Anil Thapa: Thanka Painting, Shamanism, and Honoring the Land

This episode is about motherhood in general and my mother in particular, and the sacred nature of the mother and child relationship. At the end I recite the Sutra on About the Deep Kindness of Parents...

14 Touko 20231h 18min

Dogen Zenji is a dual patriarch of both Rinzai and Soto Zen  and his writing a Dharma activity changed Japan and the world forever .  To celebrate his life a work I'll be doing a reading of chapters o...

1 Elo 20221h 7min

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Parinirvana of His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, I decided to do the first Modern Meditation Master Monday profile on this King of K...

29 Joulu 20211h 48min

One of the most concise and straight forward exposition of reality known to man. The Vajraccedika Sutra falls into the category of Prajna Paramita, or Perfection of Wisdom Sutras, the discourses where...

30 Loka 202153min

For this investigation of the question, "what is a Buddha?" we will look into the Sutras and Shastras, or the words of the Buddha and the commentaries from his disciples, to find definitive answers fo...

2 Syys 20217h 27min

The Buddha may be the single most influential figure in human history, and also the most misunderstood, or misinterpreted. When he attained "Buddhahood," the course of history changed forever, but whe...

28 Tammi 20212h 43min

Buddhists for thousands of years have put mantra, Sutras, and prayers to rhythm as a mnemonic tool, so I decided to put this difficult-to-memorize mantra to an instrumental as an aid for myself and an...

31 Loka 202018min

The Shurangama Mantra also called the "Great White Canopy of Light Dharani Mantra"  It is also called "Brilliant Buddha's Crown, Great White Canopy of Light, Unsurpassed Spiritual Mantra." This Highly...

26 Heinä 20201h 49min