Category: Features

  • MINT CHUTNEY – पुदिना को अचार

    Mint leaves are not used for making chutney in Kathmandu Valley where they grow wild, but they are generally used in the Terai region of Nepal. Ingredients 1 cup of green mint leaves 2 small garlic cloves 1/4 teaspoonful of chili powder or 1/2 green chili 1 teaspoonful of salt 2 tablespoons of mustard oil 1/2 teaspoonful…

  • THE RINGU TULKU ARCHIVE

      View this email in your browser Launching The Ringu Tulku Archive By wangdu on Aug 29, 2017 05:13 pm Dear Friends, It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of The Ringu Tulku Archive. This website will become a repository for all of the teachings given by Venerable Ringu Tulku Rinpoche that have…

  • LIVING AND DYING IN PEACE

    I think most of the time in the East, like in Tibet or Himalayan region, when you ask somebody: “Why do you practise Dharma?” They would most probably say: “I am preparing for my death” or “I’m preparing for my next life.” Because for most of the people there they kind of feel that this…

  • REACHING OUT TO ANIMALS AND ALL CONSCIOUS LIFE

     In ANIMALS by Lyse Lauren08/07/20170 Comments Reaching out to animals and all sentient, how would this change our world? If everyone understood that all beings, whether animal, insect, bird, plant or even mineral, are sentient and therefore conscious, how would this change the way we interact with them? If we understood and began to appreciate all living beings as sacred and intelligent, what impact would this have…

  • SUMMER CAMP PORTUGAL 2017

    Casa da Torre near Vila Verde Using the deity as meditation practice, in particular White Tara, was the topic for this years summer camp held for the 6th time in northern Portugal. The venue was once again Casa da Torre near Vila Verde, and the delightful Portuguese sangha were as welcoming as ever. It is always…

  • SWEET CORN PUDDING मकैको खीर

    In Nepal, several types of pudding are prepared.  One popular kind of pudding is that made from fresh corn. Ingredients 1 cup of fresh corn 4 cups of milk 1 cup of sugar (honey can be used as a substitute) 1/2 cup of dried fruit 1/2 teaspoon of cardamon 2 tablespoons of grated coconut Process…

  • HARRIET TUBMAN

     A story of overcoming fear in your workplace, and in your heart. Excerpted from Jaiya John’s new book of healing, Your Caring Heart: Renewal for Helping Professionals and Systems. Online where books are sold. Harriet Tubman was a baaad woman. She didn’t play. One story I appreciate telling about her (creatively adapted, of course) is…

  • Quantum Emptiness -The Quantum Illusion-like Nature of Reality by Graham Smetham

    FIST PUBLISHED IN MANY ROADS FOR BODHICHARYA, FEBRUARY 12, 2011    In his book the Dalai Lama has sketched the beginnings of an exploration of the interconnections and parallels between modern Western science and Buddhist metaphysical philosophy.  The Dalai Lama, true to his nature, is extremely humble about Buddhism’s achievement in this area:  “Our explanations and theories…

  • Happy New Year – 2017 from Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

    Circumambulating the freshly renovated Boudhanath stupa I observed thousands of people from all over the world walking around it peacefully with their prayers in heart. This world heritage pilgrimage place was not built by a powerful king, a wealthy sponsor or a teacher with many followers. It was built by a poor and ordinary village…

  • NEPALESE CULTURAL BELIEFS

    MAINLY ABOUT FLORA   The first harvest of paddy is received into the house with due ceremony, with rice, curd and a lighted wick. Fruits and flowers may be stolen but whoever steals a pumpkin will grow a goiter. Don’t point at the fruit in a tree with your finger; the fruit will go bad.…

  • Ringu Tulku Rinpoche’s Travel Schedule

        https://bodhicharya.org/ringu-tulku/schedule/

  • Faith and Doubt: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel

    The path begins with an investigation of the unreliability of things. Sometimes when we contemplate impermanence and the unreliability of things we feel afraid or insecure.   Question: In my mind my primary deity, Guru Rinpoche, is the only reliable refuge. Is there any difference between Guru Rinpoche and the outer refuge you describe in…

  • Calm Abiding Instructions

    A first practice: meditation – training the mind Introductory notes Our minds will naturally find peace, compassion and wisdom if we give them the opportunity. Living with these qualities present leads to a very good life – a content, happy – even an enlightened life. However, due to the way we’ve lived our lives and…

  • What the Buddha Said About Eating Meat

    Ajahn Brahmavamso Since the very beginning of Buddhism over 2500 years ago, Buddhist monks and nuns have depended on almsfood. They were, and still are, prohibited from growing their own food, storing their own provisions or cooking their own meals. Instead, every morning they would make their day’s meal out of whatever was freely given…

  • Green Sweet Cicely Seed Sweets

    How to make sweet cicely seed brittle, a form of boiled sweet, and mukhwas, a foraged wild take on Indian sugar coated fennel seeds.   Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata) is found growing wild in the parts of the British Isles that have a cold enough winter for the seed to set. This is mainly north…

  • Mixed Vegetable Pulao – Nepali: तरकारीको पुलाउ – नेपाली

    This type of mixed vegetable pulao is occasionally prepared, especially for feasts and in picnics.  It is a very rich dish. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups of rice (basmati or masino/fine) 3 tablespoons of ghiu (clarified butter) 1 cup of cauliflower pieces 1/2 a cup of peas 1 carrot thinly sliced 1 onion finely chopped 1 teaspoon cumin…

  • Meditation

    Because of the complexity of various forms of meditation, the text is broken up into two main areas, although it could be broken down much further. Judeo/Christian Buddhist JUDEO/CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Christian meditation takes the form of prayer in order to appreciate the revelations of god.  This can be done by concentrating on a passage in the bible and…