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QUIET MOUNTAIN TIBETAN BUDDHIST RESOURCE GUIDE
Comprehensive guide to tibetan buddhism includes profiles of the four major schools Nyingma, Sakyapa, Kagyudpa and Gelugpa. Also find teachings. A must see for those. interested in Tibetan lineages.". eDharma Magazine-
http://quietmountain.com/buddhism.htm
Tibetan Buddhism Archives
Articles on a variety of Tibetan Buddhist topics including meditation and mind training, major lineages, Category Society Religion and Spirituality Lineages TibetanSacredTexts Buddhism tibetan buddhism Archives. Here, in no particularorder, are miscellaneous articles about tibetan buddhism
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/tib/
The Empty Mind
Spiritual awakening known in tibetan buddhism as realization of emptiness .
http://www.geocities.com/brianperkins77/index.html
Diamond Way Buddhism: Tibetan Music
The Music of tibetan buddhism. Look for musical examples. Tibet stands at the influenceof three civilization, the TurkoMongolian, the Chinese and the Indian.
http://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/terms/music.htm

Extractions: Look for musical examples T ibet stands at the influence of three civilization, the Turko-Mongolian, the Chinese and the Indian. Enriched from time to time by influences from these, its own ancient tradition has developed in high isolation from the rest of the civilized world. This tradition embraces a very distinctive way of life and a music all its own. Music plays an important part in Tibetan life and has three aspects: T he Lamas say "Religion is sound". The recitation of mantras , chanting and the playing of instrumental music are fundamental in their worship. For many ling hours, day after day, year after year, the red-robed monks intone their prayers, sitting cross-legged under the soft light of butter-lamps. Their cerebrations include the services of the regular Liturgy and various extra-liturgical rituals. The Chant (280 kByte, 25 sec.)
Katinka Hesselink . NET
Articles on Theosophy, Krishnamurti, occultism and tibetan buddhism. Includes spiritual quotes.
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/

Extractions: As for the policy of this website, I quote H.P. Blavatsky (one of the founders of the Theosophical Society) when she says (C.W. III, p. 224-226, July 1881): In common with most of the periodicals we remind our readers in every number of The Theosophist that its "editors disclaim responsibility for opinions expressed by contributors," with some of which they (we) do not agree. And that is all we can do. .... Who, we ask, in the presence of those most wonderful and most unexpected achievements of our great physicists and chemists would risk to draw the line of demarcation between the
Tibetan Cultural Region Directory
21 categories, 600+ listings covering Arts, Astrology, tibetan buddhism, Culture, Email, Nepal, Bhutan, N.India, Travel, Tibet.
http://www.kotan.org/t-directory/index.html
Tibetan Buddhism Resources From Dharma Haven
Favorite Links Daharma Haven's Tibetan Pages Buddhism Medicine - Language - Culture Khandro.Net. top of page.
http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/buddhism.html

Extractions: Dharma Haven Home Page Overview Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in the cosmic religion for the future: It trancends a personal God, avoids dogma and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. Albert Einstein Although Buddhism originated in India, the teachings of the Buddha and the lineages of awakening were preserved, deepened and clarified in Tibet. The invasion of Tibet by Communist China led to the exile of many of the most highly experienced and respected Tibetan Buddhist meditation masters, who almost immediately began teaching Western students. Many of these students have now become accomplished teachers themselves. This dharmic feast, now spread out before us in the West, includes a growing array of insights and practices of more and more astonishing richness, power and clarity, from a host of superb teachers, translators editors and publishers, all attracting committed students and curious visitors. And now the Internet makes it even easier to locate resources to further ones interest. What the Internet won't do is make it easier to sit down on a meditation cushion, or face the ways we mislead ourselves. It can, though, help find people to study with, and practice with, and to laugh with at the many ways we find for misleading ourselves.
Datsan Kuntsechoinei
Buddhist monastery in St.Petersburg the Gelugpa, tradition of burjat-mongolian-tibetan buddhism
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3528/
Mount Meru And Shambhala
Brief description of Mount Meru and Shambhala in tibetan buddhism, by Aaron Ross.
http://www.dr-yo.com/meru.html

Extractions: Spring 1992 In the mythology of Tibetan Buddhism, Mount Meru is a place which simultaneously represents the center of the universe and the single-pointedness of mind sought by adepts. Thousands of miles in height, Meru is located somewhere beyond the physical plane of reality, in a realm of perfection and transcendence. Symbolic representations of Mount Meru are commonly found in Tibetan mandalas, contemplative diagrams designed to aid meditators in focusing. It is said that Meru has its roots in hell, and its summit in heaven. Meru is surrounded by seven rings of golden mountains, each separated from the other by one of seven circular oceans. It is crowned by a golden palace wherein Indra, king of Hindu gods, resides. This entire superstructure rises from an outer ocean, and is flanked by four main continents, each with two subcontinents. The southern continent, Jambudvipa, corresponds to the physical earth. Each of the other continents represents a nearby planet upon which transmigrating souls following the yellow light-path may be reborn. However, it is said that all of these worlds are undesirable, for they are non-human worlds inhabited by sheep, cattle, or horses. The teachings of Buddhism clearly state that existence as a human being is the only way to achieve Buddhahood, so rebirth in any other form (including that of a deva or demigod) is a distraction from the path to enlightenment. According to legend, somewhere in the northwest region of Jambudvipa lies a land called Shambhala. This is a magical land which is shaped like an eight-petalled lotus flower. It has been ruled by priest-kings for many thousands of years; in fact, the legend of Shambhala predates the introduction of Buddhism into Tibet. In the aboriginal Bon religion, Shambhala is known as Olmolungrung, and is based on the square instead of the circle.
Buddhism Of The Karma Kagyu
Texts and links related to philosophy and practice of tibetan buddhism of the Karma Kagyu tradition, meditation schedule in the Moscow center, meditations, news.
http://www.mahamudra.ru/index.htm

Extractions: Welcome on the web site of the Diamond Way Karma Kagyu Buddhist Center of Moscow. Our center was founded by the first European Lama and Meditation master, Ole Nydahl, who is working on behalf of His Holiness the XVI Gyalva Karmapa, the King of Tibetan Yogis. By now, Lama Ole Nydahl has founded about 270 Karma Kagyu Meditation Centers all over the world; among them, over 70 are working in the former USSR. The purpose of our centers is to give to those interested the opportunity to come in contact with modern Diamond Way Buddhism and is they like it start their practice with us. All Russias centers are united in the Diamond Way Karma Kagyu School Buddhists Association of Russia This site includes core information about Moscow Center: its work, history, plans for the future. May it benefit all!
St-Petersburg Buddhist Monastery
Buddhist Traditional of Russia (the Gelugpa tradition of BuryatMongolian-tibetan buddhism). This site contains an appeal for help. The beautiful St-Petersburg Temple (built in the late 1800s) has fallen victim to the horrible loss of civil society that has occurred since the end of the Soviet Union.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3528/index.html
Homepage Of The Tibet Foundation, London.
London based organisation disseminating the works of the Dalai Lama, promoting the understanding of tibetan buddhism and culture, and helping in the provision of education and healthcare for Tibetans in exile and in Tibet.
http://www.tibet-foundation.org/
Namdroling Monastery
Namdroling Monastery in Byalakuppe near Mysore, of His Highness Penor Rinpoche, head of the Nyingma School of tibetan buddhism.
http://www.palyul.org/namdrol.html

Extractions: The huge investment of time and energy made by Penor Rinpoche to build his monastery has borne abundant fruit. Today, Namdroling Monastery in Byalakuppe is a thriving community and home to thousands of lamas, monks and nuns, making it the largest Nyingmapa teaching center in the world. Those who have studied or are studying at the monastery include all the major lineage holding tulkus and lamas of the Palyul tradition, including the fifth Karma Kuchen Rinpoche, the third Choktrul Rinpoche and the third Rago Choktrul Rinpoche. Their spiritual training is directed and guided by Penor Rinpoche himself. It is said that those who have command over their mind can also command the physical elements. Penor Rinpoche wrote once again in ink on a conch shell, this time the mantra of Manjushri, the bodhisattava of wisdom. Even when the ink had faded the letters remained luminously embossed on the conch, which is still kept and cherished by Khenpo Namdrol. This was recognized as a sign that the tradition of Nyingma scholars would flourish and continue at Namdroling.
Central Institute Of Buddhist Studies, Leh, Ladakh, India
Institution promoting tibetan buddhism, art, painting, sclupture, and literature.
http://www.cibsladakh.com/

Extractions: At the outset, ten prominent Buddhist Gonpas of Leh and its adjoining areas decided to establish the Buddhist School at Leh. Leh was chosen as the centre for the dissemination of the Buddhist culture and philosophy in view of its geo-physical location and traditional matrix. Accordingly, the Most Venerable Ling Rinpoche, the Senior Tutor to His Holiness, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, performed the holy rituals and thus, inaugurated the learning centre. In its early stage, the Institute had only ten students, who were novices from different Gonpas of Ladakh. Two teachers were appointed in Tibetan Literature and Buddhist Philosophy in order to guide them. However, the school blossomed into an independent educational Institute in 1962, when at the behest of Ven. Kushok Bakula, the first Prime Minister of independent India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru accredited its management and financial support to the Department of Culture (presently, the Ministry of Culture), Govt. of India. In 1961, it was shifted to Spituk, a village about 8 kilometers away from Leh. The School was registered in 1964 as an educational Institute under the Jammu and Kashmir Registration Act,1941.
Timeline Of Tibetan Buddhist History - Major Events
Year, Major Events in tibetan buddhism. 840, Persecution of tibetan buddhismunder King Lang Darma, period of conflict and civil strife begins.
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/tib_timeline.htm

Extractions: Milarepa , 2nd hierarch of Kagyu order and a renowned poet. Marchik Labdron (1055-1153) founder of the Chod lineage, the main lineage founded by a woman. Sakya monastic order. Gelug monastery, built by monastic reformer Tsongkhapa • Gelug-pa leader gets the title of Dalai ("Ocean") from Altan Khan. • "Great Fifth" Dalai Lama meets Qing Emperor Shunzhi near Beijing. • The position of Amban is created by a 13-point Qing decree on Tibet. 29-point Qing decree prescribes "golden urn" lottery for picking DL and PL, bans visits by non-Chinese, and increases Amban's powers. • Bogh Haan, the Urga "Living Buddha," proclaims Mongolia independent.
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Exploring death in America from a reincarnation perspective.Category Society Religion and Spirituality ReincarnationReincarnation tibetan buddhism Saturday January 10th Weekend Edition Saturday.Alex Van Oss looks into the appeal of reincarnation to Americans.
http://www.npr.org/programs/death/980110.death.html

Extractions: Saturday January 10th Weekend Edition Saturday Alex Van Oss looks into the appeal of reincarnation to Americans. Rebirth is a basic tenet of Tibetan Buddhism, which has seized public attention as a result of several recent movies and rock concerts. But interest in reincarnation has actually been rising in the United States for about a quarter of a century. And Tibetan Buddhism seems to be attractive to growing numbers of Americans who find the belief comforting when illness and death loom near. You can read the transcript: SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Reincarnation has seized the attention of some of the public in recent months through some Hollywood movies and rock star concerts. But interest in rebirth has actually been rising in the United States for about a quarter of a century now. A Gallup poll a few years back showed that some 25 percent of the American public believe in some kind of reincarnation. While almost all religions address our anxiety over death, reincarnation is one of the central tenets of Tibetan Buddhism, which has many distinctive ideas and practices concerning both living and dying. Alex Van Oss reports that Tibetan Buddhism seems to be attractive to growing numbers of Americans who find it comforting when illness and death loom near. SOUND OF A CROWD IN SHRINE ALEX VAN OSS, REPORTER: The room is white, all white, with no windows. None required. In 1882, this was the locker room of an old YMCA in the Bowery, Manhattan. Over the decades, it became a loft that hosted all kinds of artists and cultural events. It was called "The Bunker," the home of the late writer William Burroughs. But now this plain room has taken on a new life, this time as a Tibetan Buddhist shrine and study center.
Ulli Sprigett's Home Page
Books and services on self awareness, gleaned from a background of gestalt therapy and tibetan buddhism.
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Extractions: I have an M.A. in education and political science and postgraduate qualifications in gestalt therapy and body-awareness therapy (Hakomi). I am a fully qualified and accredited counsellor with long-term supervision in family therapy. From 1994 onwards I started to train in various kinds of transpersonal psychotherapy, the most important of those is Phyllis Krystal's method. I have worked with adolescents, drugs-addicts and their families, women who suffered from eating disorders and with all sorts of other people since 1988. I have also taught psychology and sociology at a nursing college and Buddhist meditation in workshops and ongoing groups.
What IS Tibetan Buddhism?
tibetan buddhism. one finds oneself in the selfperfected state this is contemplation.tibetan buddhism in Relation to Other Buddhist Traditions.
http://www.haystack-group.com/tibetan.html

Extractions: Tibetan Buddhism derives from the confluence of Buddhism and yoga which started to arrive in Tibet from India briefly around the late eighth century and then more steadily from the thirteenth century onwards. Indian Buddhism around that time had incorporated both Hindu yogic and tantric practices along with the classical teachings of the historical Buddha who lived around 500 BC. It acknowledged that there were two paths to enlightenment ( complete transcendence of identification with the personal ego ). One path was that taught in the sutras according to the historical teachings. The heart of sutra practice was based on morality, concentration, and wisdom ( not identifying with the personal ego ). The other path, which has become the cornerstone of Tibetan variations, was tantric. This practice blended the sutra teachings with techniques adapted from Hindu systems of yoga and tantra. Tantric systems transform the basic human passions of desire and aversion for the purpose of spiritual development. Rather than denying such primal urges, tantra purifies them into wholesome and helpful forces. It is very much like trying to deal with a wild horse charging towards you. One way is denial: put up your hands and shout out, "stop, stop!" Probably you will be bowled over by the animal. Another, more clever, approach is to step aside and then jump on its back as it charges past you. In such a case, you have a chance to start coaxing it to move in certain directions, and over time you may be able to direct it into a stable. Truthfully, one needs some skill in both self-control and acceptance if one is to be successful with tantric work.
Frontline: Dreams Of Tibet: Understanding Tibetan Buddhism: Introduction
Most carry prayer beads, used to mark the number of times they chanta mantra. The use of mantras is deeply rooted in tibetan buddhism.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tibet/understand/intro.html

Extractions: At dawn in Dharamsala, as the sun rises over the mountains, a number of people are already awake and walking on the path around the residence of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. Dharamsala is a small town perched on the side of a mountain in the foothills of the Himalayas, the world's highest mountains, and Dharamsala today is the center of the Tibetan Buddhist exile community in India and the home of the Dalai Lama. Tenzin Gvatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, is considered by his followers to be a physical manifestation of Avalokitegvara, the buddha of compassion and patron deity of Tibet. Forced to flee his homeland in 1959 when the Chinese army forcibly annexed Tibet, he and many of his people have resettled in India, where they continue to look over the mountains, hoping someday to return to their homeland. The harsh realities of diaspora and the tenuousness of their position in exile have not dimmed the reverence of the Tibetan people for the Dalai Lama, and the crowds of people who circumambulate his residence in Dharamsala are a testament to their respect for him. The people on the path are a cross-section of Tibetan society: young and old, laypeople, monks, nuns, and people from all levels of society. Some are on their way to work or to shop, and chose the path around the Dalai Lama's residence because it is thought that circumambulating it brings merit, even if one only walks part of the way. Many of the people on the path will make the circuit a number of times, and their walk will be an act of religious devotion.
Tibetan Buddhism Tibet Dharma
tibetan buddhism. Over thirty years ago China invaded Tibet. The principalreasons Why is tibetan buddhism important? Why are there
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Extractions: 3) Tibet had no strategic alliances with any Western nations that would help defend it. Many Tibetans were killed in the invasion. Many unarmed monks and nuns were imprisoned, tortured, and killed. Some Tibetans, including the Dalia Lama, were able to escape to India. Even today, Tibetans attempt escape from what used to be Tibet, so they can practice their religion and have social and economic freedom. The Chinese are trying to rewrite history, claiming they have invested millions into the Tibetan infrastructure and brought Tibet into the modern world. The only reason they build highways and airfields is to take resources out of Tibet. Tibetans are still routinely tortured and illegally imprisoned. The only Tibetan Buddhist Temples that are supported by the government are to serve as a Tourist attractions. Why is Tibetan Buddhism important? Why are there now centers for Tibetan Buddhism all over the world? To be considered a "religion" means having some sort of applied codes of conduct, ritual and belief. These are the external or "exoteric" forms of the religion and are necessary to have a coherent starting point for the seeker of truth or to apply positive values to a community and society. But the heart and inspiration of a religion is from the inner or "esoteric" practices such as prayer, meditation, visualization, and study.

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