Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The path of Life from Carl Jung
We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life. The best political, social and spiritual work we can do is to remove the projection of our shadow onto others. In the last analysis, the essential thing is the life of the individual. This alone makes history, here alone do…
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The 6 Paramitas or Perfections
The six perfections are: giving with generosity, maintaining discipline, meditating on patience, endeavoring with diligence, resting in equanimity, and realizing egolessness through the wisdom of discernment. – Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche The Sanskrit word paramita means to cross over to the other shore. Paramita may also be translated as perfection, perfect realization, or reaching beyond limitation.…
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Meditation 101
Great teaching on meditation by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. This will give you all the tools you need to practice meditation skillfully. Good for beginners, intermediate and advanced practitioners. Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo became a Buddhist while still in her teens. At the age of 20, she traveled to India and became one of the first Westerners…
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No Hopes, No Fears
No Hopes, No Fears by Lama Kay C w Bulla LaFosse Song with Lyrics. You don’t have to face your fear. Where is emotion anyway? In your head or in your heart, It’ll always slip away. You think it’s there within you. Try to make it your friend. But fear is like a phantom Turn…
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Is COVID-19 the Result of Bad Karma?
Cause and Effect of The Coronavirus Pandemic Dharma Talks Can you explain Karma in relation to what’s going on in the world today with the virus COVID-19, the Coronavirus Pandemic and how, maybe, our actions as human beings may have an effect in how the world is reacting. Katia’s Buzz Dharma Talk with Lama Karma…
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Lama’s Wisdom to cope with Coronavirus
(Covid-19) Anxiety, Fear, Anger A Buddhist approach to cope with the Coronavirus (Covid-19) anxiety, fear or anger. Welcome to Katia’s BUZZ DHARMA TALKS with Lama Karma Chotso. She provides simple ways to cope with the Coronavirus Pandemic anxiety and fear through faith, meditation, becoming part of the solution instead of being part of the problem,…
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Wishing H.H. the Dalai Lama a very Happy 85th Birthday from Lama Karma Chotso
Happy 85th Birthday to His Holiness The Dalai Lama from Lama Karma Chotso on July 6, 2020. Welcome to Katia’s BUZZ DHARMA TALKS with Lama Karma Chotso who wishes His Holiness The Dalai Lama a happy birthday and best wishes as he turned 85 on July 6, 2020. Lama explains what the Tibetan Buddhist leader,…
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Manjushri 300 A.D.
The bodhisattva Manjushri is one of the eight great bodhisattvas who were the closest disciples of the Buddh In this form, he sometimes appears whitish-green in color and holding a lily to symbolize renunciation of the destructive emotions. The embodiment of the knowledge and wisdom of all the buddhas, traditionally depicted with a sword in…
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Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991) was a highly accomplished meditation master, scholar, and poet, and a principal holder of the Nyingma lineage. His extraordinary depth of realization enabled him to be, for all who met him, a foundation of loving-kindness, wisdom, and compassion. A dedicated exponent of the nonsectarian Rime movement, Khyentse Rinpoche was respected by…
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Milarepa 1052-1135
Who Is Milarepa? Milarepa, the famous Tibetan yogi, lives on through his joyous, instructional songs and poetry. Both the new translation of The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, from Christopher Stagg, and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s exploration of his life in Milarepa: Lessons from the Life & Songs of Tibet’s Great Yogi bring new light to the resonance Milarepa’s…
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ACT 4 TIBET - Om Ah Hung 