Magic moments-2

The Tsangpo River seen from the hill of Hepori, near Samye Monastery in central Tibet. The river becomes the Brahmaputra in India, after gushing down the breathtaking gorges that surround the Namchak Barwa Mountain.

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Magic Moments-1

Situated in the great loop of the Brahmaputra, one of the last places on earth to remain unexplored until the late twentieth century, the snowy peak of Namchak Barwa rises to 7,756 meters (25,439 feet). Here the majestic river, called

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‟She loved the rain as much as the sun. Her least thoughts had the cheery colors of lovely, hearty flowers, pleasing to the eye.”

French philosopher Alain

From the recent photobook 108 Sourires

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A distressing lack of courage

Soon after hearing about Wilbert Rideau’s testimony (see ‟Spared to Do Good”), I saw a CNN interview conducted by Piers Morgan of a popular and influential evangelist preacher in the USA.

In the interview he seemed to be an ever-smiling

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Wilber Rideau: Spared to Do Good

The New York Times called Wilbert Rideau the ‟Most Rehabilited Man in the America”.

He was born into poverty and raised in Louisiana in a heavily racist environment. He was abandoned by his brutal father and his mother worked as

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The Danger of Crossing ‟Ecological Planetary Boundaries”

The Mind and Life XXIII meeting on ‟Ecology, Ethics, and Interdependence” recently took place in Dharamsala, India, with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and a host of eminent scientists and thinkers. (These meetings can be seen on Youtube, or on

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Bhutan, Champion of Environmental Preservation

Prior to attending the Mind and Life XXIII conference on Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence (which can be viewed on www.dalailama.com, or on Youtube) in India, neuroscientist Richard Davidson, his wife, Dr. Susan Davidson, Jonathan Patz (a leading author of the

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Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche

imageKyabje Trulshik Rinpoche in Népal. 1983

image Shuksep Jetsun Chönyi Zangmo (1865-1953), a female spiritual teacher of Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche.

imageDzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893-1959), another important teacher of Trulshik Rinpoche

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KYABJE TRULSHIK RINPOCHE, a short biography -2

KYABJE TRULSHIK RINPOCHE, a short biography -2

When Trulshik Rinpoche was 38 years old, he received from Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche the empowerments, reading transmissions and explanations of the whole Nyingma Kahma. He was also the sponsor for that important teaching.

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