYA PUBLICATIONS UPDATE…WANGDU

VIDEO
ALL IT TAKES IS 10 MINDFUL MINUTES…ANDY PUDDICOMBE

HUMOUR
BUDDHIST HUMOUR…VARIOUS

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Has Spring Sprung?

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The weather doesn’t seem to be sure of itself.  January was about 8 degrees warmer that the average maximum temperature. That was followed by above average temperatures in February and March.  Yet there are still people who question the effect of global warming on our planet.

In this issue of Many Roads, we have contributors from disparate fields of interest.  In particular, Martin Hird explains about the effect of the  greenhouse gases and pollution; and alternative methods of providing energy in Europe.  Tshering Tobgay talks about how Bhutan is not just carbon neutral, but carbon negative.

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PERSONAL STORIES
Teaching on Holy Island…Rollo Strickland and Joe O’Donnell
A Personal Reflection on India…I. M. A. Scott
Lama Ngapa…Yeshe
A Room…William McConnell

FEATURES
Mushroom curry…Indra Mahapuria
Fermented Wild Garlic…Monica Wilde
Depression…Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel
Renewable Energy…Martin Hird

POETRY
Buddha at Kamakura…Rudyard Kipling
Spiritual Poetry…Various Authors

BOOK REVIEW
Being Pure…Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
The Saffron Road…Dr Gwen Enstam

HUMOUR
Buddhist Cartoons…Various

VIDEO
Ted Talk on Bhutan…Tshering Tobgay
What Meditation Really Is…Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

Winter Post

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Protecting the environment that we all rely on for our survival is an immediate way to care for all beings.  (The Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje:  The Heart is Noble.)

Greetings to readers of Many Roads for Bodhicharya. 

Coming to the end of the year and we’re still waiting for the winter snow in Scotland.  With evening temperatures of 12 degrees and massive flooding in Cumbria, we don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

The planet is becoming warmer with the mercury up more than 1 degree Fahrenheit.  The signs are there with the melting of the glaciers and sea ice, the storms and the droughts. Many low-lying islands will have disappeared under water by the middle of this century.

Germany is leading the way in renewable technology.  Although it has the second highest consumer electricity prices in Europe, there is a positive change in its resolve to develop an eco-friendly culture – and a determination to abandon nuclear energy.  Already, 27% of its electricity is provided from renewables with a forecast of having at least 80% by 2050. (Source: National Geographic.)

Let’s hope that the recent climate talks in France will have a positive effect  on actions taken by some of the most industrialised countries to inhibit greenhouse gases and make our world a more stable place.

 

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PERSONAL STORIES
A TIME TO WEEP…Diana Lilley
STROMATOLITES…Albert Harris
DHARMA DANCE…Yumma Mudra
JOURNEY TO LUMBINI…Yeshe
THE TIBETAN ART OF HEALING…Kate Roddick

FEATURES
NUT ROAST...Good Food
EGG CURRY…Indra Majapuria
THE SANGHA…Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel
BODHICHARYA PUBLICATIONS BECOMES A CIC…Wangdu

POETRY
STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING…Robert Frost
TO WATERFALL…Irene Lavery
THREE POEMS…Cicely Gill
A HEARTWARMING HOLIDAY…Jaiya John

VIDEO
THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS...Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
THE FOUR REMINDERS…Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
UMBRA…Malcolm Sutherland

BOOK REVIEW
IN PRAISE OF IDLENESS…Bradley Trevor Greive

HUMOUR
BUDDHIST CARTOONS