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EVENT: Voices from Larung Gar: Book Launch by Boulder Book Store
Voices from Larung Gar: Book Launch by Boulder Book Store Thursday, May 20, 2021, 7:00 – 8:00 PM EDT…
EVENT : What is Enlightenment? – A Day-Long Immersion
What is Enlightenment? February 7, 2021 Upaya Zen Center A day-long immersion into the idea of “enlightenment” with…
EVENT : Serenity Ridge Dialogues – “Body, Breath, & Mind”
Serenity Ridge Dialogues: Body, Breath, & Mind October 9-11, 2020 Live program is free online. This is the…
EULOGY : The Cool Wizardry of Steven D. Goodman (1945-2020)
Eulogy published by the Lion’s Roar website. Steven D. Goodman (b. 1945) was a maverick scholar, poet, translator,…
TALK : Podcast Interview on “The Other Emptiness” Book
An interview on the New Books in Buddhist Studies podcast with Michael Sheehy and Klaus-Dieter Mathes (Vienna University) about…
BOOK : “The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet”
We are thrilled to announce a multi-author collaborative book on the zhentong philosophy of emptiness in Tibetan Buddhism,…
REVIEW : “The Science of Meditation, Beyond the Brain”
Review of the book, “Meditation, Buddhism, and Science” edited by David L. McMahan and Erik Braun. Oxford University Press,…
TALK : “Tantric Zhentong Visions of Tathāgatagarbha in Tibetan Kālacakra Yoga Manuals”
Talk at the Tathāgatagarbha Across Asia Symposium held at the University of Vienna, July 16-19, 2019: “Tantric Zhentong…
ARTICLE : “Teaching Contemplation in 3D”
Article that outlines contemplation in three dimensions: (1) Reflection, (2) Contextualization, and (3) Transformation. Published in a thematic…
TALK : Ligmincha Symposium for Contemplative Sciences
Ligmincha Symposium for Contemplative Sciences: Body, Breath, and Mind . April 2019 at Serenity Ridge Retreat Center,…
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Barbara Gerke has just published a new book about mercury in Tibetan medicine. It is open access, freely downloadable in PDF... amazing! https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book/746 #sowarigpa
interesting to see these kinds of collaborations on #Buddhism & science popping up around the globe -
Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa’s Mind Science Academy Creates a Meeting Place for Ancient Buddhist Knowledge and Western Science - https://fpmt.org/fpmt-community-news/istituto-lama-tzong-khapas-mind-science-academy-creates-a-meeting-place-for-ancient-buddhist-knowledge-and-western-science/
on the use of metaphor in the instructive language of contemplative practices - "Metaphor can influence meta-thinking and affective levels in guided #meditation" - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-021-01655-1
checkout the video recording of "Voices of Larung Gar: A Symposium" book launch, now on @ShambhalaPubs website - https://www.shambhala.com/videos/voices-of-larung-gar-symposium/
NEW BIO! Tokden Orgyen Tenzin was a Chod practitioner who lived most of his life in caves around the Derge region during the first half of the twentieth century. He was a student of Adzom Drukpa and the paternal great-uncle and teacher of Namkhai Norbu.
https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Tokden-Orgyen-Tenzin/13659