In August 2016, Lopon Dorji Rinchen, one of the highest lamas of Bhutan, came to Europe for the first time at the invitation of Lama Ole Nydahl, Jigme Rinpoche, and Maggi Lehnert-Kossowski. At the summer course in the Europe Center […]
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What appears here is Part I of an article that appeared in the German magazine Buddhismus Heute. It is a summary of information from existing sources, which are cited at the end of this article. Part II will appear in the next issue of Buddhism Today. Manfred Seegers and Jim Rheingans were consultants for this project. Translation by Bruce Underhill.
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Are there really any links between Buddhism and science? Is there any point where the two connect? How can a 2,550-year-old tradition have any relationship with modern science? These are questions that might come to mind when we hear that
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This interview was conducted by the editors of the German magazine Buddhismus Heute. See the next article by Detlev Göbel for an explanation of who Lama Shang was and how he fits within the Karma Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
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In 2005 Lama Ole Nydahl asked his long-time student Lena Leonteva to go to graduate school, get a degree in the history of Buddhism, and write a book—under the auspices of the Russian Academy of Science—which, as he put it, “we could quote from if we are attacked.” The book is entitled Guidebook to Buddhism: An Illustrated Encyclopedia (Putevoditel’ po buddizmu: illustrirovannaia entsiklopediia; Путеводитель по буддизму: иллюстрированная энциклопедия) and was published in Russian in 2012 by the publishing house Orientalia.
Originally written as a textbook for Lena’s students in the history of Buddhism, the book turned into a guidebook to Buddhism after Orientalia offered to print it in a richly illustrated format. Lena wrote it to be understandable for teenagers, and Lama Ole gave it a subtitle “Buddhism Made Easy.” This excerpt comes from the fourth chapter, entitled “The Spread of Buddhism.”
Translated by Michał Mucha, Masha Chlenova and Annik Foreman.
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Gentle breeze, bright sunshine, the blue sea on the horizon and an unchanging feeling of freedom and lightness. This is Karma Guen. Populated by Phoenicians 3,000 years ago and later inhabited by Spaniards and Arabs, the last battles between Spaniards
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There are various lineages and transmissions that come together in the Karma Kagyü lineage, all of which have been held and passed on by the Karmapas. The topic of transmission encompasses many aspects: one can speak about the initiations, about
H.H. the 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje uses Facebook to communicate with people all around the world. His teachings are simple and yet profound. Here we print his comments on Facebook during the month of July 2016. See: https://www.facebook.com/17th.Karmapa/
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