Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

Become centered, then stabilize. Wash, rinse well, then repeat until awakened. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ Summer Retreat - Just around the corner - July 9th thru Aug 1 http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Summer-Retreat-with-White-Conch--Three-Sessions-to-Choose-From.html?soid=1102220562950&aid=CUlZiB1yVLA     White Conch Summer Retreat 2011 July 9-Aug 1  Three Sessions to Choose From In This Issue Come to Retreat Session One Session Two Session Three Quick Links   Sign Up for Retreat Now   Pay Online Here More About Us   Support White Conch Come to Retreat Retreat allows you to leave behind your daily concerns and focus on your own inner healing and spiritual development. There will be plenty of time for meditation and spiritual sharing. Join with like-minded individuals who are committed to becoming capable of benefiti...

The first kind of faith is vivid faith and can be awakened. You know, at the movie theater, before the movie actually begins, they often have introduction music that starts out very small but it gets louder….”mmmyaaaaaaaa AAAAAAA” A great crescendo! This is how an experience of awakening faith feels. Sometimes a non-Buddhist, when entering a temple for the first time in their life, sees a Buddha statue and cries! They feel a crescendo of joy rising. It is a remembrance of vivid faith. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~ " Die erste Art von Glaube ist ein lebendiger Glaube und man kann ihn erwecken. Weißt Du, wie im Kino, wenn sie vor dem Filmbeginn oft eine Anfangsmusik haben, die ganz klein anfängt aber lauter wird....'mmmjaaaaAAAAA' Ein großes Crescendo So fühlt sich auch die Erfahrung des erwachenden Glaubens an. Manchmal sieht jemand, der kein Buddhist ist, beim ersten Betreten eines Tempels eine Buddhastatue und muss weinen! Sie fühlen wie das Crescendo...

It is possible to overcome allergies by perceptual healing.. but most people would be offended to hear that and would think you are disrespecting them and saying it is only in their head! In Oberhausen, Germany 6/9.11 speaking to Hospice workers and volunteers about end of life and special meditations for hospice           false superiority really takes a beating when among gifted and kind people.... hahahaha   http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/domo-geshe-rinpoche-teachings/id387058479 This week's FREE podcast is about self-love. Modern psychology tells us that we cannot love others unless we love our self. What does Buddhism tell us about stable love?         I had a student in my before who, when asked "where do you live?" would point to his heart center saying, "I live here, and when I move, don't bother to write!"     Dr Stefan Buff reads from his new translation of Mystery of Emptiness & Love in German lang...

From the great ocean of reality, may the mighty river of the compassionate teachings called Lord Buddha touch all living beings. May it flow forever! Blessings to all on this celebration day of the full moon of Saka Dawa. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ Greetings! This year, with the support of many, Norbu Retreat House is nearing completion. We are so pleased to have this new land and house that allows us to expand our retreat offering. For the first time, White Conch is offering three sessions of summer retreat. You can come to any or all of them. Each session is self-contained, and yet extended attendance allows one to go deeper into the transformative retreat process. We are pleased to offer three exceptional topics and empowerments by our precious teacher, Domo Geshe Rinpoche .  Session 1: Meditation Retreat to Improve your Karma Saturday, July 9 - Saturday, July 16 Our daily life, as well as all the "good and b...

Ordinary mind craves organization by using perceptual time as a guide. This need to stabilize perceptions in general is further influenced by mutual human realm agreements to break up life into distinct modules such as hours, minutes, past and future. If we believe that to be time, we miss the real experience of our own presence in our life! Perceptual time is like a sheen of oil on water. We are influenced to only see a rainbow like covering. Real time is only NOW, the only time we are actually alive is now. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~   ""Der gewöhnliche Geist sehnt sich nach Ordnung und benutzt dafür die Zeitwahrnehmung als Orientierung. Dieses Bedürfnis Wahrnehmungen im Allgemeinen zu stabilisieren wird darüberhinaus von gegenseitigen Übereinkommen im menschlichen Bereich beeinflusst, die das Leben in klare Einheiten, wie Stunden, Minuten, Vergangenheit und Zukunft einteilen. Wenn wir glauben, dass die Zeit daraus besteht, verpassen wir das wahre Erlebnis...

The earlier instructions to be practiced in the Lam Rim (stages of the Path), are like a big scrub down with scratchy brushes, soap and hot water! Then we finally get to the Lam Rim portion where we read and think about, ‘These are the qualities which I want to develop.’ Like being in a clean room, we also will feel a little bit emptier. Maybe we might even feel a little bit lonely, because at this point, we might not know who we are anymore! Perhaps we used to think ‘Oh, I know who I am; I am who my father told me I was. Now I got it.' But then, in your teens, you realized that you are not who your father says you were, and that is when the problems started. Gradually we discover who we are not. Rejecting who our parents thought we were, some decide that we are who our friends think we are. That can also fall away, isn’t that so? Perhaps you realized that you have special qualities, you have things to do, places to go, and things to see that do not have any...

In my just previous life I had gay and lesbian students of Buddhism. I also do have many homosexual students in this lifetime. I believe that a committed and careful lifestyle is important in relationships, no matter what the gender identity. Otherwise uncontrolled desire will cause suffering, loss of partners and eventual lack of trust with others. My view might be in the minority as there are very old scriptural references that might make anything other than male/female relationships wrong. However, the Buddha has said to accommodate culture to disseminate the dharma and this is an important cultural change. So, if a gay or lesbian person is practicing meditation correctly... good! Otherwise - they will experience the same suffering as other people. I do not give them a special higher or lower status. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~   "In meinem vorherigen Leben hatte ich schwule und lesbische Buddhismusschüler. Auch in diesem Leben habe ich viele homosexuelle Schü...