Freedom: The Path To Happiness

Freedom: The Path To Happiness
Ajahn Brahm: For those abused and wronged is happiness actually possible? Attachment to painful emotions, such as grief, anger, bitterness, the notion of a wounded self with a distinct identity: all these can become a perpetual prison.

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The Buddhist Nun of Emei Mountain

The Buddhist Nun of Emei Mountain
A film by Liang Bibo. The credits are at the end of the film. The film is put up by kind permission of Liang Bibo, a distinguished Chinese documentary film maker who works for Chengdu Television. Made in the later 1990s. There are twenty nuns living in the Fuhu temple practising Buddhism.

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Ram Dass - The Great Way

Ram Dass - The Great Way
Ram Dass' mindful reading of The Great Way (Hsin Hsin Ming, Verses on The Faith Mind) by Sengstan, the Third Chinese Patriarch of Zen. From the 6-LP box set Love Serve Remember. Recorded live over the air of WBAI Pacifica radio in New York City during the summer of 1972. Translated by Richard B. Clarke.


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Naked Buddha - Ven. Adrienne Howley

Naked Buddha - Ven. Adrienne Howley
Buddhism seems a mystery to many Westerners, and a comfortable philosophy to others who have adopted it as their own. This book examines the history of Buddhism and provides a glimpse of its basic precepts with clarity and objectivity.

Diedre Rubenstein is an adept guide. She narrates with a detached conviction and sincerity consistent with the teachings she imparts. She sets a pace that does not lag yet allows for consideration of the content, and approaches the personal anecdotes of the author with quiet humour. The style of the writing and the narration work together to make this an accessible introduction to Buddhism for newcomers and a text with fruit for meditation for practitioners.

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2009 Buddha Calendar

2009 Buddha Calendar
Came across this beautiful Buddha Calendar on flickr by the artist h. koppdelany. Enjoy.

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The Mantra of Amitabha Buddha (2007)

The Mantra of Amitabha Buddha (2007)
tracklist:
1. 无量寿净土陀罗尼 / The Mantra of Amitabha Buddha
2. 光明真言 / The Mantra of Light
3. 莲花生大士祈请文 / The Mantra
4. 不动明王心咒 / The Mantra of Acala Vidyaraja

In the Indian religions, a mantra (Devanāgarī मन्त्र) is a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that are considered capable of "creating transformation" (cf. spiritual transformation). Their use and type varies according to the school and philosophy associated with the mantra. Other purposes have included religious ceremonies to accumulate wealth, avoid danger, or eliminate enemies. Mantras originated in the Vedic tradition of India, later becoming an essential part of the Hindu tradition and a customary practice within Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. The use of mantras is now widespread throughout various spiritual movements which are based on, or off-shoots of, the practices in the earlier Eastern traditions and religions.

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Raga Cycle Palace Theatre - Pandit Pran Nath

Raga Cycle Palace Theatre - Pandit Pran Nath
The Raga Cycle at the Palace Theatre in Paris, 1972 showcased Pandit Pran Nath at the peak of his powers. The Raga Cycle took place over three consecutive days. Friday, May 28th night ragas, Saturday May 29th, late afternoon ragas and Sunday, May 30th morning and mid-day ragas. These three concerts stand as a truly awe-inspiring monument, an example of perfection of the high Art of Hindustani music by one of the greatest masters of the Kirana Gharana. Kirana, a small village north of New Delhi, produced many of the giants of Indian classical vocal music. Among them, Ustad Abdul Waheed Khansahib, Pran Nath-ji's guru, and the immensely popular Ustad Abdul Kareem Khan. One of the undeniable beauties of Indian Classical Music is its strong connection to nature and especially the binding relationship of Raga melodies to their appropriate time of day. An elegant curve of melody, a subtle lowering of pitch, or an assertiveness attached to a particular note helps to define the effect of a Raga. There are Ragas for all the times of day and night as well as seasons, and when they are sung at their appropriate time their effectiveness is noticeably enhanced. Pandit Pran Nath's knowledge of this musical science was extraordinary and he made it his life's work to probe deeply with his expressive voice the true character of each raga using his matchless pitch discrimination and compelling emotional range.

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Himalayablue, Tibetan Red

Himalayablue, Tibetan Red

The photo-installation (33 minutes digirama) called Himalayablues - an Audiovisual Meditation on the Ten Transcendent Virtues of the Bodhisattva is featuring photos taken in the Himalayas of Northern India (mostly in Ladakh) a region called also Western or Little Tibet, words taken from the Sanskrit-Tibetan-English vocabulary of Alexander Csoma de Koros (1784-1845), and Ms. Spalzing (a woman from Ladakh) practicing/reciting the Ngondro.

(About the author: Zsolt Suto (Lodro Tharpa) is a 33 years old Hungarian photographer and visual artist from Romania who traveled in the footsteps of Alexander Csoma de Koros for 3 months in the Himalayas of Northern India in 2007: his goal was to get to those monasteries and villages where Alexander lived and worked 200 years ago. For those who speak Hungarian the whole story of the journey can be read on his blog here: yun.ro . More galleries of images taken on this trip can be found here: webzen.ro - you have to scroll down a bit about til the half of the page.)

It can be downloaded (avi, zip, 610 KB) from here: yun.ro/media/himalayablues-wide.zip

Those who wish to read the English version of the journal should subscribe to http://himalayablue.blogspot.com/ (coming soon).

Pema Chodron Mega Pack

Pema Chodron Mega Pack
Here is a great collection of Pema Chodron. Gassho to lelagy for the upload.

PBS - Bill Pema Chodron
PBS - Moyers on Faith and Reason, Pema Chodron (2006.TVRip.SoS)
Pema Chodron - Bodhisattva Mind
Pema Chodron - From fear to fearlessness
Pema Chodron - Getting Unstuck - Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality
Pema Chodron - Good medicine
Pema Chodron - Noble Heart - 12 Session Retreat
Pema Chodron - Pure meditation
Pema Chodron-Going To The Places That Scare You

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Surya Mantras - Hein Braat

Surya Mantras - Hein Braat
Twenty years ago Hein got into touch with mantra singing through a teacher in kriya yoga. Although he couldn’t totally find himself in the yoga doctrine and the content of the mantra lyrics, it was the inspiration with which this teacher sang his mantras that appealed to him most. Thus his interest was aroused, and driven by his musical constitution, he wondered what kind of technique and mechanism was behind it all. The rest of the yoga he more or less put aside and decided to focus all his attention and energy on the art of chanting mantras. By experimenting and constant practice, Hein managed to open many doors within himself. In order to widen/deepen his understanding of mantras he also studied Sanskrit for one year (the language in which the mantras were originally written down). Compared to Dutch he finds Sanskrit a much richer language with a wide spectrum of sounds that involve the entire body in pronunciation. And that he finds essential for reaching unity. Just like an instrument, all tones are utilised to reach an integral sound that unites everything together. The mantra does the same thing: the singer uses his own body to tune himself to his Higher Self, Soul, Life essence or whatever name you wish to attach to it.

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