Issue 28 (Fall/Winter 2011) - Buddhism Today Magazine

The Seedlings of the Four Buddha States (Explanation on the Guru Yoga)

By H.H. the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje / July 14, 2016

This commentary was given orally by the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje in 1980. Today, the meditation is sometimes called Guru Yoga meditation and sometimes called the 16th Karmapa Meditation. In the late 1960s the 16th Karmapa made Lama Ole and Hannah Nydahl holders of this meditation. As Diamond Way Buddhism has developed and grown in the West, this meditation has been, and continues to be, the main meditation practice in the centers. This English version has never been printed. With the blessing of Lama Ole Nydahl, Michaela Fritzges and Manfred Seegers took charge of the project of making this commentary available in print.

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Rechungpa: Tibet’s Unrecognized Yogi

By Roswitha Fischer / December 9, 2011

Introduction from Lama Ole Nydahl Diamond Way Karma Kagyu Students and Friends, Following the example of our immeasurable 16th Karmapa is the wisest thing we could have done. Since 1969 it has offered us countless and varied opportunities to remain

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Meditation Basics: Listening, Learning, Meditating

By Hannah Nydahl / November 30, 2011

Meditation is the most important part of our path. We have a complete practice in our Kagyu school, where we first learn, then think about what we have learned and finally meditate. These three—learning, thinking, meditating—are necessary for any kind

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Working with the Dying: Through Hospice Care

By Danielle Kicilinski / November 27, 2011

Old age, sickness and death were the three things that the Buddha Shakyamuni saw before he renounced his life as a prince and decided to seek an end to suffering. Seeing such profound suffering shook him to his core, as

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Transmission in Tibetan Buddhist Practice, Part 3 (Activity)

By Lama Ole Nydahl / October 16, 2011

This is the last part in the series that came out of three “transmission talks” that Lama Ole Nydahl gave during a road trip in the Upper Midwest USA in November 2009. After his talk was transcribed and sent to him, Lama Ole made many changes for this written version. The first two segments focused on (1) information and (2) meditation. They appeared in Buddhism Today #26 and #27.

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The Four Basic Thoughts: An Astrophysicist’s Perspective

By Blakesley Burkhart / September 29, 2011

At the start of virtually every meditation of Diamond Way Buddhism, after quieting the mind and letting thoughts and feelings pass without evaluation, the focus turns to the four basic thoughts that point mind to its highest possibilities. These four

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chenrezig, manjushri, vajrapani painting in karma guen

Working with the Emotions by Applying Bodhicitta

By Jigme Rinpoche / September 12, 2011

This essay comprises the bulk of Chapter 4 of Jigme Rinpoche’s book Working with the Emotions (2004). It is being printed in this issue of Buddhism Today with permission from Jigme Rinpoche.

Working with the Emotions is available from Bodhi Path Buddhist Center, Martha’s Vineyard. Contact info: marthasvineyard@bodhipath.org, tel: 508-696-5929, http://www.bodhipath.org.

The editors of Buddhism Today thank Jigme Rinpoche for his kind permission to include this text here. We are also grateful to Martha Flanders for her crucial help in this process.

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