Category: Articles

  • Crazy Wisdom

    First Thought : Best Thought.  Wherever I am, wherever I go, there are many roads to choose from. And sometimes, one of them is the best.  We are experiencing an amazing moment in history, a time to sit and meditate. In a country under national containment because of a world pandemic, many of us are…

  • DESIDERATA

    Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, They…

  • THE TWO RINGS

    A rich old man died leaving two sons.  For some time the two continue living together in the traditional Indian way, in a single joint household, a joint family.  Then they quarreled and dicided to separate, dividing all the propery between them.  Everything was divided fifty-fifty, and thus they settled their affairs.  But after the…

  • REMEMBERING LAMA TSERING PALJOR

    I thought it would be fitting at this time of year to remember Lama Tsering Paljor, a personable friend who passed away 6-years ago.  It didn’t take long in his company to realise what a genuine and heart-warming person he was. In 2012 Donal Creedon led a one month retreat in BMC in Sikkim.  He…

  • LAMENT FOR THE LOSS OF WILD FOOD

    Wild Fact of the Day: Once humankind used 7000 species of plant and 1069 species of fungi as foods.  A single community averaged 120 wild species in their daily diet providing a massive range of nutrients (vitamins, minerals, etc)  and phytochemicals, such as plant-made serotonin that keeps us all happy. Each country studied records a…

  • RINGU TULKU ARCHIVE MEMBERSHIP

    Archive Membership   This Ringu Tulku Archive was built and is managed by dedicated volunteers. All initial development costs were generously funded by Bodhicharya Publications. However, storing and delivering such a huge amount of media like this in a secure and professional way, requires a paid delivery system. Each time a video or audio file…

  • THESE FOUR WORDS

    One day you will express four words. And these four words will set you free. The words are: This Is My Truth. You will speak, write, sing, dance, laugh, act on, remember, celebrate, feel, dream, and live these words in endless ways. These four words will clarify your relationships, illuminate who means what in your life.…

  • PANEER WITH PEAS

    Cooking time: 30 minutes 1/4 kg of paneer (chopped into 2cm cubes) 1 cup of peas 1 large tomato (chopped small) OR 1 tablespoon of tomato puree 11/2 teaspoons of coriander powder 1/4 teaspoon of rurmeric powder 1 tablespoon of garlic finely chopped 1/4 teaspoon of crushed chilies 3/4 teaspoon of salt 1/4 cup of …

  • Tashi Deleg House: Yeshe Dorje

      Tashi Deleg House Samye Ling, the oldest Buddhist centre in Scotland.  Summer’s end brings a breeze that blows the leaves from the trees.  Flurries of light rain precede a heavy, slanting downpour that drenches in 5 minutes the clothes that you wear. The room we’re staying in has been refurbished with milk chocolate coloured…

  • NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION

    You. Yes you! Did you know that what you do to the Earth, you do to yourself? When you nurture the planet, you look after your body. For only by nourishing yourself with food that grows in healthysoils, pollinated by insects, with clean water and the right amount of sunshine, does your body stay strong…

  • HEALTH INDEPENDENCE AND RESISTANCE IN OUR BRAVE NEW WORLD

      PolItIcal upheavals are causing widespread anxiety about many issues, including health care, all over the world. Where do we go from here and what can we do on an individual basis to improve our own situation? First let me say, as a doctor, I see health care as a vital human right. I regard…

  • TRUANCY

    Isa knows this is not her home. Whatever the young girls with tattoos and piercings tell her, their names peppery on her tongue. “You live here now, darling. You’re safe with us.” This is not her home and she will not stay. She is a serial escapee though never got much further than the bus…

  • INSTALLATIONS OF OUTER SPACE

    To make the hypnotic artworks, Krakow-based duo Przemek Podolski and Marta Basandowskaby start by arranging the complex designs as a 3D computer model. The structures range from simple cubes to impressively complex geometric designs which they use to represent outer space. Basandowska says that she and Podolski then use a series of different knotting techniques to weave…

  • POHA POTATOES

      This is a simple, spicy Indian lunch or brunch made with rice and potatoes. Perfect as a side dish with curry, too. Ingredients 4 medium waxy potatoes (such as Charlotte or Jersey Royal) 140g/5oz thick poha rice (also called flaked rice or thick flattened rice) 3 tbsp olive oil generous pinch of ground asafoetida 1 tsp urid dal 1 tsp black mustard seeds 1…

  • KARMA SONAM RINCHEN

    I’m not at all sure how we all in the Bodhicharya Sangha developed the merit to be able to meet Rinpoche in this life – but somehow the good fortune has come to us, each in our own different way, and I think now we  just have to see how much further we can clarify…

  • BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME

    Can we love our families fully while upholding the Buddha’s teaching on non-attachment? Sometimes people ask me if there isn’t a conflict between the Mahayana instruction to see all beings as close relatives, worthy of our affection and compassion, and Buddhist teachings on non attachment. Perhaps they are thinking of Jetsun Milarepa’s words: When you…

  • 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 CHRISTIAN MEDITATION This seems to take the form of prayer in order to appreciate the revelations of god.  This can be done by concentrating on a passage in…